PeekSearch Privacy Policy

PeekSearch Privacy Policy

Effective date: 5 November 2026

Applies to PeekSearch 1.2.4

Your question goes directly to the provider you choose. Preferences and the optional Brave Answers key are stored in your Chrome profile; Brave receives the key when you use its API. PeekSearch does not operate a search-history or analytics server.

WHAT THIS POLICY COVERS

This policy describes the PeekSearch browser extension, maintained through the PeekSearch GitHub project. PeekSearch helps you look up concepts beside web videos. You do not need a PeekSearch account.

The policy describes the extension's data handling. Search providers, Chrome, the Chrome Web Store, GitHub, and websites you visit have their own policies. It does not make promises about their data handling.

QUESTIONS AND SEARCH RESULTS

PeekSearch processes the question you type so it can request and display a result. Search starts when you submit the question; simply opening the panel, typing, or choosing an example does not send a search.

The current question and results remain in the open panel, including while it is minimized. Closing the panel clears them from the panel. PeekSearch does not save a search-history database or write queries and results to its persistent extension storage.

Do not include information you do not want the selected provider to receive. A question can contain personal information if you type it.

WHAT IS SENT TO SEARCH PROVIDERS

With Wikipedia selected, PeekSearch sends your submitted query directly to the English Wikipedia API operated by the Wikimedia Foundation. No API key is needed.

With Brave selected, PeekSearch sends your submitted query, fixed instructions for a concise explanation, and your Brave Answers API key directly to Brave's API. The key authenticates the request to your Brave account. PeekSearch does not receive or process your Brave payment details.

Providers receive ordinary network information associated with connecting to them, such as your IP address and request headers. Requests use HTTPS, omit cookies and page referrers, and request no HTTP caching. Search requests are not routed through a PeekSearch server.

PeekSearch does not add the video's URL, transcript, audio, images, or other page content to a search request. It does not automatically summarize or transcribe the video.

WHAT STAYS IN YOUR CHROME PROFILE

PeekSearch saves your selected provider, light or dark appearance, and an optional Brave Answers API key in chrome.storage.local. The extension does not sync these values to your other devices.

Access to this extension storage is restricted to trusted extension contexts. The saved key is not passed to the injected page panel. Local storage is not an encrypted secret vault: PeekSearch does not encrypt the saved key itself. Protect access to your device and browser profile.

A previous release's saved Answers credential may be migrated into the current key field. Removing the key clears both current and legacy key fields.

WHY THE EXTENSION NEEDS PAGE ACCESS

When you invoke PeekSearch, temporary active-tab access lets it place the search panel on that page. The extension inspects the page structure and fullscreen elements to position the panel and preserve its interaction with browser video players.

This local page interaction is used to display and control the overlay. PeekSearch does not build a browsing-history record, read video transcripts for search, or transmit the page's content to a provider or the maintainer.

The panel is part of the webpage's document. Its visible question and results are not a security boundary against scripts on that webpage. Use it on pages you trust; the saved API key is kept out of the page panel.

- activeTab and scripting: open the panel on the page where you invoke it.

- storage: remember your preferences and optional Answers key.

- en.wikipedia.org: retrieve the Wikipedia searches you submit.

- Optional api.search.brave.com access: retrieve Brave explanations after you enable Brave and grant permission.

PROVIDER PROCESSING AND RETENTION

Wikipedia and Brave process requests under their own terms and privacy policies. Their retention is separate from PeekSearch's temporary panel state, and may include logs for security, billing, or service operation.

As of this policy's effective date, Brave's API privacy notice states that query records may be retained for up to 90 days for billing and troubleshooting, subject to its legal obligations. Check the current notice and your Brave account terms for applicable details; PeekSearch does not promise zero retention.

Closing PeekSearch, cancelling a request, or deleting a local key cannot retract data already received by a provider. Contact the relevant provider about its records and any applicable privacy rights.

HOW PEEKSEARCH USES DATA

PeekSearch uses the data it handles to perform your requested lookup, show the result, and remember your settings. It does not sell user data, use it for advertising or profiling, or send background usage analytics to the maintainer.

The extension has no developer-operated collection endpoint for searches, API keys, browsing history, or video content. The maintainer does not receive your provider requests through PeekSearch. This is the extension's Limited Use disclosure.

YOUR CHOICES AND DELETION

You can use Wikipedia without entering a Brave key. Enabling Brave is optional and requires your action in Settings and Chrome's permission prompt.

To delete the saved Brave key, open Settings and choose "Remove key and use Wikipedia". This also requests removal of Brave host access. Selecting Wikipedia alone retains a saved Answers key so you can switch back later.

Change or replace a key in Settings and select "Save preferences". To invalidate the credential itself, revoke it in your Brave API dashboard. Deleting its local copy does not revoke it at Brave.

Uninstall PeekSearch to remove its extension storage from that Chrome profile. Browser/profile backups may be handled separately by your device or backup service. Clearing ordinary browsing history is not the same as deleting extension storage.

LINKS, SUPPORT, AND OTHER WEBSITES

Source links and the Brave dashboard open external websites when you choose them. Those sites receive their own connection information and may process data under their own privacy policies. Support email links open your email application.

For support and privacy questions, email adityamah2002@gmail.com. If you send an email, the maintainer receives your email address, message, and any attachments, and uses them to investigate and respond. Email providers process and retain messages under their own policies. Do not send API keys, session cookies, payment details, private lesson links, or sensitive questions.

The project's GitHub repository is private and requires access. If an authorized collaborator submits an issue there, its username, text, and attachments can be read by the maintainer and other authorized collaborators. GitHub controls hosting and retention of that content under its policies.

Requests concerning data held by Wikipedia, Brave, or another provider should also be directed to that provider. The support email does not receive your searches automatically.

CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

This policy will be updated when PeekSearch's data handling changes. The effective date identifies the current version. Review the policy and the extension's Settings disclosures when updating.

CONTACT AND PROVIDER REFERENCES

PeekSearch source and documentation (repository access required): https://github.com/adityamaheshwari-25/PeekSearch

PeekSearch support and privacy: adityamah2002@gmail.com

Brave API privacy notice: https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/resources/privacy-notice

Wikimedia Foundation privacy policy: https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Privacy_policy

GitHub privacy statement: https://docs.github.com/en/site-policy/privacy-policies/github-general-privacy-statement

Chrome extension storage documentation: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/reference/api/storage