Privacy

Privacy Policy

Last updated: 25 July 2026

FanoutFox is a Chrome extension that helps you understand how AI search engines answer questions. It's built to keep everything on your own device.

What FanoutFox does with data

• It reads the content of your own current ChatGPT or Perplexity conversation (the answer text and the sources the answer used) to analyse how that answer selected its sources.
• On ChatGPT, FanoutFox uses the session already active in your browser to read your current conversation. It reads the session token only to make that single request to ChatGPT's own service. The token is used within one function and is never stored and never sent anywhere else.
• On Perplexity, no token is read at all. FanoutFox only observes the answer your own browser is already receiving as it arrives, and makes no request of its own.
• The results of each analysis, and your settings (the domains and competitors you choose to track), are saved locally in your browser using Chrome storage.

What leaves your browser

By default, nothing about your conversations leaves your browser. There's no FanoutFox account or server for it to go to.

Two optional features make requests to third parties, and only these:

• Domain Rating, on by default and toggleable. FanoutFox sends the domain names shown in an analysis to Ahrefs' free public endpoint to display a score. Only domain names are sent.
• Reddit thread stats, off by default until you switch it on. When you click to check a thread, FanoutFox requests public statistics for that thread's URL directly from reddit.com.

There's no analytics or tracking anywhere in FanoutFox, and nothing is shared with us or anyone else.

Limited Use

FanoutFox's use of information received from ChatGPT, Perplexity and any Google APIs adheres to the Chrome Web Store User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. Data is used only to provide the single, user-facing purpose described above. It isn't sold or transferred to third parties, and it isn't used for advertising or creditworthiness.

Your control

All stored data lives in your browser. You can delete it any time from the extension's settings (Clear all data), or by removing the extension.

Contact

Questions about this policy go to sugan@suganthan.com