# Balanced Breakfast — Privacy Policy

*Last updated: May 12, 2026*

Balanced Breakfast is published by Make Creative, LLC. This policy explains what data the app handles.

## The Short Version

- Balanced Breakfast is a local-first feed aggregator. Subscriptions, fetched articles, and read state live in a SQLite database on your own device.
- We don't run a server for Balanced Breakfast. We don't see your data.
- The app fetches feed data directly from sources you configure (RSS feeds, public APIs); those operators see your IP, as with any web request.
- No telemetry, analytics, ads, or tracking.

## What Balanced Breakfast Stores on Your Device

- Your feed subscriptions and source configurations
- Fetched articles, metadata, and read/unread state
- Plugin scripts you install (Rhai)
- Encrypted credentials for sources that require auth (e.g. API tokens) — stored in the OS keychain, never in plain disk

## What Balanced Breakfast Sends Off Your Device

The app makes outbound requests only to sources you've added:

- RSS/Atom feed URLs you subscribe to
- Public APIs (e.g. Hacker News, arXiv) that plugins are configured to query
- Image hosts referenced by article content (loaded for preview rendering)
- **Update server** — the app periodically checks for new versions. The check transmits your current app version and platform; no personal data.

We don't proxy any of these requests. Each goes directly from your device to the source's own server, under that source's own privacy policy.

## What Balanced Breakfast Does Not Do

- No analytics SDK, no crash reporter beacons, no usage tracking
- No advertising, no third-party trackers
- No data sold or shared with third parties
- No cloud sync between devices (each device's database is independent)

## Children

Balanced Breakfast is not directed at children under 13.

## Changes

Material changes to this policy will be noted in the app's release notes.

## Contact

questions@makenot.work