Privacy Policy for Anthill Spider

Last Updated: January 4, 2026
🔒 Core Principle: Anthill Spider does NOT collect, transmit, or store any of your data on external servers. Everything happens locally in your browser.
📊 Data Handling

The extension operates on a local-only principle:

No data transmission: Zero data is sent to external servers
No analytics/tracking: No usage statistics or telemetry collected
No user accounts: No authentication or user profiling
Local storage only: Session data stored in Chrome's local storage (cleared after use)
Local downloads: Export files saved to your Downloads folder only


🔍 Permissions Justification

Each permission serves a specific purpose for the export functionality:

activeTab: Access current ChatGPT tab to extract conversation links
downloads: Save exported conversations as JSON files locally
host permissions: Access ChatGPT domains to scrape conversation pages
scripting: Inject content scripts to extract conversation data
storage: Save scraping progress locally during export sessions
tabs: Create background tabs for individual conversation scraping


📁 Data Storage

All data remains on your computer:

Temporary session data: Stored in Chrome's local storage during active scraping
Export files: Saved to your Downloads folder as JSON files
Automatic cleanup: Session data is automatically cleared after export completes


⚖️ Compliance & Terms

Anthill Spider is intended for:

Personal use: Exporting your own ChatGPT conversations
Educational purposes: Learning about dataset creation
Research: Creating training data for AI experimentation


Users should comply with OpenAI's Terms of Service when using this tool.
📧 Contact & Source Code

Anthill Spider is open source. For questions or to view the source code:

github.com/WintermuteEntertainment/Anthill