Clarify — Privacy Policy

Last updated: February 2026

Clarify is a Chrome extension that lets you right-click text, images, or videos on any webpage and get instant AI answers using your existing ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini subscriptions. This policy explains what data the extension accesses, how it is stored, and how it is used.

1. Data We Collect

Clarify does not collect, transmit, or store any personal data on external servers. All data stays on your device. Specifically:

• Session tokens — When you connect an AI provider (ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini), the extension stores your session token locally on your device. Tokens are encrypted with AES-256-GCM before being written to chrome.storage.local. They are never written to chrome.storage.sync and never leave your device.
• Active provider & model preference — Your selected AI provider and model choice are saved to chrome.storage.sync so your preference persists across devices. This data contains no personal information.
• Custom system prompt — If you set a custom system prompt in Settings, it is saved to chrome.storage.sync. It is never sent anywhere other than to your chosen AI provider as part of a chat request.

2. How Your Data Is Used

• When you right-click content and ask Clarify, the selected text, image URL, or video URL is sent directly from the Chrome extension's background service worker to your chosen AI provider (OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google). No intermediate server is involved.
• Your session token is attached to this request as an authorization header. It is sent only to the official API endpoint of the provider you selected.
• We do not log, monitor, or analyze any of your conversations or browsing activity.

3. Third-Party Services

Depending on which AI provider you connect, your messages are sent to one of the following third-party services. Their own privacy policies apply to how they handle your data:

• OpenAI Privacy Policy
• Anthropic Privacy Policy
• Google Privacy Policy

4. Data Retention & Deletion

All data stored by Clarify lives in your browser's local storage. You can delete it at any time by:

• Clicking Disconnect next to a provider in the extension popup — this immediately removes the encrypted token for that provider.
• Uninstalling the extension — Chrome removes all associated storage automatically.

5. Permissions

Clarify requests the following Chrome permissions:

• contextMenus — to add "Ask Clarify" to the right-click menu
• storage — to save your provider preference and encrypted tokens locally
• scripting — to inject the chat widget into webpages
• identity — to authenticate with Google OAuth for the Gemini provider
• host_permissions: * — to call AI provider APIs directly from the service worker and to inject the chat widget on any page you visit

6. Children's Privacy

Clarify is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect data from children.

7. Changes to This Policy

If this policy changes materially, we will update the "Last updated" date above. Continued use of the extension after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

8. Contact

Questions or concerns? Open an issue on GitHub.