Ollama Sidekick — Privacy Policy

Information Ollama Sidekick handles (and where it stays)

Everything below is processed and stored locally on your device. None of it is sent to us or any third party.

• Chat history: your conversations with your local Ollama models, stored in chrome.storage.local on your device until you delete them or remove the extension.
• Page content: when page context is on, the text of the page you are viewing is read and sent only to your local Ollama server as context for your question. It is never transmitted anywhere else.
• Settings and preferences: your selected model, the Ollama server URL, and the page-context toggle, kept in chrome.storage.local.

What Ollama Sidekick never collects

• No personal or contact information, and no account.
• No analytics, tracking, advertising identifiers, or usage telemetry.
• No cookies or tracking data, no IP addresses, and no device identifiers.
• No browsing history beyond the single page you explicitly ask a question about.

Network connections

The extension makes network requests only to your local Ollama server (localhost:11434 or 127.0.0.1:11434) — software you install and run on your own machine. No other network connections are made: no external APIs, no cloud services, no analytics or tracking scripts, and no resources loaded from external CDNs (all assets are bundled).

Permissions and why they are used

• storage — saves your chat history, selected model, and preferences locally on your device.
• sidePanel — displays the chat interface in Chrome's side panel.
• activeTab — reads the current tab to extract page content, only when you ask a question.
• scripting — injects a content script that reads page text to provide context for your question. It does not modify the page.
• webNavigation — detects navigation in single-page apps so the page-context preview stays accurate.
• Host permission for localhost and 127.0.0.1 — to connect to your own local Ollama server.
• Host permission for all sites — page context can read any page you choose to ask about. The content goes only to your local Ollama and is never sent anywhere else.

Data retention and deletion

Chat history and settings remain in your browser's local storage until you delete them, clear the extension's data, or uninstall Ollama Sidekick. Because nothing is uploaded, there is no server-side copy for us to retain or delete.

Children's privacy

Ollama Sidekick is a general-purpose tool, is not directed at children, and collects no personal data from anyone.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted at this URL with a new "Last updated" date.

Contact

Questions about this policy? Email vilaslmagare@gmail.com.