Privacy Policy

Last updated: December 13, 2024

Overview

Unmask is a Chrome extension and website that helps you make better hotel booking decisions by analyzing reviews from Booking.com, Expedia, and Hotels.com using AI. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data.

What We Collect

We do not collect, store, or transmit any personally identifiable information to our servers.

Chrome Extension

The extension stores the following data locally on your device only:

• Hotel search queries and results
• Review analysis data for up to 20 hotels
• Your comparison preferences and settings

Website (unmask.travel)

Our website is a static site with no backend servers. When you use the website:

• All hotel data and comparisons are stored locally in your browser using localStorage
• We do not collect or store any data on our servers
• Standard web traffic may be logged by our hosting provider (GitHub Pages) according to their privacy policy

User-Provided Data

If you contact us for support, we may collect:

• Email address
• Any information you voluntarily provide in your message

How We Use Your Information

Since we don't collect data on servers, we cannot use your hotel search or comparison data.

If you contact us directly, we use your information to:

• Respond to inquiries and support requests
• Improve the Unmask service based on feedback

Third-Party Services

AI Processing

Anthropic Claude API: When you analyze hotel reviews, the review text is sent to Anthropic's API for AI analysis. This is the only time your data leaves your browser. This data is not associated with your identity and is processed according to Anthropic's privacy policy.

Our summaries and analyses are generated by AI models based on publicly available hotel reviews. We do not store or process personal data from those review sources.

Hotel Booking Sites

The extension reads publicly available review data from Booking.com, Expedia, and Hotels.com pages you visit. We do not access your accounts or any personal booking information on these sites.

Hosting

Our website is hosted on GitHub Pages. GitHub may collect technical information (IP addresses, browser types) according to their own privacy policy. We do not have access to or control over this data.

Data Sharing

We do not sell your personal information.

We do not share your data with third parties except:

• Review text sent to Anthropic's API for AI analysis (as described above)
• If required by law or legal process
• To protect our rights, safety, or property

Cookies & Tracking

Our website uses browser localStorage to store your hotel comparisons and preferences locally on your device. We do not use cookies for advertising or cross-site tracking.

You can clear this data at any time through your browser settings.

Data Storage and Control

Extension Data

All hotel data and preferences are stored locally in your browser using Chrome's storage API. You can clear this data at any time by:

• Removing the extension
• Clearing your browser data
• Using Chrome's extension storage management

Website Data

All hotel comparison data is stored locally in your browser using localStorage. You can clear this data at any time through your browser settings (Clear browsing data → Cookies and site data).

We cannot access or delete this data because it never reaches our servers.

Data Security

Since we don't store your data on servers, your information remains on your device under your control. The only data transmission occurs when review text is sent to Anthropic's API for analysis, which is transmitted over secure HTTPS connections.

Your Rights

Since we don't collect or store personal data on our servers, most data rights requests don't apply. However:

• You have complete control over locally stored data and can delete it anytime
• You can request deletion of any support emails you've sent us
• You can contact us with questions about privacy

To exercise any rights or ask questions, please contact us at the email address below.

Children's Privacy

Unmask is not intended for children under 13 (or equivalent minimum age in your jurisdiction). We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe we have inadvertently collected information from a child, please contact us immediately.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated "Last updated" date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

Contact

If you have questions about this privacy policy, please contact us at:

Email: hi@unmask.travel