Privacy Policy

Skimlane is a local-first Chrome reading assistant. It has no Skimlane application backend, cloud account service, or cloud knowledge base. The extension workflow and storage run in your browser. Model processing can stay on your device or use an AI provider you explicitly configure.

What Skimlane stores locally

Skimlane stores settings, recipes, prompts, provider configuration, API keys, local history, saved skims, page snapshots, and page-scoped chat transcripts in Chrome extension storage on your device.

How model processing works

With Chrome Gemini Nano, processing runs on-device when supported. With Ollama, processing runs through the local model endpoint you configure. Nothing leaves your machine for those AI tasks.

When you choose a hosted provider such as Groq, OpenRouter, OpenAI, Anthropic, or Gemini, the extension sends the content needed for the requested skim, Auto Skim, follow-up, or chat directly from your browser to that provider. It is not routed through Skimlane servers.

Model choice and free options

You can use no-key Chrome Gemini Nano when available, free local models through Ollama, Groq's free cloud tier, private or self-hosted OpenAI-compatible endpoints, or leading hosted models. Provider availability, pricing, and privacy terms are controlled by each provider.

What Skimlane does not do

• It does not operate an application backend or cloud data store.
• It does not require a Skimlane account.
• It does not track browsing activity or use analytics.
• It does not sell personal data.
• It does not control the privacy practices of third-party AI providers.

Delete your in-browser data

From Data & Privacy, you can clear history, saved skims, page snapshots, and chat transcripts. You can also reset settings, recipes, prompts, and API keys to their defaults. Uninstalling the extension removes its Chrome extension storage according to Chrome's behavior.

Contact

Questions: contact Skimlane.