Privacy Policy
Last updated September 12, 2026. This is the whole policy.
Simpl Courses collects nothing. No accounts, no analytics, no servers. Everything stays on your device.
What we store, and where
Your course selection, targets, GPA goal, appearance and other preferences are saved in your browser's extension storage. Grade snapshots — one per day, only if you turn tracking on — are saved on the device you are using. None of it is uploaded anywhere.
How Canvas data is read
Simpl Courses reads Canvas pages and the Canvas API using the session you are already logged into, in your own browser. It never asks for, stores, or transmits your Canvas password. Course data is cached briefly on your device to keep pages fast, and you can clear that cache at any time in Settings.
Permissions
The extension runs only on the Canvas address you enter during setup, plus any you add later. It requests no other host access and does not read or modify other sites, tabs, or your browsing history.
The optional smart panel
The smart panel is off until you add your own API key. That key is stored on your device and sent only to the provider it belongs to, in the request you triggered. We never see it and never proxy it. If you delete the key, the panel stops working immediately. Whatever you send is governed by that provider's own privacy policy.
Children and student records
Simpl Courses is a display layer over your own Canvas account. It creates no records, shares nothing with your school, and gives no one else access to your coursework or grades.
Deleting your data
Removing the extension deletes everything it stored. Settings → Data → Reset everything does the same without uninstalling. Because nothing is held on a server, there is nothing for us to delete on your behalf.
Changes
If a future version ever sends data anywhere, this page and the store listing's disclosures will be updated in the same release, and the change will be called out in the extension.
Questions or a deletion request? Get in touch. Simpl Courses is an independent project and is not affiliated with Instructure or Canvas.