Chrome Extension Privacy Policy
Chrome Extension Privacy Policy
Effective Date: October 23, 2026
This privacy policy applies to the ImageTranslate AI Chrome Extension ("the Extension"). It supplements the ImageTranslate AI Privacy Policy, which governs the imagetranslate.ai service as a whole.
1. What the Extension Does
The Extension lets you translate the text inside images on any webpage, or extract that text so you can copy it: right-click an image, open the "ImageTranslate.AI" menu and choose "Translate this image" or "Extract text from image". A translated image is displayed in place of the original on the page; extracted text is shown in a panel on the page with a Copy button.
2. Data the Extension Processes
Image data
When you explicitly request a translation or a text extraction (via the right-click menu), the Extension sends the URL of the selected image and the address of the page it appears on to our servers at imagetranslate.ai. Our servers download the image (the page address is reduced to its origin and sent to the image's host as a standard Referer header so the download succeeds), then either translate the text it contains and return the translated image, or recognize the text and return it to you as plain text. Images are processed solely to provide the result you requested, including by our third-party translation and text-recognition (OCR) service providers described in the main Privacy Policy.
The Extension does not scan, collect, or transmit anything from pages you visit before you act. Only after you choose "Translate this image" or "Extract text from image" does it look up that specific image on the current page in order to display the result.
Translation and text-extraction records
Each translation request creates a record on our servers containing the image URL, the translated result, your selected languages/mode/model, any custom prompt you provided, and — for rate-limiting and abuse prevention — your IP address. Each text extraction creates a similar record containing the image URL, the extracted text and your IP address; for signed-in users a copy of the original image is stored with it so it can be shown in your history. For signed-in users these records appear in your account's translation history or OCR history. For anonymous users, records are retained for service operation (daily free-limit enforcement and abuse prevention) and are not publicly accessible; the image itself is not stored. See the main Privacy Policy for retention details.
Authentication
If you are signed in to imagetranslate.ai in your browser, the Extension uses your existing session cookie to identify your account, so translations can use your credits and appear in your translation history. The Extension never sees or stores your password. If you are not signed in, translations are processed anonymously subject to a daily free limit.
Settings
Your preferences (source/target language, translation mode, model, custom prompt) are stored locally in your browser using Chrome's extension storage. They are sent to our servers only as parameters of translation requests you initiate.
What we do NOT collect
- No browsing history. The Extension does not track, record, or transmit the pages you visit.
- No page content other than the specific image you right-click and its page address (used to fetch the image and to attribute the request).
- No keystrokes, form data, or personal files.
- No clipboard reading. The Extension only writes extracted text to your clipboard when you click Copy.
- No data is sold or shared with third parties for advertising.
3. How Requests Are Processed
Translation and text-extraction requests are handled by the same infrastructure as the imagetranslate.ai website. Translated images, extracted text and their records are stored in your account history (for signed-in users) exactly as if you had used the website's image translator or OCR tool. See the main Privacy Policy for details on storage, retention, and third-party processors.
4. Permissions Explained
| Permission | Why the Extension needs it |
|---|---|
| Context menus | Adds the "ImageTranslate.AI" right-click menu with "Translate this image" and "Extract text from image" |
| Active tab & scripting | Displays progress and the result (the translated image or the extracted text) on the page you are viewing, only after you invoke the menu |
| Storage | Saves your language and translation settings locally |
| Access to imagetranslate.ai | Communicates with our translation and text-recognition API. Requests to our own domain include your existing imagetranslate.ai session cookie (standard browser behavior), which is how the Extension recognizes your account |
5. Changes & Contact
We may update this policy as the Extension evolves; material changes will be reflected in the effective date above. Questions: [email protected].