Website content
When you save a page or ask the AI assistant to read it, we capture the page URL, title, favicon, and a text excerpt so you can find and revisit it later.
The short version
- ✓Your saved pages, notes, tags, and collections are stored locally in your browser.
- ✓No account is required to use the free features.
- ✓AI features run through your own API key — we don't proxy or store your prompts.
- ✓We do not sell your data or use it for advertising.
- ✓Cloud Sync is optional and off unless you turn it on.
Data we handle
Kognit only processes the data needed to save and organize the pages you choose to capture.
Your content
Notes, tags, and collections that you create are stored so your library stays organized.
Browsing history (Pro, optional)
If you enable Auto-save or History Intelligence, recently visited pages are added to your library. This is processed locally and only when you turn the feature on.
API key
If you use AI features, your Groq or Google Gemini API key is stored locally on your device and sent only to that provider to fulfill your request.
We do not collect your name, email, passwords, financial details, health data, location, or personal messages.
Where your data is stored
Kognit is local-first. Your library lives in your browser's local storage on your own device. We cannot see it.
If you enable Cloud Sync (a Pro feature), your library is encrypted in transit and synced to our servers only so it can be mirrored across your own devices. You can disable sync and delete synced data at any time.
The on-page AI assistant
The AI assistant uses a provider key that you supply (Groq or Google Gemini). When you ask it to summarize or explain a page, the relevant page text is sent directly from your browser to that provider to generate a response.
We do not run our own AI proxy, and we do not store your prompts or the AI's responses on our servers. Your use of the AI provider is also subject to that provider's own privacy policy.
Why we request permissions
Each Chrome permission maps to a specific feature:
| Permission | Used for |
|---|---|
| storage | Save your library and settings locally. |
| sidePanel | Show your library and the AI reader. |
| contextMenus | Right-click to save a page or link. |
| activeTab / scripting | Capture the current page and show the assistant, on your action. |
| tabs | Read the URL and title of the page you're saving. |
| alarms | Run background clean-up and sync checks. |
| history | Optional Auto-save and History Intelligence. |
| notifications | Inform you about saves, sync, and limits. |
| host access | Let you save and read any page you visit. |
Your choices and control
Because your data is local, you're always in control:
- •Delete any saved item, note, or collection at any time inside the extension.
- •Clear your entire library from the extension settings.
- •Remove your API key to disable AI features.
- •Uninstalling the extension removes all locally stored data.
- •Turn off Cloud Sync to stop syncing and delete synced copies.
Kognit is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect their data.
Contact us
Questions about this policy or your data? Reach out and we'll help.
Email support@devsarun.ioWe may update this policy from time to time. Material changes will be reflected here with a new "last updated" date.