Privacy Policy

1. Privacy-First Design

LinkedOut is built with your privacy as a core principle. We do not track your identity, we do not log the LinkedIn posts you read or analyse, and we do not sell or share your personal information with any third party for advertising or profiling purposes.

Where we do collect data — such as anonymous diagnostic and usage information described below — it is used solely to improve the reliability and quality of the extension, and never to identify you personally.

2. Local Storage & API Key Safety

We fully understand and acknowledge the healthy suspicion and security concerns around pasting API keys into browser extensions. Your API keys grant access to paid services, and keeping them secure is our top priority.

We affirmatively assure you that LinkedOut does not transmit your API keys to our servers, nor do we store them anywhere other than your browser's local sync storage.

How it works (with code):

const handleSave = useCallback(async () => {
  await chrome.storage.sync.set({ linkedout_settings: settings });
  setSaved(true);
}, [settings]);

const activeKey =
  settings.provider === "gemini" ? settings.geminiKey
  : settings.provider === "claude" ? settings.claudeKey
  : settings.openaiKey;

// Directly initialized client-side:
const genAI = new GoogleGenerativeAI(activeKey);
const model = genAI.getGenerativeModel({ model: "gemini-3.1-flash-lite" });

await fetch(`${BACKEND_URL}/api/analyze`, {
  method: "POST",
  body: JSON.stringify({
    contentHash,
    result: {
      classification: result.classification,
      translation: result.translation,
      provider: result.provider // Only metadata, NO api keys
    }
  })
});

Inspect it yourself:

You do not have to trust our word. You can verify this independently at any time:

1. Open Chrome DevTools inside the extension popup or by inspecting the extension's background page / service worker.
2. Navigate to the Network tab.
3. Trigger an analysis or save your settings.
4. Verify that the only outgoing requests containing your API keys are sent directly to the official endpoints of your AI provider (e.g. Google's generativelanguage.googleapis.com, Anthropic, or OpenAI). No keys are ever sent to our backend.

We do not collect LinkedIn passwords, authentication tokens, private messages, connection lists, or any other information unrelated to the core functionality of the extension.

3. Analytics and Usage Data

To improve the performance, reliability, and quality of LinkedOut, we may collect anonymous usage and diagnostic information when you use the extension.

This information may include:

• The number of times extension features are used
• Button clicks and feature interactions
• Extension version information
• Device and browser information
• Error reports and crash diagnostics
• Performance metrics and response times
• AI analysis categories, archetypes, or classification results
• General usage statistics and aggregate trends

We do not use this information to identify individual users.

If you choose to participate in future product improvement programs, we may collect additional anonymous data related to generated analyses and feature feedback. Any such collection will be disclosed within the extension and, where required, will be subject to your consent.

We use collected data solely to operate, maintain, secure, analyse, and improve LinkedOut.

4. Third-Party Services

By using this extension, you agree to the privacy policies of the AI provider you connect to:

• Google Privacy Policy (if using Gemini)
• Anthropic Privacy Policy (if using Claude)
• OpenAI Privacy Policy (if using OpenAI)

5. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will revise the date at the top of the page. Continued use of the extension after any changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy. We encourage you to review this page periodically.