Always Ask Gemini — Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 24, 2026

Short version: Always Ask Gemini does not collect, transmit, sell, or store any personal data, browsing history, or video content. It stores only your settings, saved locally through Chrome's own storage, plus a short note of how the last video went that is kept in memory and never written to disk. Nothing is ever sent to the developer or to any third party, with one exception: the optional Send Feedback page, which only sends what you type into it, and only if you press submit. See "Feedback" below for exactly what that involves.

What the extension does

Always Ask Gemini is a Chrome extension that runs on youtube.com video pages. When a video loads, it looks for YouTube's own "Ask" button (part of YouTube's built-in, experimental "Ask about this video" feature) and, if present, clicks it and then clicks "Summarize the video" inside the panel that opens. It automates two clicks on buttons that are already part of YouTube's interface — it does not add, modify, or extract any content from the page beyond that.

Data we collect

The extension itself collects none. It does not have a server, does not make any network requests of its own, and does not use analytics, advertising, or tracking of any kind. The popup's "Send Feedback" link opens a separate web page (this site, not the extension) — see "Feedback" below for what that page does.

Data stored locally

The extension stores a few small values, all on your own device or in your own Chrome account:

Your settings: whether automation is turned on or off, the language you picked for the popup (if any), the minimum video length for "Skip short videos" (if you set one), and whether the "Why isn't this working?" help section has already been shown. These use Chrome's built-in chrome.storage.sync API, so they follow you across your signed-in Chrome installs, the same way your bookmarks or browser settings do.
How the last video went: one of a few results (for example "summarized" or "no Ask button found"), the time it happened, and a count of recent failures in a row. This uses chrome.storage.session, which Chrome keeps in memory only: it is never written to disk and is erased when you quit Chrome or the extension is reloaded. It contains no video, title, or web address.
When a pause ends: if you use "Pause automation", the time it ends, stored with Chrome's chrome.storage.local API on this computer only (it does not sync).

None of these values is ever transmitted to the developer, to this website, or to any third-party server, and none contains personal information, browsing history, or video data.

Permissions used

storage — used only to save the settings and the in-memory "last video" note described above.
alarms — used only to wake the extension when a pause you started ends, so the toolbar badge updates on time.
Content script access to https://www.youtube.com/* — used only to find and click the "Ask" and "Summarize the video" elements that YouTube itself renders. The extension does not read, store, or transmit video titles, comments, watch history, or any other page content.

Third-party services

The extension itself: none. It does not integrate with, or send data to, any third-party analytics, advertising, or cloud service.

Feedback

The popup's optional "Send Feedback" link opens this page's feedback form in a new tab — a separate web page, not part of the extension. If you fill it out and press submit, whatever you typed (plus the extension version and your browser's user-agent string, so bug reports include useful context) is sent to a small server-side function the developer runs, which files it as a GitHub issue on the source repository, assigned to the developer for follow-up. Nothing is sent unless you take that action yourself; closing the tab without submitting sends nothing.

Children's privacy

This extension is not directed at children and does not knowingly collect any information from anyone, including children, because it does not collect information from anyone at all.

Changes to this policy

If this policy ever changes, the update will be posted on this same page with a revised "Last updated" date above.

Contact

Questions about this policy or the extension can be sent to victor.williams.dev@gmail.com.