In short. Glare reads a question from a page only when you press Smart Capture. The question text goes to our server and to OpenAI so an explanation can be written, and your email address goes with it so we know whose account made the request. We do not sell your data or use it for advertising.
Who we are
Glare AI (“Glare”, “we”, “us”) is a Chrome extension that explains practice questions, mainly on LawHub (lawhub.org), together with this website, glareai.app. This policy explains what the extension collects, why, and who else receives it.
Questions about this policy: ahnyuofm@gmail.com.
What Glare collects
Your account
You sign in with an email address and password, or with Google. Sign-in is handled by Google Firebase Authentication. We receive your email address and, if you use Google sign-in, basic profile details that Google shares with us. For email and password accounts, Firebase stores a protected form of your password. We cannot read it. Glare never sees your Google password.
The question you capture
When you press Smart Capture, Glare reads the text of the passage, question and answer choices on the LawHub page and sends it to our server together with your email address.
If no LawHub tab is open, Glare looks at the addresses and titles of your open tabs on your device to work out where to capture from. It reads the page you are viewing, or a tab you pick from a list, and shows you the captured text first. That text is sent only after you press Analyze with AI. The list of your tabs is never sent to us.
Follow-up chat
When you ask a follow-up, Glare sends your follow-up question, the earlier messages in that conversation (the question, the explanation and any previous follow-ups) and a conversation identifier to our server so the answer has context.
Stored in your browser
Glare keeps the following in Chrome’s extension storage on your device: whether you are signed in, your email address, your sign-in token, the current analysis and chat, and your light or dark display setting. Logging out clears your signed-in state and saved conversation. Removing the extension deletes everything it stored.
Server logs
Our server runs on Vercel. Standard request logs record that a request happened and can include the start of the question text or follow-up that was sent. Your IP address is visible to our hosting provider as part of normal web traffic.
Shared answer cache
To answer faster, we keep a shared copy of each explanation in a Google Cloud Firestore database. If a question has been analyzed before, the stored explanation is returned instead of generating a new one. A cache entry contains the question text, the explanation and the messages that produced it, and is looked up by a fingerprint (hash) of the question text. It does not contain your email address and is not linked to your account.
What we do not collect
Glare does not collect your browsing history, does not read pages in the background, and does not include advertising or analytics trackers. It only reads a page when you press Smart Capture.
How we use information
- To generate explanations and answer your follow-up questions.
- To sign you in and keep your account working.
- To keep the service reliable and secure, and to fix problems.
- To reply when you contact us.
We do not sell your data, use it for advertising, build advertising profiles, or use it to decide credit or lending.
Who receives your information
We use these service providers. They process data for us to run Glare.
| OpenAI | Receives the captured question text and follow-up conversation, and returns the explanation. OpenAI privacy policy |
|---|---|
| Firebase Authentication and Google sign-in handle your account. Cloud Firestore stores the shared answer cache. Google privacy policy | |
| Vercel | Hosts our server and this website, and so handles every request made to them. Vercel privacy policy |
We may also disclose information if the law requires it, or to protect the rights, safety and security of our users and the service. These providers operate in the United States and other countries, so your information may be processed outside the country where you live.
Chrome Web Store limited use
The use of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Chrome Web Store User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. Information about your Google account is used only to sign you in and show your email address in the extension. It is not transferred to others except as described above, not used for advertising, and not read by humans except as needed for security, to comply with law, or with your consent.
Why Glare asks for browser permissions
| lawhub.org and lsac.org | So Glare can read the question you are practicing on those sites. |
|---|---|
| activeTab and scripting | To read the text of the page you captured from when you press Smart Capture, including a tab you pick if no LawHub tab is open. |
| tabs | To find your LawHub tab, bring it to the front, and send it the request to read the current question. |
| storage | To keep you signed in and save your current conversation and display setting on your device. |
| identity | To let you sign in with Google. |
How long we keep information
- Account details are kept while your account exists.
- Cache entries are kept until we remove them. Because they are not linked to your account, we cannot tell which entries came from you.
- Server logs are kept by our hosting provider for a limited period under its own retention settings.
- Data in your browser stays on your device until you log out or remove the extension.
Your choices and rights
You can ask us to delete your account and the data tied to it, or to give you a copy of it, by emailing ahnyuofm@gmail.com from the address you signed up with. Depending on where you live, such as the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or California, you may also have rights to correct your data or object to how it is used. We will reply within 30 days.
Security
Data between the extension, our server and our providers travels over encrypted connections (HTTPS). No service is perfectly secure, so we cannot promise absolute security.
Children
Glare is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect information from them. If you think a child has given us information, email us and we will delete it.
Changes to this policy
If we change this policy, we will post the new version here and update the date at the top. If a change materially affects how we handle your data, we will take reasonable steps to let you know.
Contact
Glare AI
ahnyuofm@gmail.com