aBetterMyGCC Privacy Policy

Effective November 6, 2026

aBetterMyGCC is an unofficial browser extension that improves the myGCC portal at my.gcc.edu. This policy explains what it reads, where that information is kept, and what it sends. It is not made by or affiliated with Grove City College.

The short version

• Everything aBetterMyGCC reads from your myGCC account is stored only in Chrome on your computer.
• The developer never receives your data. The extension has no server, no accounts, no analytics, no advertising and no tracking.
• Data leaves your computer only to (a) Grove City College's own servers, (b) the public Nutrislice dining menu service, which receives nothing about you, and (c) the AI service you chose, only if you add your own API key and use Plan with AI or Ask AI.

What aBetterMyGCC reads

While you are signed in to myGCC, the extension reads these from your own myGCC pages (my.gcc.edu, and the chapel attendance frame on custom.gcc.edu):

• Your name, to greet you on the home page
• Your class schedule: courses, times, rooms, instructors and dates
• Your chapel attendance totals
• Your student account balance
• Your GPA, credits and degree requirements summary (the GPA is hidden on screen until you press and hold it)
• Course search results and section details, including reference numbers, on the Add/Drop pages
• The text and links of myGCC pages, used to build the quick-search index and to answer Ask AI questions

It does not read or store your myGCC password or other login details.

What is stored, and where

The extension saves the following with Chrome's local extension storage (chrome.storage.local) on your computer only. It is not synced to your Google account.

• Settings: theme, which features are on, GPA hiding, your preferred dining hall, and whether the welcome screen has been shown.
• Your course plan: the sections you saved, with their codes, times, professors and reference numbers.
• Cached copies of the information listed above (schedule, chapel, balance, GPA and degree progress, page index) so the dashboard and search load quickly. This cache is tied to the name of the signed-in person, so on a shared computer one person's information is not shown to another.
• Dining menu cache: the public menu text, kept for a few hours.
• Your AI settings, if you add them: the service, model and your API key.

The extension also keeps your theme choice in the my.gcc.edu page's local storage (so pages don't flash the wrong color), and a few temporary flags in session storage that disappear when the tab closes. The demo page, if you use it, stores its fictional data under separate keys.

The live log page (opened from the toolbar icon) shows the extension's activity, including AI requests, while the page is open. Log entries are passed straight to that page and are never saved.

To delete everything aBetterMyGCC has stored, remove the extension from chrome://extensions. You can also remove your AI key at any time on the extension's settings page.

What it sends, and to whom

• Grove City College (my.gcc.edu, custom.gcc.edu). The extension loads your own myGCC pages in the background the same way your browser does when you visit them, using your existing sign-in, and it loads pages when you hover a link so they open faster. When you press Register all, it fills in and submits myGCC's own Add by Reference form for you. Nothing goes anywhere except Grove City College's own servers. Links to other websites (for example gcc.edu, D2L, CashNet or the Community tab tools) simply open in a new tab; the extension sends them nothing.
• Nutrislice (gcc.api.nutrislice.com). To show dining menus, the extension requests the public Hicks and MAP menus for the current date and meal. These requests contain no information about you.
• The AI service you choose, only if you use Plan with AI or Ask AI. These features are off until you paste your own API key from Anthropic (api.anthropic.com), OpenAI (api.openai.com), xAI (api.x.ai) or Google (generativelanguage.googleapis.com) on the settings page, and Chrome asks you to allow access to that one service. When you then use them, the extension sends that service: what you typed; for Plan with AI, the codes and meeting times of courses you are registered for or have planned, the term name, and the course search results it finds; for Ask AI, the text and links of the myGCC pages it looks up to answer your question. Requests use your own key, are billed to your account with that service, and are governed by that service's privacy policy. Your key is stored only in Chrome on your computer and is sent only to the service you chose. If you remove the key, the extension's permission for that service is also removed. Nothing is sent to any AI service unless you add a key and use these features.
• Fonts (fonts.gstatic.com). The Host Grotesk and Instrument Sans typefaces are loaded from Google Fonts. As with any website that uses Google Fonts, Google receives your IP address and browser details with that request. No code is loaded, only font files.
• Feedback. The Feedback button sends nothing by itself. If you add a screenshot, Chrome asks you to share the tab, one frame is captured on your computer, and sharing stops right away. The note and screenshot are copied to your clipboard, or placed in an email draft; they reach the developer (at abettergcc@aidanmccants.com or on Telegram) only if you choose to send them yourself.

aBetterMyGCC does not sell, rent or share your information. It does not use it for advertising, for credit or lending decisions, or for anything other than the features described above.

Cookies and tracking

aBetterMyGCC does not set cookies and does not use tracking pixels, web beacons, fingerprinting or any analytics or advertising service. When it loads your myGCC pages in the background, Chrome sends Grove City College's own sign-in cookies with those requests, exactly as it does when you visit the pages yourself. The extension does not read, copy or change those cookies.

Links to other websites

aBetterMyGCC links to other websites, such as gcc.edu, D2L, CashNet, the dining menu site and the tools in the Community tab. Those sites are not run by the developer of aBetterMyGCC and have their own privacy policies, which may differ from this one. The developer is not responsible for how they handle your information.

Security

Your information stays in Chrome's storage on your computer, and every request the extension makes uses HTTPS. Anyone who can use your Chrome profile can see what the extension has stored, including an AI key if you added one, so treat that key like a password and remove it on the settings page if you share the computer. No method of storing or sending data is completely secure, and the developer cannot guarantee absolute security.

Children's privacy

aBetterMyGCC is meant for college students and does not knowingly collect information from children under 13.

Changes

This policy is effective as of the date at the top of this page. If it changes, the new version will be posted here with a new effective date. If a change affects what the extension collects or where it sends information, the extension will also show a notice in the extension before the change takes effect.

Contact

Questions? Contact the developer at abettergcc@aidanmccants.com.

aBetterMyGCC is not made by, affiliated with, or endorsed by Grove City College.