Privacy Policy
Effective 11 August 2026
Saccade is a speed-reading tool — a Chrome extension and a macOS app — that shows text one word at a time at a fixed focal point. It is built to process everything on your device and to know nothing about you.
What Saccade collects
Nothing. Saccade has no servers, no accounts, no analytics, no cookies, and no tracking of any kind. It never transmits any data off your device.
How your text is handled
- When you invoke the reader, the text you selected (or the page's article text) is read in your browser, on your device, purely to display it word by word. It is not stored, logged, or sent anywhere, and it is discarded when you close the overlay.
- The macOS app briefly uses the clipboard to capture your selected text, then restores your previous clipboard. That text likewise stays on your Mac and is discarded when the reading window closes.
What is stored
- The Chrome extension stores one preference — your reading speed
(words per minute) — locally via
chrome.storage.local. - The macOS app stores its preferences (reading speed, hotkey, font size, theme) in a local settings file on your Mac.
No page content, browsing history, or personal information is ever stored.
Permissions, plainly
- activeTab / scripting — lets the extension show its reading overlay on the tab you're viewing, only when you explicitly invoke it (toolbar button, right-click menu, or keyboard shortcut).
- contextMenus — adds the single "Speed-read with Saccade" right-click item on selections.
- storage — remembers your reading speed.
Third parties
None. Saccade includes no third-party code that phones home, no ad or analytics SDKs, and shares nothing with anyone.
Changes
If this policy ever changes, the new version will be posted at this URL with an updated effective date. Given the design of the tool, meaningful changes are unlikely.
Contact
Questions: dave@dwedigital.com
Saccade is an independent tool by DWE Digital. It is named for the rapid eye movement it eliminates.