Privacy Policy
Effective Date: January 17, 2025
The short version: We don't collect your data. Our products work locally on your device. We have no interest in tracking you, analyzing you, or monetizing your information.
Overview
Barely Working Code builds software tools that respect your privacy. We believe in creating useful products without the surveillance capitalism baggage. This policy explains how our products handle your data (spoiler: they mostly don't).
General Principles
- Local-first: Our products process data on your device, not our servers
- No tracking: We don't use analytics, tracking pixels, or fingerprinting
- No accounts: We don't require sign-ups or collect email addresses
- No ads: We don't serve advertisements or sell data to advertisers
Product-Specific Privacy Information
Pace Reader (Safari Extension)
Pace Reader provides RSVP speed reading functionality for Safari on macOS and iOS.
Data Collection: None. We do not collect, store, or transmit any personal data.
How It Works:
- Text Extraction: Reads text from web pages when you activate the extension
- OCR Processing: For certain web-based bookstores (which may or may not be located in the Pacific Northwest), performs optical character recognition locally using Tesseract.js
- Local Processing: All text analysis and display happens on your device
- No Server Communication: The extension does not send data to external servers
Permissions Used:
- activeTab: Access webpage content when you click the extension button
- scripting: Insert the reader interface into web pages
- tabs: Detect page types for appropriate text extraction
Third-Party Libraries:
- Tesseract.js: OCR processing (downloads training data from official CDN on first use)
- html2canvas: Page rendering for OCR
These libraries operate entirely within your browser. No user data is shared with them.
Data Retention: None. Text is extracted only during active use. Settings are stored in your browser's localStorage. No history or analytics are collected.
Website
This website (barelyworkingcode.com) is a static site hosted on Cloudflare Pages.
- We do not use cookies
- We do not use analytics or tracking scripts
- We do not collect form submissions (there are no forms)
- Cloudflare may collect basic access logs as part of their CDN service
Children's Privacy
Our products do not knowingly collect information from anyone, including children under 13.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this policy when we release new products. Changes will be posted at this URL with an updated effective date.
Contact
For questions about this privacy policy:
- GitHub: github.com/barelyworkingcode
Summary: Your data is yours. We don't want it, we don't collect it, and we designed our products so they don't need it.