Margin

Privacy Policy

Last updated: 19 June 2026

Margin is a Chrome extension that shows bite-sized news cards in your browser side panel. It is built to be private by default.

The short version

• No account. No tracking. No ads. No analytics.
• No backend. Margin has no servers. Everything runs in your browser.
• Your settings and reading stats stay on your device.

What Margin stores (on your device only)

Using Chrome's extension storage (chrome.storage), Margin saves:

• Your chosen topics, theme, and AI-summary preference.
• A cached pool of recent news cards so the panel loads instantly.
• Reading statistics used for the in-app "Insights" view (e.g. articles read, day streak, top topics/sources).

This data never leaves your device and is removed if you uninstall the extension.

Network requests Margin makes

• News feeds and images. Margin fetches RSS feeds and article pages directly from the news publishers you select (e.g. BBC, The Guardian, The New York Times). This is done on your device to display headlines, summaries, and a preview image. Margin does not send your identity or browsing history with these requests beyond what a normal web request includes.
• On-device AI summaries (optional). When enabled and supported by your device, summaries are generated locally using Chrome's built-in Summarizer (Gemini Nano). Article text is not sent to any server.
• Margin Plus purchase and license activation. Upgrading opens a checkout hosted by Lemon Squeezy, our merchant of record — Margin itself never sees or stores your payment details. Lemon Squeezy collects the payment information needed to process your order (e.g. name, email, card details) under its own privacy policy. After purchase, you paste a license key into Margin; the extension sends that key (and a random, non-identifying instance name) to Lemon Squeezy's license API to activate and periodically re-validate it. No other personal data is sent.
• Optional "Notify me" email. If you choose to join the launch waitlist via this website, the email address you send is used only to email you about the launch.

What Margin does NOT do

• It does not collect or sell personal data.
• It does not track your browsing across sites.
• It does not use third-party analytics or advertising.
• It does not run remote code.
• It never sees or stores your payment details — Lemon Squeezy handles checkout as the merchant of record.

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Questions about this policy? Email rkmohanchn@gmail.com.