Privacy Policy for Needle in a Haystack

Last updated: April 29th, 2024

Effective from: April 29th, 2024

Welcome to the Privacy Policy for the Needle in a Haystack Chrome Extension. This document outlines our practices concerning the collection, use, and safeguarding of your information. By using our extension, you accept the practices described in this policy.

1. Information Collection

When you use Needle in a Haystack, we collect the following information:

• Webpage Information: We access the current search results page you are viewing in your browser.
• Content of Linked Pages: We collect the contents of the product pages linked from your search results page.

This information is collected automatically once you initiate a search via Needle in a Haystack chrome extension, for the purpose of recommending products based on your search criteria.

2. Use of Information

The information collected is used solely for the purpose of evaluating and recommending products that match your search criteria. Specifically, we use this information to:

• Provide Services: Enhance, modify, personalize, or improve your user experience by selecting and recommending suitable products based on the collected data.

3. Information Sharing

To facilitate our services, we share your collected data with certain third parties who assist us in our operations -- including but not limited to companies which provide APIs to foundation LLM models (e.g. OpenAI) and web hosting companies which we rely on for our hosting our servers (e.g. Heroku). Please note that we do not control the privacy practices of these third-party Business Partners.

4. Your Rights

You have the right to request access to the personal data we collect, use, and process about you. You may also request corrections to any incorrect information.

5. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy at any time to reflect changes in our practices. If we make any material changes, we will notify you by updating the date at the top of this policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

6. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us via email at needle.in.a.haystack.ai@gmail.com.

By using Needle in a Haystack, you consent to the collection, use, and sharing of your information as described in this policy.