Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy and Data Protection
Your privacy is very important to WindSeed. This Privacy Policy covers how we collect, use, disclose, transfer, and store your information for the WindSeed website and our Chrome extensions. Use the links below to jump to a product-specific section.
01Collection and Use of Personal Information
Personal information is data that can be used to uniquely identify or contact a specific individual.
You may be asked to provide your personal information anytime you are in contact with us (like when you fill out our contact form or sign up for a newsletter). You are not required to provide the information we requested, but if you choose not to do so, in many cases this means we will not be able to provide you with our products or services or respond to your inquiries.
02What, What for, and How We Use Your Personal Information
Currently we are collecting the following data when you interact with us:
- Email address: We collect your email address to contact you for offers. This is purely optional and you can unsubscribe from our mailing list at any time.
03Analysis and Tracking Tools
We may use cookies and tracking tools to provide you with an optimal experience when visiting our websites and using our apps and digital offerings. To do this, we may use analytics and tracking tools to:
- Ensure functionality
- Usage analysis, in order to thereby be able to optimize the products
- Market research, thereby gaining insights into target groups
- For advertising
- For testing purposes (e.g. contract implementation for free and paid offers)
- For IT security and fraud prevention
Profiling or automated decision-making only takes place if this is expressly stated below. Otherwise, profiling or automated decision-making does not take place.
04Cookies
If cookies, device identifiers or other information are stored or retrieved on your end device for processing, the legal basis for this is the European Cookie or e-Privacy Directive in conjunction with the Telemedia Act or the General Data Protection Regulation. These services are largely integrated via the Google Tag Manager.
Cookies are text files that contain data of visited websites or domains and are stored by a browser on users' computers. The primary purpose of a cookie is to store information about a user during or after their visit within an online offer. Cookies can be set by us or by third parties.
In order to ensure the functionality of our digital offers, we process your data on the basis of our legitimate interest, by:
- Storing and/or retrieving information on a device
- Providing ads or content technically
For product optimization, we process your data based on our legitimate interest by:
- Measuring content performance
- Using market research to gain insights about target groups
- Developing and improving products
For personalization purposes, we process your data with your consent by:
- Creating a personalized ad profile
- Creating a personalized content profile
- Selecting personalized content
- Selecting personalized content and merging it with offline data sources
- Linking different devices
In order to be able to finance ourselves with advertising, we process your data with your consent by:
- Selecting simple ads
- Selecting personalized ads
- Measuring ad performance
We use precise location data only with your consent.
We do not actively query device properties for identification (fingerprinting).
05Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses cookies, which are stored on your computer or mobile device and which allow an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. In the event that IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will be truncated beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there.
We use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity for website operators, and provide other services relating to website activity and internet usage, including but not limited to Google Analytics Demographics and Interest performance reporting features. Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting allows us to use data from Google's interest-based advertising and/or third-party data about our advertising audience (e.g., age, gender, and interests) in conjunction with Google Analytics for targeted and optimized advertising activities, strategies, and content on our website.
Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will in no case associate your IP address with other data stored by Google.
You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
06Privacy Questions
If you have any questions regarding our Privacy Policy or data processing, or if you would like to make a complaint about a possible breach of local privacy laws, please contact us at admin[at]windseed.app.
Our Privacy Policy may change from time to time. When we change the policy, we will post the changes on this page.
08Chat Privacy Chrome Extension
This section applies to the Chat Privacy Chrome extension, which automatically hides chat history lists on supported AI chat websites to help protect privacy during screen sharing, presentations, or public use. Last updated: July 14, 2026.
Data Collection
This extension does not collect, store, or transmit personal data. It does not send browsing data, chat content, chat titles, account information, or page content to any server.
Data Usage
No user data is collected or used. The extension only reads and updates the local page display in supported AI chat tabs so that sidebar chat history can be hidden or shown.
Data Storage
The extension stores only user preferences: whether hiding is on or off, whether the optional page bubble is shown, the selected interface language, and the bubble position for each supported site. Preferences are stored with the browser's extension storage APIs so they can persist across browser sessions and, where the browser supports it, sync across the user's signed-in browser profile. They are not sent to the developer or any third party.
Data Sharing
The extension does not share data with third parties. No analytics, tracking, advertising, or remote logging services are used.
