Last updated: Thursday, June 19, 2025
Free AI Summarizer (“we”, “our”, or “us”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we handle information when you use our Chrome extension.
We do not collect any personal information. The extension operates entirely locally on your device and does not transmit any data to external servers.
The extension uses Chrome’s local storage to save your preferences, settings and cache data, including:
All data is stored locally on your device and is not shared with any third parties.
The extension requires the following permissions to function:
storage: To save your preferences, settings, and extracted articles locally on the device. No data is transmitted to external servers.tabs: To access tab information, create new tabs for AI services, and communicate with content scripts for article extraction and injection.
activeTab: To access the current active tab for article extraction, clipboard operations, and UI state management.offscreen: To detect system color scheme changes for theme synchronization, ensuring the extension’s appearance matches the user’s system preferences.contextMenus: To create right-click context menus that allow users to extract articles, copy to clipboard, and access AI services directly from web pages.sidePanel: To display the settings panel in Chrome’s side panel interface, providing easy access to extension configuration.alarms: To schedule periodic database cleanup tasks that remove old articles to maintain optimal performance.clipboardWrite: To copy extracted articles to the user’s clipboard when requested, enabling easy sharing and note-taking.host_permissions: To allow the extension to access and extract content from any website you visit. This is necessary for article extraction, content script injection, and providing AI summarization features on a wide range of web pages. No data is transmitted to external servers.We do not use any third-party services or analytics tools.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us through our GitHub repository.