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Privacy policy — PII Remover

Last updated: 16 August 2026

PII Remover is a Chrome extension that redacts personally identifiable information from text you paste or sanitize in the popup.

What we collect

The developer does not operate a backend for this extension and does not receive the text you paste.

The extension stores, in Chrome storage associated with your browser profile:

  • Settings you choose (auto-sanitize on/off, site allowlist/blocklist, paused sites, onboarding flag, optional clipboard prefetch, replacement-text style)
  • A local cache of whether Chrome’s on-device model is available or downloading

Pasted and sanitized text is processed in memory on your device. It is not uploaded to the developer.

On-device AI

When Chrome’s Prompt API is available, redaction may use Gemini Nano (or the current on-device model bundled by Chrome). That model runs in the browser under Google Chrome’s terms. The extension author does not receive those prompts.

Pattern matching

If the on-device model is missing or still downloading, the extension applies local regular expressions for common identifiers (for example email, phone, Social Security numbers, payment-card numbers, and IPv4 addresses).

Sharing and sale of data

We do not sell personal information. We do not share pasted content with third parties. Chrome may sync extension settings through your Google account if you have Chrome sync enabled; that is controlled by Google, not by a developer server.

Permissions

  • storage: save settings
  • tabs: read the current tab’s hostname for the toolbar icon and pause-site control
  • offscreen: hidden extension page used only for optional clipboard reads
  • contextMenus: “Paste without redacting” on text fields
  • clipboardRead (optional): only if you enable “Pre-clean system clipboard.” Then, when Chrome is focused, the extension may read the current clipboard text in memory to pre-redact it. This is off by default and can be revoked.

The extension injects a content script on http and https pages to intercept paste. Users can limit interception to an allowlist (default: common AI chat sites).

Children

This extension is not directed at children.

Changes

If this policy changes, the date above will be updated.

Contact

Open an issue on the project’s GitHub repository: https://github.com/bilalsattar24/pii-remover/issues