Permissions
- storage: Used only to save the user's preferences for hiding chat history and showing the optional page bubble.
- scripting: Used only after installation or update to refresh Chat Privacy on already-open supported tabs, avoiding the need for a manual page reload.
- Host access for supported AI chat websites: Used only to inject local page styles, a sidebar toggle button, and the optional page bubble on those websites.
Contact
If you have questions about this section, please contact us at admin[at]windseed.app or create an issue in the Chat Privacy GitHub repository.
09Puffer: AI Usage Tracker Chrome Extension
This section applies to Puffer: AI Usage Tracker (the Extension), which helps users monitor AI service usage limits for Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, and optional supported providers directly in Chrome and Firefox. Last updated: July 15, 2026.
Data Collection
The Extension does not collect, store, or transmit personal data to the developer or to any developer-operated server.
To provide its user-facing quota tracking features, the Extension may read usage and session information from supported AI services while you are signed in to those services in your browser. This information can include quota percentages, rate-limit values, reset times, plan status, provider connection status, and locally counted ChatGPT request timestamps and model names.
The Extension does not collect names, email addresses, payment details, passwords, chat message content, or browsing history across the web. For ChatGPT quota estimation, the Extension observes matching ChatGPT conversation request URLs and request metadata in order to count your own sent requests locally; it does not store or transmit the text of your conversations.
Data Usage
Data is used only to display AI usage meters, toolbar badge percentages, reset timers, provider connection status, and local threshold notifications.
Data Storage
All Extension settings and usage snapshots are stored locally in your browser using the WebExtensions storage APIs. Locally stored data may include enabled provider settings, display preferences, usage snapshots, notification state, detected ChatGPT plan status, and ChatGPT request counters. The Extension does not operate a backend service for collecting or storing user data.
Data Sharing
The Extension does not sell, share, or transfer user data to third parties. It makes direct requests from your browser to supported AI service domains, such as claude.ai, chatgpt.com, grok.com, gemini.google.com, and cursor.com, only for the purpose of reading your usage status or checking provider availability. Those requests are subject to the privacy policies of the corresponding services.
The Extension may also request the public product list from windseed.app (/api/products) to show other apps by the same developer in the settings page. That request does not include personal account data. The Extension may open an uninstall feedback page if you remove it; that page is separate from quota tracking and is not used to collect Extension usage data.
Permissions
- storage: Saves Extension settings, usage snapshots, notification state, display preferences, and local ChatGPT request counters in your browser.
- alarms: Refreshes usage data periodically and rotates toolbar badge display when enabled.
- notifications: Shows local alerts when configured usage thresholds are reached or reset.
- webRequest: Used only on matching ChatGPT request URLs to count your own ChatGPT conversation requests locally for quota estimation. It does not modify requests or read chat content for transmission.
- Host permissions for supported AI services: Request usage, rate-limit, session, or availability information from supported AI services while you are signed in.
- windseed.app: Used only to load the public product list and product logos for the in-extension “More apps” page.
Contact
If you have questions about this section, please contact us at admin[at]windseed.app or create an issue in the Puffer GitHub repository.
10US Stock Watch - Badge Prices Chrome Extension
This section applies to US Stock Watch - Badge Prices (the Extension), which displays selected US stock prices on the browser toolbar badge and provides a popup or side panel for watchlists, quotes, and charts. Last updated: June 26, 2026.
Data Collection
The Extension does not collect, sell, or share personal data. It stores the user's watchlist, display settings, and optional price alert configuration in Chrome storage so the Extension can work across browser sessions. It requests stock quote, search, intraday, and daily chart data from WindSeed market-data endpoints using only stock symbols selected or searched by the user.
Data Usage
Stored data is used only to provide the Extension's core features: showing the toolbar badge price, rendering the watchlist, caching recent quote and chart data, and triggering optional local price notifications. Stock symbols sent to WindSeed endpoints are used only to return market data requested by the Extension.
Data Storage
Watchlists, settings, and alert configuration are stored with chrome.storage.sync. Quote and chart caches are stored locally with chrome.storage.local to make the UI faster and provide a fallback when the network is slow or unavailable. The Extension does not store personal data on a remote server.
Data Sharing
The Extension does not share user data with third parties. It communicates with stock.windseed.app and related WindSeed market-data services only to fetch stock market data required by the user's selected symbols.
