What Byewall does
Byewall helps users understand what paywalled articles are about. Byewall does not bypass, remove, or circumvent paywalls.
Data we process
- Article URLs submitted by users for analysis.
- For extension-triggered analysis, the active tab URL selected by the user when they click the extension.
- Limited request metadata for reliability and abuse prevention (for example, IP and user agent).
- Optional user feedback votes on summaries/links.
Browser extension behavior
- The extension runs on user action: when clicked, it captures the active tab URL and opens byewall.app to analyze that page.
- The extension does not run automatic all-sites background scanning.
- The extension does not store persistent paywall-detection state in extension storage.
How we use data
- To generate article summaries and related context.
- To improve service performance (for example, caching and rate limiting).
- To monitor reliability and prevent abuse.
Data sharing
We do not sell personal data. We may share limited request data with infrastructure and AI/search providers only as needed to operate the service.
Retention
Cached and analytics data are retained for limited periods and automatically expire according to service configuration.
Contact
Questions about privacy can be sent through the contact page.