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Last updated 17 October 2026

Privacy Policy

ParhLo builds a newspaper around what you read. This page explains what we keep to do that, who helps us, and how to remove it.

Only what builds your paper

Your interests and what you read, so tomorrow's paper fits you better.

You can see all of it

Your dashboard shows everything ParhLo remembers, and you can remove any of it.

Never sold, no ad trackers

We don't sell your data or share it with advertisers.

Delete in one step

Deleting your account removes your profile, interests, reading history and papers at once.

01What we collect

Your account

  • Email address, to sign you in and send your paper. With “Continue with Google” we also receive your name and Google account ID. We never see your Google password.
  • Sign-in codes, stored only as a one-way hash; they expire after 10 minutes.

What you tell us

  • Your name, city, reading time, and your Pakistan/world mix.
  • Topics you switch on or off, the people, teams and companies you follow, and what you write in “About you”.

How you read

  • Stories you open, how long you read them, and what you like, dislike, save, skip or ask about.
  • Whether you download the PDF.

What you search and ask

  • Search: your search words are used to find stories and are not stored on our servers. Your recent searches are kept only in your browser. Opening a result counts as reading it.
  • Ask your paper: your question is used to answer it from your paper. We keep that you asked about a story, as a reading signal, but not the conversation.

Friends

  • Who you invited and who accepted, so we can show your friends list and notify you.

Messages you send us

  • Your name, email, the topic and your message from Help & contact, so we can reply.

We don't use advertising trackers and we don't track your location. Your city is only used for the weather and air quality in your paper.

02How we use it

  • To choose your stories and explain why each one is in your paper.
  • To learn your interests over time. Every night your reading updates your interests; your dashboard shows each change.
  • To update your paper straight away when you change your interests. Today's paper is reprinted within seconds, then polished in the background.
  • To email you sign-in codes and, unless you turn it off, your paper every morning.
  • To answer your questions in Ask your paper and your Help & contact messages.
  • Friends (only if you turn it on): with “Learn from friends” on, stories you liked or saved in the last few days can appear in your friends' papers with your name, for friends who also turned it on. Nothing else about your reading is shown to them. It's off by default.

03Services that process data for us

ParhLo runs on a few providers. They process data only to provide their service to us.

VercelHosts the website and appYour requests to ParhLo
NeonOur databaseYour account, interests and reading activity
OpenAIWrites summaries, lays out papers, answers questions, understands searchesArticle text; your questions and search words; a short description of your interests. Never your email address
TypeSafe (Jev)Sorts stories, checks summaries, finds the story a question is aboutArticle text and your questions
n8nSchedules your paper update when your interests changeOnly your reader ID and the time of the change, in a signed message
Google“Continue with Google” and sending emailYour email address and name at sign-in; the emails we send you
Amazon Web ServicesBackup email delivery and file storageYour email address and the emails we send you
Open-Meteo, open.er-api.comWeather, air quality and exchange ratesOnly your city

04Cookies and your browser

We use one cookie, parhlo_session, to keep you signed in for up to 30 days. It can't be read by scripts on the page. Your browser's local storage holds a demo reader ID (if you try the demo), an invite you opened before signing in, and your recent searches. These stay on your device.

05How long we keep it

  • Your account, interests, reading history and past papers: for as long as you have an account.
  • Demo readers you create without an account are deleted automatically after 3 days.
  • Messages you send us are kept so we can follow up. Ask us and we'll delete them.
  • When you delete your account, everything linked to it is deleted straight away.

06Your choices

  • See and edit your interests and everything ParhLo remembers on your dashboard, and remove anything, including any saved story or friend.
  • Turn off the morning email on your dashboard or with the one-click unsubscribe link in any email.
  • Turn off Learn from friends to stop sharing your likes with friends and stop theirs shaping your paper.
  • Delete your account from the dashboard at any time. This can't be undone.
  • Ask for a copy of your data, or anything else, through Help & contact or at tehmanhassan@gmail.com.

07Security

All traffic is encrypted (HTTPS). Sign-in codes are hashed, limited to 5 attempts and expire quickly. Session cookies are signed, secure and HTTP-only. Links in emails (like unsubscribe) and messages to n8n are signed so they can't be forged.

08Children

ParhLo is not intended for children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect their data.

09Changes and contact

If we change this policy in a way that matters, we'll update the date at the top and tell you in the app before it takes effect. Questions? Use Help & contact or email tehmanhassan@gmail.com.