Reddit Insight Toolkit Privacy Policy

Last Updated: November 6, 2025

Your privacy is a top priority for us. This privacy policy explains what data “Reddit Insight Toolkit” (the “Extension”) collects, how it’s used, and, most importantly, how it’s protected.

We’ve designed this extension to be as privacy-respecting as possible. We do not have a server, we do not collect any personal information, and we never see your data.

1. What This Extension Does

This Extension has three main features that interact with data:

  1. AI Thread Analysis: It reads the text of a Reddit post and its comments and sends this text to the Google Gemini API to generate a summary and find opportunities.

  2. User Tagger: It allows you to save custom tags for specific Reddit usernames.

  3. Comment Navigator: It provides buttons to jump between top-level comments on a page.

2. Your Google Gemini API Key

This Extension does not provide an API key. You must provide your own Google Gemini API key for the analysis features to work.

  • How it’s Stored: Your API key is saved only on your local computer using chrome.storage.sync. This allows it to be synced across your own browsers if you are logged into your Chrome profile, but it is never transmitted to us or any other third party besides Google.

  • How it’s Used: When you click “Analyze Thread,” your API key is retrieved from your local storage and sent directly to Google’s API along with the Reddit thread data to authorize the request. We never see or have access to your key.

3. Data We Collect and Store (Locally)

We do not collect or store any “Personally Identifiable Information” (PII). All data handled by the extension is stored locally in your browser’s storage.

Data Stored in chrome.storage.sync (Synced to your Chrome profile):

  • Your Google Gemini API Key (userApiKey): As described above, this is stored so you don’t have to enter it every time.

  • Your Custom User Tags (userTags): The list of usernames and the tags you’ve assigned to them (e.g., {"username": "Helpful"}) is stored so your tags can be re-applied when you visit Reddit.

  • Your Settings (navigatorEnabled): A simple true/false value to remember if you want the Comment Navigator enabled or disabled.

Data Stored in chrome.storage.local (Only on this computer):

  • Cached Opportunities ([tabId].opportunities): When an analysis is completed, the AI-generated list of “opportunities” is temporarily saved locally, associated with the specific tab ID. This is done so the popup can display the results without re-running the analysis. This data is not synced and is cleared when the browser session ends or storage is cleared.

4. Data We Transmit (Third-Party)

To perform the AI analysis, the following data is sent directly from your browser to Google’s servers (https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/*):

  1. The text content of the Reddit post and its comments.

  2. Your Google Gemini API key (to pay for and authorize the request).

This data transmission is a direct-to-Google API call. It does not pass through any servers owned or operated by us. Your use of the Google Gemini API is subject to Google’s own Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

5. Permissions We Require

  • storage: To save your API key, settings, and user tags in your browser’s local and sync storage.

  • activeTab / scripting: To read the content of the Reddit page when you click “Analyze,” and to inject the summary box, navigator buttons, and user tags onto the page.

  • *://*.reddit.com/*: To allow the extension’s content script to run on Reddit pages to perform its functions.

  • https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/*: To allow the extension to send data to the Google Gemini API for analysis.

6. Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy in the future. Any changes will be posted with an updated “Last Updated” date.

7. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us via the support link in the Chrome Web Store.