Privacy Policy

Last updated: 2026-05-20

DeSlop is a Chrome extension that hides Google's AI Overview block, the AI Mode tab in the search nav, and the AI Mode pill on the Google homepage. This document describes what data the extension does and does not handle.

What we collect

Nothing.

DeSlop does not collect, transmit, store on a remote server, or otherwise gather:

• Personally identifiable information
• Health, financial, authentication, or location data
• Personal communications
• Browsing history, page contents, or user activity
• Any telemetry, analytics, crash reports, or usage metrics

The extension makes no network requests. It does not contact any remote server — not for analytics, not for configuration, not for updates beyond the standard Chrome Web Store update channel which Google handles automatically.

What is stored locally

DeSlop stores exactly four boolean preferences in chrome.storage.sync:

• hideOverview (default true) — whether the AI Overview block is hidden
• hideAIModeTab (default true) — whether the AI Mode tab and homepage pill are hidden
• skipAIMode (default true) — whether udm=50 (AI Mode) URLs are redirected to the All tab
• powerMode (default false) — whether udm=14 (Web filter) is added to searches

These four values are synced across the user's Chrome profiles via Google's built-in chrome.storage.sync API. The values are booleans only — no identifiers, timestamps, or other metadata are stored alongside them. They never leave the user's own Google account.

How we use the host permission

DeSlop requests host permission for the 12 supported Google search domains (google.com, google.hu, google.de, google.co.uk, google.fr, google.es, google.it, google.nl, google.pl, google.com.au, google.ca, google.co.jp).

This permission is used solely to:

1. Inject a CSS stylesheet that hides AI Overview blocks and AI Mode entry points.
2. Run a DOM scanner that looks for specific localized AI Overview heading text (e.g. "AI Overview", "AI-alapú áttekintés", "KI-Übersicht") and AI Mode button labels.
3. Apply the two declarativeNetRequest rulesets that strip udm=50 and (when opted in) add udm=14 to Google search URLs.

The scanner does not read or transmit the content of organic search results, the user's search queries, the URLs of pages they visit, or any other browser state.

Third-party services

DeSlop uses no third-party services. There are no analytics SDKs, no error-reporting integrations, no remote configuration endpoints, no advertising trackers.

Data sharing

We do not sell, rent, transfer, or share user data with anyone, for any purpose. There is no user data to share.

Updates to this policy

If this policy materially changes, the change will be reflected in the version history of this file on GitHub: <https://github.com/paulgegenyi/deslop/commits/main/PRIVACY.md>.

Contact

For privacy questions or concerns, open an issue at:

<https://github.com/paulgegenyi/deslop/issues>