Privacy Policy

Last updated: June 21, 2026.

Skimlane is designed as a local-first Chrome reading assistant. This policy explains what the extension stores locally, what may be sent to AI providers, and what control you have.

What Skimlane stores locally

Skimlane may store settings, reading profile details, provider configuration, API keys, local history, saved skims, and page-scoped chat transcripts in Chrome extension storage on your device.

What is sent to AI providers

When you run a skim or ask a question, page content, selected text, extracted metadata, your reading profile, and the relevant prompt may be sent to the AI provider you selected in the extension settings.

What Skimlane does not do by default

It does not sell personal data.
It does not require a cloud account for local use.
It does not send page content until you run a skim or enable an automatic skim workflow.
It does not control the privacy practices of third-party AI providers.

Your control

You can change providers, remove API keys, clear local history, disable automatic behavior, and uninstall the extension from Chrome at any time.

Contact

Questions: hello@skimlane.com