Privacy Policy

At a glance

• ThreadPulse does not sell your data.
• ThreadPulse does not use your data for advertising.
• ThreadPulse does not include analytics, telemetry, or third-party tracking in the current version.
• ThreadPulse stores its settings locally in your browser.
• ThreadPulse only contacts Reddit endpoints needed to refresh the thread you are already viewing.

What ThreadPulse does

ThreadPulse is a browser extension for supported Reddit comment threads. It refreshes the currently open thread in place, adds live update controls to the page, and helps you follow fast-moving discussions without reloading the full page.

Its core features include live comment updates, queued-comment handling while you read older comments, optional focus mode, local per-thread preferences, and optional desktop alerts.

Information stored locally in your browser

ThreadPulse stores settings in chrome.storage.local so it can remember how you want the extension to behave.

• whether live refresh is enabled for a thread
• the selected refresh interval for a thread
• the selected refresh sort for a thread
• the selected overlay corner for a thread
• whether focus mode is enabled for a thread
• whether keyboard shortcuts are enabled for a thread
• whether demo mode is enabled for a thread
• the selected demo burst size for a thread
• whether desktop alerts are enabled for the current browser profile
• whether developer diagnostics mode is enabled for the current browser profile

Stored thread settings are keyed by normalized Reddit thread URLs, can be reset for the current thread from the popup, and are pruned to a capped local history over time.

Information processed to provide the feature

When you use ThreadPulse on a supported Reddit thread, the extension reads and updates the contents of that Reddit page so it can deliver its live-update behavior.

This can include processing Reddit thread URLs, comment IDs, timestamps, and comment HTML that is already present on the page or returned by Reddit when the extension checks for newer comments.

In the current version, this processing happens locally in your browser as part of the extension's core functionality.

Network activity

ThreadPulse makes network requests only to Reddit endpoints needed to refresh the Reddit thread that is currently open in your browser.

ThreadPulse does not send data to analytics providers, advertisers, data brokers, or other unrelated third parties.

This public website

This privacy page and the public support page are hosted as a static website. Like most website hosting platforms, the host may process standard request information such as IP address, user agent, and request timing in order to deliver the page, maintain security, and operate the hosting service.

That website-hosting activity is separate from the behavior of the ThreadPulse extension itself. The extension does not include its own analytics or telemetry in the current version.

Data sharing and sale

ThreadPulse does not sell, rent, or share your data with third parties.

ThreadPulse does not use or transfer data for advertising, profiling, creditworthiness, or lending decisions.

Permissions

ThreadPulse currently requests:

• storage to remember extension settings locally
• optional notifications when you choose to enable desktop alerts
• access to supported Reddit pages so it can activate reliably on comment threads and refresh them in place

ThreadPulse does not request tabs, history, cookies, webRequest, or declarativeNetRequest.

Retention and security

Locally stored settings remain in your browser until you clear extension storage, remove the extension, or overwrite those saved settings.

The extension relies on the browser's extension storage and uses HTTPS requests to Reddit for its live-refresh functionality.

Future changes

If ThreadPulse later adds telemetry, analytics, third-party services, or any new data use beyond what is described here, this policy will be updated before or when those changes ship.

Support

For support information, visit the public ThreadPulse support page at /support/.