Privacy Policy

How we protect your data and privacy

Learn about our commitment to keeping your information safe while you explore the world's knowledge.

What Data We Collect

ElegantWiki is committed to protecting your privacy and operates under a fundamental principle of data minimization. We do not collect, store, or share personal information. Our application runs entirely in your browser and requires no registration, login, or account creation.

Unlike many web applications, ElegantWiki does not track your browsing behavior, search queries, reading preferences, or any other personal data. We do not use cookies, analytics services, or tracking mechanisms that would allow us to identify or monitor individual users across sessions.

Any preferences you set (such as theme selection, font choices, or reading settings) are stored locally in your browser's local storage. This data never leaves your device and can be cleared at any time through your browser's privacy settings. We have no access to this information.

How We Protect Your Privacy

Privacy protection is built into ElegantWiki's core architecture. Our application is designed as a client-side web application that only communicates with Wikipedia's public APIs to fetch article content. We do not operate servers that could potentially collect or store user data.

We employ several technical measures to ensure your privacy:

  • No Server-Side Data Storage: All processing happens in your browser.
  • No User Analytics: We don't use Google Analytics, tracking pixels, or similar services.
  • No Third-Party Integrations: Apart from Wikipedia's API, we don't connect to external services.
  • Local Storage Only: User preferences are stored locally and never transmitted.
  • Open Source Transparency: Our code is publicly available for security audits.
  • HTTPS-Only Communication: All API requests are made over encrypted connections.

This privacy-by-design approach means that even if we wanted to collect data about our users, our current architecture makes it technically impossible.