🔒 Crawl AI - Privacy Policy & Permissions

📋 Overview

Crawl AI is a Chrome extension that helps users crawl website content and rewrite it using AI services like ChatGPT. This document explains what permissions we request, why we need them, and how we protect your privacy.

🔑 Required Permissions

🌐 Host Permissions

🛡️ Data Collection & Privacy

🔐 Security Measures

• Local Storage Only: All user data is stored locally in your browser
• No External Tracking: We don't use analytics or tracking services
• Secure Communication: All API calls use HTTPS encryption
• Session Management: Login sessions expire automatically after 24 hours
• No Password Storage: Passwords are never stored, only transmitted for authentication

🎯 How We Use Permissions

Content Crawling Process:

1. User enters a website URL
2. Extension fetches content from that URL
3. Content is processed and chunked for AI rewriting
4. Processed content is sent to AI service (ChatGPT)
5. Rewritten content is downloaded to user's computer
6. All temporary data is cleared

Authentication Process:

1. User enters login credentials
2. Credentials are sent to authentication server
3. Session ID is received and stored locally
4. Session expires automatically after 24 hours

🚫 What We DON'T Do

• ❌ Collect browsing history
• ❌ Track user behavior
• ❌ Store personal information on external servers
• ❌ Share data with third parties
• ❌ Use data for advertising
• ❌ Access sensitive information like passwords or credit cards

🔄 Data Retention

• Login Sessions: 24 hours (automatically deleted)
• User Preferences: Until user clears browser data or uninstalls extension
• Crawled Content: Temporarily processed, not permanently stored
• Downloaded Files: Saved to user's Downloads folder (user controls retention)

👤 User Rights

• Data Access: All your data is stored locally and accessible to you
• Data Deletion: Uninstall the extension or clear browser data to remove all stored information
• Opt-out: Simply don't use features you're not comfortable with
• Transparency: Full source code functionality is documented

🔧 Third-Party Services

The extension interacts with these external services:

• ChatGPT/OpenAI: For AI content rewriting (subject to their privacy policy)
• Target Websites: For content crawling (as specified by user)
• Authentication Server: For user login (your own server at localhost:3000)
• CORS Proxy: allorigins.win for bypassing CORS restrictions when downloading images

📝 Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. Any changes will be reflected in the extension's documentation. Continued use of the extension after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.