Privacy

HookVault Privacy Policy

Last updated: November 2026

HookVault ("we") is a browser extension operated by Abhishek Pawar. This policy explains what the extension and its optional backend service handle.

What stays on your device

• Your saved items (titles, post text, notes, tags, view/like counts, links, thumbnail links) are stored only in your browser (chrome.storage.local). We never receive them.
• Your settings and AI API keys (if you add your own) are stored only in your browser.

What is sent to third parties, and when

• When you click Generate with your own API key, the source text you're repurposing (title, transcript or notes) is sent directly from your browser to the AI provider you chose (e.g. Anthropic, OpenAI, or a server you configured). Their privacy policy applies to that request.
• When you use HookVault hosted AI (Pro), that same source text is sent to our server, which forwards it to Anthropic to generate the result. We don't store the text or the generated output; it passes through only to fulfil the request.
• When you upgrade, our payment provider (Lemon Squeezy or Stripe) collects your payment details and email on their own checkout page. We never see your card details.

What our server stores (Pro / billing only)

• A random account ID and a one-way hash of your license key
• Your subscription status, renewal date and the payment provider's customer and subscription IDs
• Daily usage counters (number of AI requests per day) used for fair-use limits
• A one-way hash of your IP address, kept for up to 7 days, to prevent abuse of account creation

Usage counters are deleted after 7 days.

We don't sell or share data, use it for advertising, or use it to train AI models.

Permissions the extension uses

• storage: keep your library and settings in your browser
• YouTube and X page access: add the Save, Repurpose and outlier features to those pages
• activeTab and contextMenus: save the current page or selected text when you ask
• alarms: refresh your plan status periodically
• scripting: add HookVault's buttons to YouTube/X tabs that were already open when you installed or updated it
• unlimitedStorage: let your locally stored library grow beyond 10 MB
• Access to AI provider domains: send your Generate requests to the provider you chose

Your choices

• Delete all saved items from Settings → Your data, or uninstall the extension to remove everything stored locally
• Cancel your subscription anytime from Settings → Manage billing
• Ask us to delete your server-side account data: email hookvault.support11@gmail.com with your license key

Contact

hookvault.support11@gmail.com