CanvPetCanvPet privacy policy
Last updated: November 9, 2026
In short: CanvPet works entirely in your browser. It has no servers and no accounts, and it never sends your information to us or to anyone else. It shows no ads and uses no analytics or tracking. What it keeps stays on your computer, and removing CanvPet deletes it.
What CanvPet is
CanvPet is a Chrome extension: a study pet for Canvas. A puppy lives on your Canvas pages, shows what's coming up from your Canvas to-do list, keeps you company while you study, and offers a calm minute when you need one.
What CanvPet reads
- Your Canvas to-do list. On Canvas pages you're signed into, CanvPet asks your school's Canvas for the same to-do list your Canvas Dashboard shows: titles, courses, due dates, points, links, and whether something is turned in or missing. It uses your existing Canvas sign-in, asks at most once every 10 minutes, and only reads. It never changes anything in Canvas. The request goes straight from your browser to your school's Canvas.
- The page you're on. CanvPet looks at the address of the Canvas page (for example, whether it's a course's files) and, on an assignment page, whether Canvas shows it as submitted, so turning work in can feed your pet.
- Your calendar feed, if you add it. If you paste your Canvas calendar feed link into CanvPet's menu, CanvPet downloads that feed from Canvas every few hours to see what's due. This is optional.
- Your mouse, over the pet only. When you stroke or click the puppy, it reacts. Nothing about your mouse is recorded.
What CanvPet keeps, and where
Everything CanvPet keeps is stored in Chrome's extension storage on your computer (chrome.storage.local). It isn't synced to your Google account and isn't sent anywhere. It keeps:
| Your pet | Its name, how full it is, its mood, your streak of days. |
|---|---|
| Your to-do list | A copy of your Canvas to-do list (as above), the items you ticked off in CanvPet, and which turned-in assignments already fed your pet. |
| Your studying | Minutes studied per day for the last 60 days (for the weekly recap), and, if you type it, what you're working on in the current session. |
| Your settings | The pet's size and place on the page, study and break times, calm mode, reminders, whether the card stays open, your calendar feed link (if added), and your school's Canvas address (if you turned CanvPet on there). |
Your answer to "How are you today?" is never saved. CanvPet only remembers the day it asked, so it asks once a day.
What CanvPet sends, and to whom
Nothing to us, and nothing to anyone else. The only internet requests CanvPet makes go to your own school's Canvas (your to-do list, and your calendar feed if you added it). The puppy's pictures and videos are inside the extension. We don't sell, rent or share any data, because we never receive any.
Why CanvPet asks for each permission
| Storage | To keep your pet, settings and to-do list on your computer. |
|---|---|
| Alarms | To time study sessions and breaks, the once-a-day reminder, and refreshing your calendar feed. |
| Notifications | To tell you when a study session ends and, once a day, what's due soon. You can turn the daily reminder off in the menu. |
| Canvas sites on instructure.com | To show the pet on Canvas pages hosted at instructure.com and read your to-do list there. |
| Your school's own Canvas address | Many schools host Canvas at their own address (like canvas.yourschool.edu). CanvPet asks for that one address only when you click "Turn on CanvPet here" or type it in the menu, and Chrome asks you to allow it. CanvPet runs only on Canvas pages at the addresses you turned it on for. |
| Scripting and active tab | To put the pet on the Canvas page you turned it on for, and on Canvas tabs that are already open after an update, so it doesn't freeze. |
Your choices
- Delete everything: remove CanvPet from Chrome (chrome://extensions, then Remove). Chrome deletes everything CanvPet kept.
- Hide the pet with Hide on its card, or close the card with its ×.
- Turn off the daily reminder, break suggestions or movement (calm mode) in CanvPet's menu.
- Take back a school's access in Chrome's extension settings (Details, then Site access).
Children
CanvPet is made for students. It doesn't collect personal information from anyone, including children under 13: nothing leaves your computer.
Not affiliated with Instructure
CanvPet is an independent extension. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Instructure, Inc. Canvas is a trademark of Instructure, Inc.
Changes
If what CanvPet does with information changes, this page will be updated, with a new date, before the new version is released. If a future feature ever needs to send anything off your computer (for example, optional paid pets through a payment provider), this page will say exactly what, to whom and why first.
Contact
Questions or requests: avacadofarm6@gmail.com. Replies may come from an AI assistant that helps run CanvPet; a person is responsible for CanvPet and reads what you send.