Permissions
- storage: Stores the watchlist, settings, alert configuration, and local quote/chart caches.
- alarms: Refreshes selected market data periodically so the toolbar badge stays current.
- notifications: Shows optional local price alert notifications when configured alert conditions are met.
- sidePanel: Allows the user to open the watchlist and chart experience in Chrome's side panel.
- stock.windseed.app: Fetches stock symbol search, quote, intraday, and daily chart data for symbols selected or searched by the user.
Remote Code
The Extension does not execute remotely hosted code. Remote requests are used only for market-data API responses.
Contact
If you have questions about this section, please contact us at admin[at]windseed.app or create an issue in the US Stock Watch GitHub repository.
11Delete Tab Groups Chrome Extension
This section applies to Delete Tab Groups, a Chrome extension that removes Chrome tab groups and closes the tabs inside those groups when the user explicitly starts the cleanup action. It does not require an account and does not sell user data. Last updated: May 21, 2026.
Data Collection
Delete Tab Groups does not collect, transmit, store, or share personal data on external servers. It does not create user accounts, upload browsing history, sync tab data to a remote service, sell or transfer user data to third parties, or use data for advertising.
Data Storage
The extension stores only local settings in Chrome storage: whether cleanup applies to the current window or all windows, whether clicking the toolbar icon opens a popup or runs an action directly, and which action runs when the popup is disabled. These settings remain inside Chrome's extension storage and are used only to provide the extension's functionality.
Permissions
- storage: Saves user preferences such as cleanup scope and toolbar icon behavior.
- tabs: Finds grouped tabs and closes them when the user starts cleanup.
- tabGroups: Identifies which tabs belong to tab groups.
Remote Code
Delete Tab Groups does not use remote code. All extension logic is packaged inside the extension bundle installed from the Chrome Web Store.
Contact
If you have questions about this section, please contact us at admin[at]windseed.app.
12Gmail Assistant Chrome Extension
This section applies to Gmail Assistant, a Chrome extension that adds optional writing, summarization, organization, follow-up, and privacy tools to Gmail. Last updated: July 18, 2026.
Data Processing
Email content is processed locally by default. If the user enables an AI provider and confirms a request, only the previewed email or draft content is sent directly from the browser to that selected provider. WindSeed does not receive or store the email content. Provider API keys are stored only in chrome.storage.local and are excluded from backups and synchronized settings.
Local Storage and Tracking
Settings, templates, notes, contacts, follow-ups, sequences, automation rules, and extension-observed analytics events are stored in Chrome extension storage. Optional analytics remain local. Email-open and link-click tracking is disabled by default and is not activated without a separately reviewed compliant backend and explicit user consent.
Permissions
- mail.google.com: Adds user-invoked assistant controls and reads the currently visible Gmail content needed for those actions.
- storage: Stores settings and local productivity data.
- alarms and notifications: Schedules and shows local follow-up reminders.
- AI provider hosts: Sends confirmed requests only to the provider selected by the user.
- windseed.app: Loads the public product list and opens install or uninstall information pages without email content.
Data Sharing and Contact
The extension does not sell personal data or use email content for advertising. Data sent to a user-selected AI provider is subject to that provider's privacy policy. Questions may be sent to admin[at]windseed.app.
13Doubao Image Cleaner Chrome Extension
This section applies to Doubao Image Cleaner (豆包原图助手), a Chrome extension that uses original-image URLs already returned to the user's Doubao web session. Last updated: July 21, 2026.
Data Processing
The extension runs locally in the browser. It examines Doubao page response objects and image links only to associate a watermarked display URL with the corresponding original-image URL. The latest captured original URL is held temporarily in the active tab so the user can click the branded download button; complete image URLs are not written to extension storage. Images, prompts, page text, account identifiers, and complete URLs are not uploaded to WindSeed or any extension-operated server.
Local Storage
Chrome local storage contains the enabled state, language and appearance preferences, diagnostic settings, aggregate replacement count, recent success time, and limited error codes. Optional anonymous usage events are off by default; if enabled, at most the latest 200 events remain on the device and are never transmitted. Review-invitation eligibility uses only minimal local aggregates such as success count, success days, and recent result status. These records do not contain image data, prompts, page text, account identifiers, or complete image URLs. The user can clear this data by removing the extension or clearing its extension storage.
