Clairify

Privacy Policy

Last updated: 2026

The short version: Clairify has no server or account system. Everything you save stays on your own device, in your browser's local storage. The only outside call Clairify makes is to Google's Gemini API — using an API key you provide yourself — to generate explanations, quizzes, and diagrams from text you choose to highlight.

What Clairify stores

When you use Clairify, the following is saved locally on your device using Chrome's storage.local, and is never transmitted to us — we don't operate any server that receives it:

Text you highlight and choose to save, along with the AI-generated explanation
The title and URL of the page a saved snippet came from
Any personal notes you add to a saved item
Folder/subject names you create or that get suggested automatically
Your preferences (font, complexity level, color theme, accent color)
The Gemini API key you enter in Settings

This data is removed if you delete individual saves, use "Delete all saved explanations," or uninstall the extension.

What gets sent to Google's Gemini API

When you use Explain, Quiz me, Visualize, the double-Shift quick-ask, or when a save is automatically sorted into a folder, Clairify sends the following directly from your browser to Google's Generative Language API, authenticated with your own API key:

The text you highlighted (or typed into quick-ask)
The current page's title and URL, used as context to give a better explanation or a more accurate folder suggestion

This request goes straight from your browser to Google — it does not pass through any Clairify-operated server, because none exists. Google's handling of this data is governed by Google's own terms and privacy policy for the Gemini API, not by us.

What Clairify does not do

No accounts, sign-in, or user profiles
No analytics, tracking, or advertising
No sale or sharing of your data with third parties, beyond the Gemini API call described above
No access to your browsing history — the content script only reads text you explicitly highlight or type

Fonts

Clairify loads typefaces from Google Fonts to render its interface. Like any webpage that uses Google Fonts, this causes your browser to make a request to Google's font servers.

Your controls

You can delete any saved item, delete everything at once from Settings, or remove your API key at any time. Uninstalling the extension deletes all locally stored Clairify data from your browser.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the "Last updated" date above will change too. Continued use of Clairify after an update means you accept the revised policy.

Contact

Questions about this policy? Reach out at Clairify88@gmail.com.