Privacy Policy for PrivyTranslate

Last Updated: June 7, 2026

Overview

PrivyTranslate is a privacy-first browser extension designed to translate web pages using local LLM providers such as Ollama, LM Studio, and OpenAI-compatible endpoints, or Chrome's built-in Translator API. Your data never leaves your device.

1. User Data Collection

PrivyTranslate does NOT collect, store, transmit, or share any personal, sensitive, or browsing data.

Specifically, the extension does not collect:

• Personal identifiers (name, email, account details)
• Browsing history or URLs visited
• Web page content or selected text
• Translation requests, results, or historical inputs
• IP addresses or device identifiers
• Usage analytics, statistics, or telemetry
• Cookies or tracking data

2. User Data Handling

All translation requests and page content processing are handled locally:

• Local LLM Providers: When using Ollama, LM Studio, or an OpenAI-compatible endpoint, PrivyTranslate makes network requests exclusively to the local address you configure (e.g., http://127.0.0.1:11434 or http://127.0.0.1:1234/v1). No data is ever transmitted to external servers, cloud translation systems, or third-party AI APIs.
• Chrome Translator: In Chrome provider mode, page text is translated by Chrome's built-in local Translator API. Translation runs in the current page's content-script context or falls back to an extension offscreen document. No external network requests are made.

3. User Data Storage

No personal data or translated texts are saved on remote servers.

The extension stores the following configuration parameters locally on your device using Chrome's storage APIs:

• User Preferences: Provider selection, server URL, preferred LLM model name, and default source/target languages. These are stored in chrome.storage.sync.
• Translation Modes: Preferred visual layout (overlay, replace, or side-by-side).
• Connection Settings: Concurrency, timeout, and batch configurations.
• API Keys: Optional provider API keys are stored in chrome.storage.local, not synced across devices.

This data is stored locally and, if you have enabled Chrome browser sync, preference settings (excluding API keys) are synced across your own Chrome instances. This data is never sent to us or any third party, and can be deleted by clearing extension data or uninstalling PrivyTranslate.

4. Permissions

PrivyTranslate requires certain browser permissions to function:

• storage — Save your preferences locally
• activeTab — Access current page for translation
• contextMenus — Provide right-click translation option
• tabs — Identify the active tab, retrieve page title and URL for the side-by-side view, and open the comparison result in a new tab
• offscreen — Create an offscreen document for Chrome Translator fallback when content scripts are unavailable
• Host permissions (localhost) — Communicate with local LLM servers

5. User Data Sharing

We do not share, sell, or transmit any data to any party. PrivyTranslate operates without a remote backend or cloud infrastructure.

6. Contact Information

For privacy-related questions, support, or inquiries, please contact us:

• Email: [email protected]
• GitHub: github.com/kenelite/privacypolicy

PrivyTranslate is a non-commercial product; we do not guarantee response times.