Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 18, 2026

This policy covers two things: this website, and the BriefBot software itself. The short version is unusually simple, because of how the Product is built.

Short version: BriefBot is self-hosted software. It has no telemetry, no accounts, and no servers of ours. When you run it, the only data that moves is between your machine and the sources, model provider, and channels you configure. We never see any of it. This website is static and tracks nothing. Payment is handled by Creem, and we never see your card.

1. The software itself

BriefBot runs entirely on infrastructure you control — your laptop, your server, or your GitHub account. Out of the box it:

collects no analytics, usage statistics, or crash reports;
makes no requests to us — there is no license check, "phone-home", or update ping;
stores its state (what it has already sent) in a local file on your machine;
has no user accounts, so it holds no password database.

2. Where your data goes when you run it

The requests BriefBot makes are exactly the ones you configure, and go to exactly the endpoints you configure:

Sources you watch — RSS feeds, pages, or APIs you list in your config;
Your model provider — if you enable LLM mode, item text is sent to the OpenAI-compatible endpoint you chose (OpenAI, DeepSeek, OpenRouter, Groq, Ollama…), under that provider's privacy policy;
Your delivery channels — Telegram, your SMTP server, or a Feishu webhook, with the credentials you supply.

If those flows involve personal data, you are the operator of that processing; choose providers and channels accordingly.

3. This website

These pages are static HTML. No cookies, no analytics scripts, no ad trackers, no session storage. Your browser fetches the pages; that's the entire interaction.

4. Payments

Purchases are processed by Creem, our Merchant of Record. Creem collects and processes your payment and order details (name, email, payment method) under its own privacy policy. We receive only the information needed to deliver your purchase and support you — typically your email address and order reference. We never see or store your card details.

5. Support email

If you email us, we keep the correspondence so we can answer it, and to keep context if you write again. We don't add buyers to mailing lists, and we don't sell or share addresses with anyone.

6. Your rights & children

Because the product collects nothing and the website tracks nothing, there is no profile about you to access, correct, or delete. If you'd still like something deleted (e.g., a support email thread), write to us and we'll take care of it. The Product is not directed at children under 13 (or 16, where applicable).

7. Changes to this policy

If the Product or website ever changes in a way that affects privacy — for example, if we add download-delivery emails or analytics — we'll update this page and its date first.

8. Contact

Privacy questions: support@getbriefbot.app