Your Privacy Matters
Last updated: January 16, 2026
Our Privacy Promise
To keep your personal information safe and private.
Not to sell your personal information.
To give you control over your data at any time.
To be transparent about how we process your emails.
Introduction
Welcome to School TLDR. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, protect, and share your personal information when you use our service. School TLDR is an email summarization service that helps parents stay informed about their children's schools by creating concise summaries of school communications.
By using School TLDR, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our service.
Who This Privacy Policy Applies To
This privacy policy applies to you if you:
- Are a current or former customer of School TLDR
- Have created an account with us
- Have provided your email address to receive our services
- Have visited our website or used our services
- Have applied for our service or contacted us with inquiries
Information We Collect
Information You Provide
- Email Address: Required to create your account and deliver summaries
- School Information: The schools you select to receive updates from
- Forwarded Emails: School communications you forward to our service for summarization
- Account Preferences: Your subscription tier and notification settings
Information We Collect Automatically
- Usage Data: How you interact with our service, including pages visited and features used
- Device Information: Browser type, operating system, and IP address
- Analytics Data: Aggregated data about service performance and user behavior
Email Content We Process
When you forward school emails to School TLDR, we process the content to:
- Extract key information and important dates
- Generate summaries and calendar events
- Identify and categorize school communications
Important: We do not collect or store financial information, social security numbers, or other sensitive personal identification beyond your email address.
How We Use Your Information
We use your information to:
- Provide and maintain our email summarization service
- Process forwarded emails and generate summaries
- Send you your requested summaries and notifications
- Manage your account and subscription
- Process payments through our payment processor (Stripe)
- Respond to your inquiries and provide customer support
- Improve our service and develop new features
- Detect and prevent fraud or abuse
- Comply with legal obligations
- Send you service-related announcements (you cannot opt out of these)
We do not:
- Sell your personal information to third parties
- Use your email content for advertising purposes
- Share your email content with other users
- Train AI models on your personal email content without permission
Data Storage and Security
We take the security of your data seriously and implement industry-standard measures to protect your information:
- Encryption: All data transmitted to and from our service is encrypted using SSL/TLS
- Secure Storage: Your data is stored in secure, encrypted databases managed by Supabase
- Access Controls: We restrict access to your personal information to authorized personnel only
- Regular Updates: We regularly update our security practices and systems
Data Retention: We retain your email summaries and account information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services. Forwarded emails are processed and then deleted unless you choose to save specific items.
Third-Party Services
We use trusted third-party services to operate School TLDR:
- Supabase: Database and authentication services. View their privacy policy
- Stripe: Payment processing. We do not store your credit card information. View their privacy policy
- Cloudflare: Hosting and content delivery. View their privacy policy
- PostHog: Analytics to help us improve our service. View their privacy policy
- AI Services: We use AI services to generate email summaries. Email content is processed through secure APIs and is not stored by these providers.
Your Privacy Rights
You have the following rights regarding your personal information:
- Access: You can access your personal information at any time through your account settings
- Correction: You can update or correct your information in your account settings
- Deletion: You can request deletion of your account and all associated data
- Data Export: You can request a copy of your data in a portable format
- Opt-Out: You can unsubscribe from marketing communications (though you'll still receive essential service emails)
- Restriction: You can request that we limit how we use your information
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at privacy@schooltldr.com or through your account settings.
Children's Privacy
School TLDR is designed for parents and guardians to receive summaries about their children's schools. Our service is not intended for use by children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
While the content we summarize may be about children's school activities, we only collect and process information from adult parents and guardians who use our service.
California Privacy Rights (CCPA)
If you are a California resident, you have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA):
- Right to know what personal information we collect, use, and disclose
- Right to request deletion of your personal information
- Right to opt-out of the sale of personal information (note: we do not sell personal information)
- Right to non-discrimination for exercising your privacy rights
To exercise these rights, contact us at privacy@schooltldr.com.
European Privacy Rights (GDPR)
If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), UK, or Switzerland, you have rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):
- Right to access your personal data
- Right to rectification of inaccurate data
- Right to erasure ("right to be forgotten")
- Right to restrict processing
- Right to data portability
- Right to object to processing
Our legal basis for processing your data is typically your consent or our legitimate interest in providing and improving our service.
Cookies and Tracking
We use cookies and similar technologies to:
- Keep you signed in to your account
- Remember your preferences
- Analyze how our service is used
- Improve your experience
You can control cookies through your browser settings. However, disabling cookies may limit your ability to use certain features of our service.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for legal, operational, or regulatory reasons. When we make changes, we will:
- Update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy
- Notify you via email if the changes are material
- Post a notice on our website
We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we protect your information.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us:
Email: privacy@schooltldr.com
Support: support@schooltldr.com
We will respond to your inquiry within 30 days.