Privacy — last updated Jul 21, 2026
Nothing to hide, because we hold nothing.
Summary in one line: RefineIQ has no backend and no accounts. By default it runs entirely on your device. If you opt in to a cloud provider, your prompt is sent — using your own API key — directly to that provider and nowhere else.
Who operates RefineIQ
RefineIQ is a product of oblivioX. There is no company server, no hosted API, and no data processor operated by RefineIQ. The extension runs entirely inside your browser.
What we collect
Nothing while you use the extension. RefineIQ has no analytics, no telemetry, no crash reporting, no advertising identifiers, and no accounts. We never see your prompts, your API keys, your settings, or that you use the extension at all. The only network activity on the on-device path is the user-consented, one-time download of model weight files from Hugging Face.
After you uninstall (optional): Chrome may open a short feedback page on this site so you can tell us why you left. The link carries only static campaign tags (utm_source=extension&utm_medium=uninstall) so this site's own analytics can count uninstall visits — never an identifier, prompt, or key. Sending anything from the page is voluntary — it composes an email in your own mail app, happens outside the extension, and you should never include prompts or API keys.
Data stored on your device
All of the following stays in your browser's local extension storage and is never synced to a Google account or transmitted:
| Data | Why |
|---|---|
| Settings — provider, model tier, theme, per-site toggles, shortcuts, Voice Draft on/off and its model tier, and first-run flags | Remember your preferences |
| Cloud consent flag and timestamp (only if you enable cloud) | Prove you opted in before any cloud call |
| Your API key (only if you add one), stored separately | Authenticate to the provider you chose |
| Downloaded model weights (on-device mode) | Run the model offline after a one-time download |
Erase all of it any time by removing the extension, or per-item from Settings (clear the API key / revoke consent).
Your prompts
On-device mode (default): your prompt is processed by a model running in your browser — WebGPU, falling back to WebAssembly. It never leaves your device, and RefineIQ works fully offline in this mode.
Cloud mode (opt-in only): if you select a cloud provider and grant explicit consent and supply your own API key, each refine sends your prompt over HTTPS directly to that provider's API with your key. It is never sent to RefineIQ — there is no RefineIQ server — and never to any other third party. The supported providers are OpenRouter and Hugging Face; in cloud mode your prompt is subject to that provider's privacy policy. All three conditions are enforced before every request — including the Settings "Test connection" button, which sends a minimal fixed test message ("Hi"), never your prompt.
Your voice
Voice Draft is push-to-talk dictation and is always fully local — there is no cloud speech mode at all:
- Recording starts only from your explicit press, is capped at 60 seconds, and requires a one-time microphone permission granted on RefineIQ's own setup page — revocable any time in Chrome's site settings.
- Audio is transcribed on your device by a small open speech model, exists only in memory during transcription, and is never stored, never uploaded, and never leaves your device.
- RefineIQ deliberately does not use the browser's built-in speech recognition, because Chrome implements it with a server-side service.
Network connections
RefineIQ only ever connects to these hosts, for these purposes:
| Host | When | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Hugging Face CDN | On-device setup, once per model | Download model weight files (static data) |
| openrouter.ai | Only in OpenRouter cloud mode, per refine | Send your prompt with your key |
| router.huggingface.co | Only in Hugging Face cloud mode, per refine | Send your prompt with your key |
No other network connections are made by the extension. Links you choose to click — help pages, the support page, the post-uninstall goodbye page — open as ordinary browser tabs; they are page visits you make, not extension requests. No remote code is ever executed — model weights are treated as data.
Page content
RefineIQ's content script watches for text selections so it can offer the in-page Refine action. It reads only the text you select or the field you explicitly refine, only when you trigger a refine — and sends it only to the provider you configured, or keeps it on-device. Password fields and other non-text inputs (PINs, card numbers, dates) are always excluded: selecting text in them never offers or performs a refine. It does not read, collect, scrape, or transmit page contents otherwise.
GDPR / CCPA
RefineIQ collects and transmits no personal data to us — we have no server and no ability to receive your data — so there is no personal data for us to access, export, or delete. Data stored locally is under your control and removed when you uninstall. In cloud mode, the data controller for the prompt you send is the provider you chose.
Changes
Material changes to this policy are reflected on this page, with the updated date above, and noted in the changelog.
Questions
This page is the canonical policy for RefineIQ. Questions or concerns: email obliviox@zohomail.in or use the contact page.