Privacy & data
Browy is a desktop application: a Chromium browser extension plus a small native messaging host that runs on your machine. This page documents the data Browy handles and is the privacy policy referenced in the Chrome Web Store and Microsoft Edge Add-ons listings.
What Browy sends, and to whom
Section titled “What Browy sends, and to whom”| Data | Why |
|---|---|
| Page content the agent inspects (DOM snapshots, screenshots, console / network logs, JS evaluation results) | The model needs to see what’s on screen to act. Same data path as gh copilot in a terminal. |
| Your chat messages | They’re the prompt to the model. |
| Tool-call results (e.g. “navigated to X”, “clicked element 7”) | The model needs feedback to plan the next step. |
GitHub’s handling of Copilot data is governed by the GitHub Copilot Privacy Statement and your Copilot subscription terms. Browy does not modify, intercept, or proxy these requests.
BrowyHQ does not operate any backend service. The extension and native host do not send analytics, telemetry, error reports, or usage data to BrowyHQ.
The extension does not load third-party scripts and does not call any third-party service except the local Copilot CLI.
What Browy stores locally
Section titled “What Browy stores locally”| Data | Where | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|
| Chat history | chrome.storage.local (per-profile extension storage) | Until you clear it from the side panel or uninstall |
| Settings (model, reasoning effort, theme, last tab) | chrome.storage.local | Same |
| Native host log | ~/.browy/host/host.log (single rotating 5 MB file) | Overwritten on rotation; deleted on uninstall |
| Agent scratch disk + key-value memory | ~/.browy/data/files/ and ~/.browy/data/notes.json | Until you delete them; survives across chats |
| GitHub Copilot session state | ~/.copilot/ (managed by the Copilot CLI, not Browy) | Per Copilot CLI’s behavior |
You decide what to share
Section titled “You decide what to share”Page content the agent reads, including DOM snapshots, console output, network logs, and screenshots, comes from the active tab and is sent to the model unmodified.You pick the tab the agent runs against, what you type into chat, and which tools are enabled in Settings.
That includes things power users want to send: API keys for backend
testing, OAuth redirect URLs, Authorization headers from a network
trace. Browy doesn’t second-guess you.
Children
Section titled “Children”Browy is not directed to children under 13, and does not knowingly collect any data from anyone, including children.
Changes to this policy
Section titled “Changes to this policy”When this policy changes, the Last updated badge at the top of this page changes too. Material changes are also noted in the changelog.