Privacy

Privacy Policy

Last updated 26 June 2026

The short version: POV News runs entirely inside your browser. There is no backend, no account, and no analytics. We never receive, store, or sell your data — including your Cursor API key, which lives only on your device.

01Who we are

POV News is an open-source Chrome extension that turns your new tab into a news digest scored against your own point of view. It is operated as an independent project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Cursor (Anysphere Inc.) or Google.

02What we collect

Nothing. POV News has no servers and no backend. We do not operate analytics, telemetry, cookies, accounts, or logging of any kind. We have no way to see who you are or how you use the extension.

03What's stored, and where

Everything POV News needs is stored locally on your device using the browser's chrome.storage.local API. This data never leaves your machine except as described in section 4. It includes:

  • Your POV configuration — the “about you” text, pillars, sources, and scoring preferences from the setup wizard.
  • Your digests — generated news items and their scores, kept for roughly 30–90 days.
  • Your ratings — the thumbs up/down feedback used to refine future digests.
  • Your Cursor API key, which you provide in settings.

Uninstalling the extension, or clearing it via chrome://extensions, removes this data.

04Network requests & your API key

To produce a digest, the extension makes requests directly from your browser to:

  • Cursor's API (api.cursor.com) — your prompt and your Cursor API key are sent here to run the cloud agent that researches and scores news. This traffic goes to Cursor, never to us. Cursor's handling of that data is governed by Cursor's own privacy policy and terms.
  • The news sources you configure — the URLs and feeds you add as sources, fetched to gather articles.

Your API key is used only to authenticate with Cursor. It is never transmitted to POV News, the developer, or any third party.

05Browser permissions

The extension requests the minimum permissions it needs to function:

  • storage — to save your POV, digests, ratings, and key locally.
  • alarms — to schedule the daily digest refresh.
  • Host access to api.cursor.com and to the news sources you add — to make the requests in section 4.

06Children

POV News is a general-audience productivity tool and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect data from anyone — children included — because we do not collect data at all.

07Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted on this page with a new “last updated” date. Material changes will also be noted in the changelog.

08Contact

Questions about privacy? Open an issue on GitHub or email [email protected].