Privacy policy

Last updated November 14, 2026

The short version: Gradeping keeps your grades in your own browser. There is no Gradeping account and no Gradeping server that receives your grades, and nothing is sold or shared.

What the extension reads

When you click "Ping grades" or set up a class, Gradeping reads from Purdue's Brightspace (purdue.brightspace.com), using the sign-in you already have there:

• your list of classes, grades, and gradebook settings (categories, weights, drop rules)
• assignment names and due dates
• course syllabus files and pages, to find drop rules and weights

Gradeping only reads. It never submits, edits, or posts anything in Brightspace, and it never sees your Purdue password.

Where your data is kept

Everything Gradeping reads, plus your settings (credit hours, pass/fail choices, your past GPA, what-if scores), is stored in Chrome's extension storage on your computer. It is not sent to Gradeping or anyone else.

Syllabi are read on your computer. If your Chrome has its built-in on-device AI model, Gradeping uses it; that model runs locally. Otherwise, Gradeping uses simple keyword matching.

What leaves your computer

Besides Brightspace itself, the extension makes two kinds of requests, neither of which includes your grades:

• api.purdue.io, a public Purdue course catalog, to look up credit hours. The request contains a course subject and number (for example "MA 26100"), not who you are or your grades.
• gradeping.com/library.json, a public list of known class rules (like "MA 261 drops the lowest 2 quizzes"). This is a plain download; nothing about you is sent.

Like any web request, these services can see your IP address.

What we don't do

• No analytics, tracking, or ads in the extension.
• No selling, renting, or sharing of your data.
• No use of your data for anything other than showing you your grades.

Deleting your data

In Gradeping's settings, "Delete all data" erases everything Gradeping has stored. Removing the extension from Chrome also deletes it.

This website

gradeping.com is hosted on Cloudflare and loads fonts from Google Fonts, so those services see standard request information such as your IP address. The site has no analytics and sets no cookies of its own.

Not affiliated

Gradeping is an independent project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Purdue University or D2L Corporation. Brightspace is a trademark of D2L Corporation.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted here with a new date.