Privacy Simplifier is a Chrome extension that helps users quickly understand long and complex privacy policies. It provides two main features:
- Summarize privacy policies in simple language with clickable sections that link back to the original content.
- Q&A – Ask questions about the current page's privacy policy and get instant, relevant answers.
Initial state of Simplify and Q&A tabs
Example of Simplify and Q&A output using DeepSeek’s Privacy Policy
Follow these steps to install and run the extension:
First, clone or download this repository to your local machine and add your API key into background.js
Open Chrome and go to: chrome://extensions/
Toggle the Developer mode switch at the top right.
Click on the "Load unpacked" button.
Select the folder you just cloned.
To keep the extension visible in your toolbar:
Click the puzzle icon in Chrome’s toolbar
Click the pin icon next to “Privacy Simplifier”