Relay

Privacy Policy

Last updated: April 2026

The short version: Relay does not collect, store, or transmit any personal data. Everything stays on your device.

What Relay is

Relay is a Chrome extension that pulls news and content from RSS feeds and public APIs into a single, clean feed. There are no accounts, no sign-in, and no servers that touch your data.

Data we do not collect

We do not collect, log, or transmit:

Your name, email, or any account information
Your IP address or location
Browsing history or activity outside the extension
What stories you read, save, or skip
Any analytics, crash reports, or telemetry

What is stored on your device

Relay uses chrome.storage.local — storage that lives entirely on your machine and never leaves it. The following values are stored:

claudeApiKey — your Claude API key, used to power AI-curated summaries
activeSourceIds — which news sources you have turned on
savedItems — stories you have bookmarked
onboarded — whether you have completed the setup flow
youtubeApiKey — your YouTube Data API key, if you choose to add one

None of this data is ever sent anywhere. It lives in your browser and only your browser.

Your API keys

Relay asks for a Claude API key to power AI-curated news summaries. If you want YouTube content in your feed, it also asks for a YouTube Data API key. Both keys are entered by you, stored locally using chrome.storage.local, and used only to make requests from your browser directly to those services. Your keys are never sent to Relay or any third-party server we operate.

Third-party services

When Relay fetches content, your browser makes requests directly to the RSS feeds and public APIs you have enabled (such as YouTube's API or Anthropic's Claude API). Those services have their own privacy policies. Relay does not act as a middleman or proxy for these requests — they go straight from your browser to the source.

No accounts, no sign-in

Relay has no user accounts. There is nothing to sign up for and no passwords to manage. All of your preferences are local to your device.

Children's privacy

Relay does not knowingly collect any data from anyone, including children under 13. Since we collect no data at all, there is nothing special to note here beyond that.

Changes to this policy

If we ever change how data is handled — particularly if we introduce any server-side storage — we will update this page with a new date and a clear plain-English explanation of what changed and why.

Questions?

If anything here is unclear or you have a privacy concern, email us at drewbowker90@gmail.com.