Permissions
- www.doubao.com: Reads and changes image links on Doubao pages so eligible display links can use the original-image URL returned to the same browser session.
- storage: Saves local settings, limited diagnostics, optional local-only usage events, and minimal review-invitation aggregates.
- downloads: Saves a captured original image only after the user clicks the extension's branded download button. The extension does not read or manage existing download history.
Sharing, Remote Code, and Use
The extension does not sell or share personal data, does not use remote code, and does not remove invisible provenance credentials such as SynthID. It is intended only for images the user owns or is authorized to process. Questions may be sent to admin[at]windseed.app.
14Image Remix Workbench Chrome Extension
This section applies to Image Remix Workbench, a Chrome extension for user-initiated visual analysis and controlled image variation. Last updated: July 21, 2026.
User-Initiated AI Processing
The extension sends a selected reference image and the prompt fields chosen by the user directly from the browser to the AI provider configured by that user. WindSeed does not proxy, receive, or store these images, prompts, results, or API credentials. Processing by the selected provider is governed by that provider's own privacy policy and terms.
Local and Synchronized Storage
Provider API keys, reference images, generated images, project lineage, and review-eligibility counters are stored only in chrome.storage.local. Non-sensitive preferences such as theme, language, default provider, and default template may be stored in chrome.storage.sync. Optional minimized analytics are disabled by default and never include images, prompts, complete URLs, page text, API keys, account identifiers, or browsing history.
Permissions
- activeTab, scripting, and host access: Let the user select an image or capture an area on the active page and communicate directly with the configured AI provider.
- contextMenus and sidePanel: Provide user-invoked entry points and keep long-running tasks visible.
- storage: Store credentials and project data locally, and synchronize non-sensitive preferences.
- downloads: Save a generated image only after the user requests a download.
Remote Code and Contact
The extension does not execute remotely hosted code and does not sell personal data or use creative content for advertising. Questions may be sent to admin[at]windseed.app.
07SocialMiner Chrome Extension
This section applies to the SocialMiner Chrome extension (also known as Sort Feed), which sorts, filters, exports, and downloads posts, Reels, videos, and images that are already available to you on Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook. Last updated: July 16, 2026.
Data Collection
SocialMiner does not collect, sell, or transmit personal information, authentication information, browsing history, user activity, or social-media page content to the developer.
The Extension reads supported page content only to provide the sorting, filtering, exporting, and downloading features you request. This processing happens locally in your browser. Exported CSV or JSON files and downloaded media are saved only to destinations you select through the browser.
The Extension may contact windseed.app to retrieve non-personal selector configuration and a list of other WindSeed products. On first installation it opens a WindSeed installation page, and Chrome may open a WindSeed uninstall page after removal. Those installation and uninstall URLs contain only the Extension ID and Extension version. They do not include social-media account information or page content.
Data Usage
Supported page content is used only to provide the Extension's user-facing sorting, filtering, viral-score, export, and download features. Extension settings are used only to remember your preferences. SocialMiner does not use user data for advertising, creditworthiness, lending, or any purpose unrelated to the Extension's single purpose.
Data Storage
Preferences such as theme, language, download settings, panel settings, and feature toggles are stored with Chrome's local or synchronized extension storage. Chrome may synchronize settings through your Google account according to Google's own Chrome Sync settings and policies. The developer does not operate a server that stores these preferences.
Temporary page data used for sorting and filtering remains in browser memory. The Extension may temporarily cache non-personal selector configuration in Chrome local storage. Exported files and downloaded media remain on your device in the location chosen through Chrome.
Data Sharing
SocialMiner does not sell or share user data with third parties. Media downloads are fetched directly from the supported social-media platform or its content-delivery network at your request. The developer does not receive the downloaded media or the page data used to create exports. When the Extension opens or requests a page on windseed.app, that website visit is governed by the sections of this Privacy Policy that apply to the WindSeed website.
Permissions
Remote Code
SocialMiner does not download or execute remote code. Remote configuration contains data values such as selectors and operational settings; all executable code is packaged with the Extension.
Children's Privacy
SocialMiner is not directed to children under 13, and the developer does not knowingly collect personal information from children through the Extension.
Contact
If you have questions about the SocialMiner privacy practices described in this section, please contact us at admin[at]windseed.app or create an issue in the SocialMiner GitHub repository.