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Privacy Policy

This policy covers the PracticeRC website at practicerc.com and the PracticeRC Chrome extension. It explains what data we collect, why we collect it, and what we never do with it. Last updated 22 September 2026.

The short version

We collect the minimum needed to run the product: your account details, the passages you submit, and the tests generated from them.
The Chrome extension only sends text you explicitly select and choose to practice with. It never reads your browsing history and never collects page content on its own.
We keep your practice history so the product can work for you: your report card, your streak, your weak spots, and the drills and future tests we build around them.
Messages you send us in the app - founder line threads and feedback on a test - are stored and read by us, so we can reply and fix what is broken.
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data with anyone.
The website uses the Meta Pixel to measure our own Facebook and Instagram ads - whether an ad visit led to a sign-up or a purchase. Meta never receives your passages, answers, scores, or messages.
You can ask us to delete your account and data at any time.

Data we collect on the website

Account information

When you sign up - with Google or with email - we store your name, email address, and a session identifier so we can keep you signed in. Authentication is handled with secure, HTTP-only session cookies scoped to practicerc.com. We never see or store your Google password.

Content you submit

When you generate a practice test, the passage text you paste or select is sent to our server, where an AI model turns it into questions. We store the generated test, your answers, and your scores so you can review your history. Submit only text you are comfortable sending to us.

Your practice history, and what we do with it

Every test you take leaves a record: the questions, the option you picked, whether it was right, how long you took, and the difficulty and question types involved. We keep that because it is the product. It is what your score history, streak, leaderboard place, and report card are made of - and it is what tells the generator what to give you next. Your weak question types decide the drills you get, and your recent performance shapes the difficulty and the mix of the next test we build for you. Without it, every test you generated would be a shot in the dark. We use it to personalise practice for you - never to profile you for advertisers, and none of it is sent to Meta.

Messages and feedback

If you send a message on the founder line, or leave feedback under a test, we store it - the message, the tag you gave it, when you sent it, and the test it was attached to - and we read it. Two reasons, both boring: we cannot reply to you otherwise, and it is how we find the bugs and bad answer keys worth fixing. We use these messages to support you and improve the product, and we do not publish them or hand them to anyone else. So keep it honest, but do not paste anything you would not want us to have - passwords, card numbers, or somebody else's personal details.

Usage analytics

We use PostHog to understand how the product is used - for example, which features are popular and where errors happen. This includes events like "test generated" tied to your account identifier. We use this solely to improve PracticeRC, never for advertising.

Advertising measurement (Meta Pixel)

We advertise PracticeRC on Facebook and Instagram, and the website loads the Meta Pixel so we can tell which ads work. The pixel uses Meta's cookies to recognise visitors who arrived from our ads, and it reports a small set of events to Meta: the pages you open on practicerc.com, and when you create an account, receive your first test, start a checkout, or complete a purchase (with the plan and the amount). Purchases are also reported from our server once the payment is confirmed, so a blocked browser script does not hide a sale; that report carries the same plan and amount plus Meta's cookie identifiers, your IP address and browser details from the moment you started checkout, and a scrambled (hashed) form of our internal account number. We send no email address, name, passage, answer, score, or message. Meta may use this data to measure and deliver our ads, including to people similar to our visitors, under Meta's Privacy Policy. You can limit ad tracking in your Meta ad preferences or by blocking third-party cookies in your browser; PracticeRC works the same either way. The Chrome extension does not include the pixel.

The PracticeRC Chrome extension

Single purpose

The extension does one thing: it lets you turn text you select on an article you are reading into a CAT or GMAT-style Reading Comprehension practice test, generated and scored by your PracticeRC account at practicerc.com.

What the extension collects - and what it doesn't

Only text you explicitly select. Nothing leaves your browser until you select passage text and click Generate. Only that selected text, plus the page's title and URL (so your saved test shows its source), is sent to practicerc.com.
No browsing history. The extension does not track, log, or transmit the pages you visit. Article detection (the small toolbar badge) runs entirely inside your browser and sends nothing anywhere.
No keystrokes, no form data, no third parties. The extension communicates exclusively with practicerc.com - the same backend the website uses - and with no other server.

Why the extension requests each permission

Permission	Why it is needed
`activeTab`	Lets the extension act on the tab you are currently reading when you click its toolbar icon - capturing the selection you made and opening the side panel for that tab. It grants no access to other tabs.
`sidePanel`	The practice test itself - questions, timer, scoring, and explanations - runs in Chrome's side panel so you can answer questions alongside the article without leaving the page.
`storage`	Saves your in-progress state locally in your browser - the passage you selected and the test you are midway through - so nothing is lost if the side panel closes or the page reloads. This data stays on your device.
`cookies`	Used only to read the practicerc.com session cookie so the extension knows whether you are signed in to your PracticeRC account. It does not read cookies from any other site.
Host permission (`practicerc.com`)	Allows the extension to call the PracticeRC API with your signed-in session, so tests you generate from the extension are created, scored, and saved under your own account - exactly as on the website.
Content script (all sites)	You can practice from an article on any website, so the selection tool must be able to run on the page you are reading. It only highlights the text you select and detects whether a page looks like an article - locally, without sending page content anywhere.

No remote code

The extension does not download, evaluate, or execute code from any remote server. All of its code is bundled into the package reviewed and distributed by the Chrome Web Store.

Limited use disclosure

The extension's use of data complies with the Chrome Web Store Limited Use policy. Data collected by the extension is used only to provide its single, user-facing purpose: generating and scoring reading-comprehension practice tests you request. It is never sold, never used for advertising or creditworthiness decisions, and never transferred to third parties except as required to provide that purpose (our own practicerc.com backend) or to comply with law.

How your data is processed and shared

PracticeRC runs on Cloudflare's infrastructure, and passages you submit are processed by an AI model provider strictly to generate your practice questions. These service providers act on our behalf and are not permitted to use your data for their own purposes. Meta receives the advertising-measurement events described above. Beyond that, we share personal data with no one - we do not sell it or rent it - unless we are legally required to.

Data retention and deletion

Your account, generated tests, and results are kept while your account is active so your practice history works. On a free account, test results older than two years are deleted automatically; on a paid account they are kept for as long as the account exists. If you want your account and all associated data deleted, email us and we will remove it.

Changes to this policy

If we make material changes to this policy we will update this page and its "last updated" date. Continued use of PracticeRC after a change means you accept the updated policy.

Contact

Questions about privacy, or a data deletion request? Email support@practicerc.com and we will get back to you.