Privacy Policy – AutoComment Chrome Extension

Last updated: 2026-03-18

This privacy policy explains how the AutoComment Chrome extension ("the extension", "we", "our") handles your data. By installing or using the extension, you agree to this policy.

1. What this extension does

AutoComment helps you quickly post high‑quality promotional comments on websites by:

• Auto‑filling common form fields (name, email, website, password) using values that you configure in the extension options.
• Analyzing the current page's content to generate a suggested promotional comment via a third‑party AI API.
• Optionally inserting the AI‑generated comment into the detected comment textarea.
• Optionally analyzing outbound links (outlinks) on the current page and showing you a simple report.

2. Data we store locally

The extension uses chrome.storage to store only the data necessary to provide its features:

• User profile data you provide (for auto‑fill):
  • Name / username
  • Email address
  • Password (for auto‑filling registration or login forms)
  • Website URL for use in comment forms
• AI API configuration:
  • Your AI API key
  • Your custom AI prompt / skill template (if you configure one)
• Preference settings:
  • Whether to auto‑open the floating panel on page load
  • Whether to automatically call the AI on page load to generate a comment
• Technical identifiers and usage metadata (non‑personal as designed):
  • An internal device identifier / "user id" generated from browser / device characteristics (used only to identify a user for the built‑in points system and rate‑limit comment generation).
  • Basic points / credits information (for example how many generations are available).
  • Short‑term records about which domains recently had comments generated, to avoid re‑generating content too frequently for the same site.

All of this data is stored on your device using Chrome's storage APIs. It is not sold or shared with advertisers.

3. Data we read from the page

To work, the extension needs to read some information from the page you are viewing:

• Form fields on the current page (input and textarea elements) to:
  • Detect registration / comment / feedback forms.
  • Fill fields such as name, email, website URL, and password with the values you have configured.
  • Insert the AI‑generated comment into a suitable textarea when you request it.
• Basic page content to generate a relevant comment:
  • Page URL
  • Page title
  • Meta description (if present)
  • A truncated snippet of visible text from the page body (with length limits and basic cleaning)
• Links on the current page (for the optional outlink analysis feature):
  • Anchor URLs and hostnames
  • Whether links are dofollow / nofollow based on their rel attributes

The extension does not read your full browsing history and does not track you across websites. It only works on the active tab where it is allowed to run.

4. Data sent to third‑party services (AI API)

When you ask the extension to generate a promotional comment (or when you enable auto‑generation on page load), it sends a minimal summary of the current page to the AI API endpoint:

• Current page URL
• Page title
• Meta description (if present)
• A truncated, cleaned snippet of visible page text
• The AI prompt / skill template text used to instruct the model

The remote service returns a plain‑text comment suggestion. The extension does not execute arbitrary remote code; it only uses the remote API to generate text.

Your AI API key is stored locally in chrome.storage and sent only as an authorization header to the AI API endpoint when you request a generation.

Please refer to the AI API provider's own privacy policy to understand how they handle data sent to their service.

5. What we do not do

• We do not sell your data.
• We do not use your data for targeted advertising.
• We do not build cross‑site browsing profiles.
• We do not execute arbitrary remote code.
• We do not override or modify third‑party scripts on visited pages.

6. Permissions explained

• activeTab: Used to access and modify the current active tab's DOM (forms and textareas) when you interact with the extension.
• Host permissions: Required so that the content script can run on the websites where you want to use auto‑fill, comment generation, and outlink analysis.
• scripting: Used to inject the content script and the floating UI panel into the current page.
• storage: Used to store your profile data, API key, preferences, and internal usage metadata as described above.

7. Data retention

All data stored by the extension is kept on your device until you remove or reset the extension, or you clear the data via the extension's options or Chrome's extension data settings.

Short‑term "cooldown" records used to avoid regenerating content for the same domain are automatically cleaned after a limited time window.

8. Security

We rely on Chrome's extension security model and chrome.storage for storing settings. However, no method of storage or transmission is 100% secure. You should not store highly sensitive passwords or confidential information in the extension if you are uncomfortable doing so.

9. Children's privacy

This extension is intended for use by adults. It is not directed to children and does not knowingly collect personal information from children.

10. Your choices

• You can disable or remove the extension at any time in your browser's extension settings.
• You can clear or change the data stored by the extension (such as your profile, API key, or preferences) at any time via the extension's options page.
• You may choose not to enter an AI API key; in that case, the AI comment generation feature will be disabled.

11. Changes to this policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top indicates the latest revision. Your continued use of the extension after any changes signifies your acceptance of the updated policy.

12. Contact

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, you can contact the developer at:

Email: cloudhu2000@gmail.com