Overview
What this tool is designed to do
Many people click “I agree” without ever seeing what a privacy policy or Terms of Service actually says.
The summarizer is a small, browser based helper that gives you a quick sense of what a document covers,
which themes appear, and where common concerning clauses may sit.
It works best on public policies and ToS pages from websites, apps, and online services that you already have
access to. You paste the text into the tool or load a simple text file and receive a short overview plus a
list of sentences that match common “red flag” patterns.
Client-side only, no network calls
Heuristic demo, AI lite
Who this helper is for
The summarizer is aimed at everyday users, students, journalists, digital nomads, small organizations, and
anyone else who wants a little extra structure when reading dense legal pages. It is not built for drafting
contracts or performing formal legal review.
- Individuals deciding whether to try or keep using a service.
- Nonprofits and small teams doing an initial privacy sanity check.
- Journalists and advocates looking for quick examples of certain clauses.
- Curious readers who want help finding the “interesting” parts of a long policy.
Think of it as a highlighter.
The tool points at areas you may want to read more slowly, but it does not tell you what to accept or reject.
You stay in control of the final judgment.
How it works
What happens in your browser
The summarizer does not send your text anywhere. All processing happens locally using simple pattern matching
and scoring logic written in JavaScript. There are no calls to external AI services and no tracking on this
page from the tool itself.
At a high level, the tool:
- Cleans the text and splits it into sentences.
- Looks for sentences that mention collection, use, sharing, rights, and security.
- Scores sentences based on length and presence of important words.
- Applies keyword based rules to detect themes such as arbitration, broad data sharing, or tracking.
- Builds a short “plain language” snapshot from the highest scoring sentences.
The rules are intentionally transparent and conservative. They rely on simple keywords instead of full natural
language understanding, so you can think of them as a checklist of phrases to keep an eye on.
Limits you should know about
This is not a legal engine and it does not understand context, jurisdiction, or your personal risk profile.
There are important limitations:
- Important issues can be missed if the wording is different from the phrases the tool looks for.
- Harmless boilerplate can be highlighted even when it is standard and low risk in your situation.
- The tool does not know which laws apply to you or how a court would interpret any clause.
- It does not perform tracking detection in your browser, it only reads the text of the policy itself.
Bottom line.
You should still read the original policy, especially the sections about data sharing, your rights, dispute
resolution, and how changes are communicated. The summarizer is a reading aid, not a decision maker.