Privacy Policy
What this is
The Morning Standard is a personal tool. It reads one person's email and calendar, and sends that person a summary each morning. It is operated by an individual for their own use. It is not a product, and no account can be created on it.
Whose information this is about
Two kinds of people appear in this system.
The operator. The single user, whose Google account the tool reads.
People who write to the operator. Their email address, the subject of their message, and a short extract of it are read by the tool. This policy exists mainly for them.
What the tool reads
From Google, with read-only permission:
- Gmail — the sender, subject, and date of recent messages, and the short snippet Gmail provides. It reads the full text of the operator's own replies to its briefs, so it can act on them. It does not read the full body of any other message.
- Google Calendar — event titles, times, and which calendar each event belongs to.
The tool cannot send, delete, or change anything in Gmail or Calendar. Its Google access is read-only.
Why it reads them
To write one email each morning that lists what needs the operator's attention, what is worth reading, and what is on the calendar.
Who can see the result
Only the operator. The brief is sent to the operator's own address. Nothing is published, shared, or sold. No advertising is served, and no data is used to train any model.
Where the information goes
| Service | What it receives | Why |
|---|---|---|
| nothing — it is the source | Reading mail and calendar | |
| Anthropic | sender addresses, subjects, and snippets | Sorting mail and writing the summary |
| Resend | the finished brief and the operator's address | Sending the email |
| GitHub | the stored records below | Running the tool and storing its state |
Each is a service provider acting on the operator's instructions.
Google user data
The tool's use of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.
Google user data is not transferred to anyone except the service providers listed above, and only to deliver the features described here. It is not used for advertising, and it is not sold. No human reads it other than the operator.
What is stored, and for how long
| Record | Kept for |
|---|---|
| Identifiers of messages already processed | 30 days |
| Sent briefs | 14 days |
| Completed tasks | 14 days |
| Replies already applied | 28 days |
| Senders not yet sorted | 90 days |
| Senders the operator chose to allow | 365 days after their last message |
| Senders the operator chose to block | until removed by hand |
Records are held in a private store that only the operator can reach.
Access by others
Nobody else has access. The tool has one user, and it is not offered to anyone else.
Contact
Questions about this policy, or a request to remove your address from it, can be sent to the address on the home page.
Changes
This policy may change. The date at the top shows when it last did.