1. Current data use
Gently currently stores reminder settings and lightweight runtime state inside the browser using Chrome extension storage. This includes reminder types, reminder intervals, notification preferences, theme choices, bedtime settings, weather reminder settings, and optional saved location coordinates if you provide a location for weather reminders.
Gently also uses temporary session storage for in-browser scheduling state, such as active reminder clocks and idle-session timing.
2. Browser permissions and behavior
Gently currently uses Chrome permissions to:
- save settings and runtime state in extension storage;
- schedule alarms for reminders;
- detect idle and active browser state;
- show desktop notifications;
- send reminder messages to the active tab so in-page toasts can appear;
- show the extension side panel and popup experience.
3. External requests
If you enable weather reminders and save a location, Gently sends the saved latitude and longitude to Open-Meteo to request forecast data needed to generate weather-based reminders.
Gently also sends technical error and monitoring events to Sentry when issues occur in the extension. Aside from weather requests and Sentry monitoring traffic, the current implementation does not send your reminder settings or general browsing activity logs to a remote backend operated by Gently.
4. Current diagnostics and planned analytics
Gently currently uses Sentry for release health, crash reporting, and error monitoring. Future releases may add PostHog for product analytics and usage measurement.
The current Sentry configuration enables default PII collection, which may include IP address inference and request URL data attached to captured events.
Sentry collection, and any future analytics collection, may include data such as:
- extension version, browser version, operating system, and general device metadata;
- feature usage events, settings interactions, and screen or panel opens;
- crash reports, error messages, stack traces, and technical diagnostics;
- limited contextual metadata needed to understand failures or aggregate product usage.
If PostHog is added, or if Sentry configuration changes materially, this policy should be updated again to reflect the final configuration, retention choices, identifiers used, and any opt-out controls that are offered.
5. What Gently does not currently do
Based on the current implementation, Gently does not currently run a proprietary remote account system, does not sell personal information, and does not intentionally collect the full contents of form entries or account credentials.
6. Data control
Because the current implementation stores most settings locally in the browser, you can clear extension data by removing the extension or clearing its stored data through the browser's extension controls.
7. Contact
Questions about privacy can be directed through gilany.net.