Privacy Policy

ClearTerms AI is a Chrome extension that helps you understand Terms & Conditions, Privacy Policies, and cookie usage on websites. We built it because we believe everyone deserves to understand what they're agreeing to — including when they use our own tool.

What We Collect

Almost nothing. Here's the full list:

• Nothing stored on our servers. The documents you analyze are sent to our backend temporarily to call the AI API, then discarded. We do not log, store, or index the text of any Terms or Privacy Policy you analyze.
• No account required. We don't ask for your name, email, or any personal information.
• No browsing history. We never record which URLs you visit.

What Happens When You Analyze a Page

When you click "Analyze This Page," the extension extracts the visible text from the current page and sends it to our backend server. The backend forwards this text to the Groq API (an AI inference service) to generate a plain-language summary. The response is returned to your browser and displayed in the popup. Neither we nor Groq retain this text after the request completes.

Local Storage (Your Device Only)

The extension uses chrome.storage.local to store your Privacy History — a local log of sites you've scanned and their risk levels. This data:

• Lives entirely on your device
• Is never uploaded to our servers
• Can be deleted at any time via the "Clear" button in the History tab
• Is also erased when you uninstall the extension

Your selected language preference is also saved locally in chrome.storage.local.

Third-Party Services

We use the following third-party services to operate ClearTerms AI:

• Groq (api.groq.com) — AI inference for document analysis and Q&A. Text you analyze is sent to Groq to generate responses. See Groq's Privacy Policy.
• Render (render.com) — Hosts our backend API. Render may log standard HTTP request metadata (IP address, timestamp, response code). See Render's Privacy Policy.

Permissions We Request

The extension requests the following Chrome permissions and here's exactly why:

• activeTab — To read the text content of the page you're currently viewing, only when you click the extension icon.
• scripting — To inject a content script that extracts page text for analysis.
• storage — To save your language preference and privacy history locally on your device.
• cookies — To read the cookies set by the current site when you use the Cookie Scanner tab.
• tabs — To read the URL and title of the current tab so we can badge the icon on policy pages.
• host_permissions (<all_urls>) — Required so our content script can run on any website you visit (to detect policy pages and enable text extraction).

Children's Privacy

ClearTerms AI is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect any personal information from children.

Changes to This Policy

If we make material changes to this policy, we will update the "Last updated" date above. For significant changes, we will also update the extension's Chrome Web Store listing description.

Contact

Questions? Concerns? Open an issue on our GitHub repository or reach out via the Chrome Web Store support tab.