Privacy Policy — AI Sidebar

This privacy policy describes how the AI Sidebar — ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini Chrome extension ("the extension", "we") handles data.

What the extension does

The extension opens the official ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini websites inside Chrome's native side panel via iframes, so you can chat with them while browsing other pages. It also provides a one-click button that captures a screenshot of the tab you're currently viewing and pastes it into the open AI chat.

What data is collected by the extension

None. The extension does not operate any server. It has no analytics, no telemetry, no crash reporting, no user accounts, and no backend of any kind. Your prompts, your chats, your screenshots, your browsing history, and your identity are never sent to us — because there is no "us" to send them to.

What is stored locally on your device

The extension uses Chrome's local storage (chrome.storage.local) to remember three boolean preferences:

• showChatGPT — whether to show ChatGPT in the sidebar
• showClaude — whether to show Claude in the sidebar
• showGemini — whether to show Gemini in the sidebar

This data stays on your device, is never transmitted anywhere, and is deleted when you uninstall the extension.

Third-party services (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini)

When you use the sidebar, you are interacting directly with the real websites of OpenAI (ChatGPT), Anthropic (Claude), and Google (Gemini) inside sandboxed iframes. Your conversations, authentication cookies, and any content you send go directly between your browser and those providers. The extension does not proxy, intercept, log, or read any of that traffic.

Each provider has its own privacy policy that applies when you use their service:

• OpenAI / ChatGPT Privacy Policy
• Anthropic / Claude Privacy Policy
• Google / Gemini Privacy Policy

Permissions and why we request them

• activeTab — Used exclusively for the screenshot feature. When you click the "add screenshot" button, the extension captures the currently visible tab. The image is pasted straight into the open AI chat iframe on your device. It is never uploaded to any server operated by us.
• storage — Used to save the three UI-preference booleans described above.
• sidePanel — Required to display the extension's UI in Chrome's native side panel.
• declarativeNetRequest — Used by static rules to remove X-Frame-Options and Content-Security-Policy response headers from chatgpt.com, claude.ai, gemini.google.com, and their Google sign-in subdomains, so the official AI sites can be embedded in the side panel. No requests are intercepted, redirected, blocked, or modified beyond those header removals.
• Host permission (<all_urls>) — Required by Chrome so that chrome.tabs.captureVisibleTab() can work regardless of which website you happen to be viewing when you click the screenshot button. It is used only for that purpose.

What the extension does NOT do

• We do not read the contents of web pages you visit.
• We do not inject scripts into ordinary web pages. Our content script runs only on chatgpt.com, claude.ai, and gemini.google.com — inside the side panel iframe — to draw the screenshot button.
• We do not track you, fingerprint you, or build a profile of you.
• We do not run ads.
• We do not sell, rent, license, or share any data with any third party.
• We do not use your data to determine creditworthiness or for lending purposes.

Children's privacy

The extension is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect any information from anyone.

Changes to this policy

If this policy ever changes in a meaningful way, the updated version will be posted at the same URL with a new "Last updated" date. Because the extension does not collect data, changes are expected to be rare and cosmetic.

Contact

Questions about this policy can be sent to cade.thedev@gmail.com.