Last updated: August 4, 2026
Say Something is a Chrome extension that helps you write to your elected representatives about news you're reading. This policy explains exactly what data moves where.
Say Something has no user accounts, no analytics, no advertising, and no tracking. Nothing you do is logged against your identity. Two things leave your browser, and only when you ask for them: your address (to look up your representatives) and the article you chose to write about (to draft a message).
Stored locally in your browser via chrome.storage.local, and
never transmitted anywhere except as described below:
| Data | Why | Removed when |
|---|---|---|
| Your address, as you entered it | So you don't retype it every time | You click "change", or uninstall |
| Your representatives' public contact details | To show them without re-querying | Same |
| A random install identifier | To meter free drafts fairly | On uninstall |
| Your Anthropic API key, if you provide one | To draft using your own account | You clear it, or uninstall |
The random install identifier is generated on your device. It is not derived from anything about you or your machine, and it is not linked to your address, your identity, or any other data.
When you enter an address: the text you type is sent to Photon (an OpenStreetMap address-search service) for autocomplete suggestions, and the address you submit is sent to Geocodio to determine your congressional district. Neither is told who you are.
When you click "Read this page": the extension reads the article text and title from the tab you have open. That text stays on your device unless you go on to request a draft.
When you click "Draft it for me": the article text, the sentences you wrote about how you feel, the recipient's name and role, and the city and state from your saved address are sent to be turned into a draft. Where they go depends on your setup:
Anthropic processes this data to generate the draft under their commercial terms and privacy policy. Your data is not used to train models.
Your full street address is never sent to the drafting service — only the city and state, so the letter can identify you as a constituent.
The proxy stores one thing: a count of how many drafts each random install identifier has requested this week, and a total count per day. These counters exist to keep costs sustainable and expire automatically. They contain no article text, no message content, and nothing that identifies you.
| Permission | Why |
|---|---|
storage | Save your address and representatives on your device |
sidePanel | Show the extension in Chrome's side panel |
scripting | Read article text from the tab, only when you click "Read this page" |
| Access to websites | So "Read this page" works on whichever news site you're reading |
Say Something is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect data from them.
If this policy changes materially, the updated version will be published here with a new date, and the change will be noted in the extension's store listing.
Questions about this policy can be sent to say-something-ext@proton.me.