ChatPanel
Privacy Policy
Last updated: 2026
ChatPanel is local-first. It is designed so your data stays on your machine. We, the developers, do not operate a server that receives your conversations or page content on the Free or Pro plans.
What ChatPanel stores
- Locally, in your browser (
chrome.storage): your chat history, the agents and skills you configure, your API keys, and your preferences. This never leaves your device except as described below.
What gets sent, and where
- To the model endpoint you configure — when you send a message, its text plus any context you attach (current tab, selected tabs, or a pasted URL's content) is sent to the provider you chose: your local Ollama/LM Studio, your OpenAI/OpenRouter/Anthropic endpoint, or your local ChatPanel Bridge. We do not see or proxy this traffic.
- To the license server — if you have Pro/Team, the extension checks your subscription with our verification endpoint (a Cloudflare Worker) to confirm it is active. No chat content is sent.
Permissions
tabs/scripting/ host access — to read the page content you ask ChatPanel about, to fetch URLs you paste, and — when you turn on 🖋 Act on page — to fill in form fields and click elements on your behalf. Reading and acting happen only when you send a message or attach context, never in the background, and only on the tab you are working in.debugger— used only for the optional “High-reliability page control” setting, which performs that form-filling and clicking as genuine browser input so it works on complex web apps. It runs entirely on your machine, attaches only to the tab you are acting on and only while a task runs, and sends nothing to us. Chrome shows a “ChatPanel is debugging this browser” notice whenever it is active. It is off by default.storage— to save your chats and settings locally.
Acting on the page is driven by the AI model you choose and is best-effort — it can make mistakes, and content it reads (web pages, meeting transcripts, or connected tools) can try to influence it. ChatPanel acts only when you turn it on and ask, pauses for your confirmation before sensitive steps such as submitting a form or making a payment, and you remain responsible for reviewing what it does — especially on banking, email, or work accounts.
Responsible use & disclaimer
ChatPanel is provided “as is,” without warranties of any kind. Automated page actions and any AI provider, agent, or tool you connect are under your control, and you are responsible for the actions you ask ChatPanel to take in your browser and on third-party sites. To the extent permitted by law, the developers are not liable for outcomes arising from that use. Keep page control off on sites where a mistaken action would be costly unless you intend to supervise it.
The Team plan (cloud features)
If you opt into Team features such as cloud sync, the specific data those features require (e.g. chats you choose to sync) is stored on our infrastructure to provide them. These are opt-in and clearly labeled.
This website (chatpanel.net)
The marketing website uses Google Analytics (gtag.js) to understand aggregate traffic — pages visited, referrer, approximate region. This applies to the website only; it is separate from the extension, which remains local-first and is not analytics-instrumented. You can block it with any tracker blocker, and we honor browser Do-Not-Track where supported.
Contact
Questions: privacy@chatpanel.net.