Privacy
Last updated 11 November 2026. Draft for the private beta.
The short version: PaperBoy keeps what it needs to put your reading on your e-reader, and nothing else. No ads, no trackers, no selling your data. PaperBoy is run by coefficiencies (Tom Robertson) in Toronto, Canada, who is responsible for your information.
What PaperBoy keeps
- Your email address, for sign-in links and the occasional important notice about your account or the service.
- Sign-in details: your passkeys' public keys (your device keeps the private part), and a record of signed-in browsers (type of browser, when it was last used). Sign-in cookies and links are stored only as one-way hashes.
- Your library: the links you add, the articles and books made from them (text, pictures, title, author, cover), files you upload, tags, and what you've read.
- Reading positions, if you use reading sync, so your place follows you between readers.
- Connected services: the access tokens for Instapaper and Raindrop, and your Feedbin or reading sync login if you give them to us. These are encrypted before they're stored.
- Device passwords, stored only as hashes, with each device's name and when it was last used.
- Server logs: our host keeps short-lived request logs (IP address, page, time) for security and fixing problems.
Fetching articles
When you add a link, PaperBoy downloads the page and its pictures from its own servers, so the website sees PaperBoy rather than you.
Who else sees it
- Cloudflare hosts PaperBoy, stores the data, and sends our email. Your information may be stored and processed outside Canada, mainly in the United States.
- Services you connect. PaperBoy reads your saved articles from them, and tells them when you've finished one (archived in Instapaper, unstarred in Feedbin, tagged in Raindrop).
- Nobody else, unless the law requires it (for example a court order), in which case we'll tell you if we're allowed to.
Cookies
One cookie, to keep you signed in. No analytics, no advertising cookies.
Keeping and deleting
We keep your information while you have an account. Deleting your account (under Account) removes your library, files, passkeys, device passwords and connections straight away. Server logs age out on their own within a few weeks. You can download everything at any time from Account, Download your data: every EPUB in your library and a file of everything else we keep about your account.
Your rights
You can ask to see, correct or delete your information, or ask a question about how it's handled, at support@paperboyweb.com. We'll answer within 30 days. If you're not happy with the answer, you can complain to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, or to the data protection authority where you live.
Children
PaperBoy isn't for anyone under 16.
Changes
If we change what we collect or who sees it, we'll update this page and email you before it takes effect.