GmailGenie — Privacy Policy

Effective date: July 6, 2026

GmailGenie is a Chrome extension that detects scheduling information in the Gmail email you are currently viewing and helps you add it to Google Calendar with one click. This policy explains what data the extension handles, where it goes, and how long it is kept.

What data we access

• Content of the open email. When you open an email in Gmail, GmailGenie reads that message's subject, body text, and sender address from the page so it can look for meetings, appointments, and events. It only reads the message you are actively viewing — it does not read your inbox, other messages, contacts, or attachments.
• Your Google account identity and Calendar access. With your consent, GmailGenie uses Google Sign-In (OAuth) to (a) confirm you are a signed-in user of this extension, and (b) create events on your Google Calendar when you click "Add to Calendar." The requested scopes are openid, email, and https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar.events (create/edit calendar events).

How your data is used and shared

• Event detection. The text of the open email is sent over HTTPS to the GmailGenie backend service (hosted on Google Cloud Run, US region), which forwards it to Anthropic's Claude API to identify event details (title, date, time, location). Anthropic processes the text to return that result. See Anthropic's privacy policy.
• Calendar event creation. When you approve an event, it is sent directly from your browser to the Google Calendar API using your own OAuth token. It does not pass through the GmailGenie backend.
• We do not sell your data, use it for advertising, or use it to build user profiles. There are no third-party analytics or trackers in the extension.

Data retention

• Server side: The GmailGenie backend processes email text in memory to fulfill a single request and does not store or log the content of your emails. Nothing about the message is persisted after the response is returned.
• On your device: Detected events and your extension settings are stored locally in the browser (chrome.storage.local) so the popup can display them. This data stays on your device and is cleared when you navigate away, dismiss it, or remove the extension.
• Google token: Your OAuth token is managed and cached by Chrome (chrome.identity) and refreshed automatically; GmailGenie does not store it separately.

Your choices

• You can decline or revoke Google access at any time at myaccount.google.com/permissions — extraction and calendar creation stop working until you reconnect.
• Uninstalling the extension removes all locally stored data.

Data we do NOT collect

Passwords, other Gmail messages, contacts, browsing history, or payment information.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy; the "Effective date" above will change accordingly. Material changes will be reflected in the extension's store listing.