Privacy Policy

What Pax Does

Pax is a browser extension and mobile web app that analyzes the content of web pages and articles to detect manipulation patterns, influence tactics, and persuasion techniques. It also analyzes privacy policies and app store pages to surface key data practices in plain language.

Pax is operated by an independent developer. It is not affiliated with any news organization, political group, or advertiser.

What Data Pax Collects

Pax does not collect, store, or transmit personal data to any server beyond what is necessary to process your analysis request. Specifically:

• No browsing history is stored or transmitted
• No personal identifiers (name, email address, IP address) are collected or logged
• No page content is stored after analysis is complete
• Your license key or API key is stored locally in your browser only — never logged on our servers
• No analytics or usage tracking beyond anonymous monthly analysis counts per license key

How the Anthropic API Is Used

When you trigger a page scan or analysis, Pax sends the visible text content of the current page to the Anthropic Claude API. Depending on your setup this happens in one of two ways:

• Own API key: Content goes directly from your browser to Anthropic's servers using your personal key. Pax never sees this traffic.
• Pax subscription: Content is sent to our secure Railway proxy server, which validates your license key, then forwards the content to Anthropic. The content is not stored or logged at any point.

Anthropic's privacy policy governs their handling of API requests and can be found at anthropic.com/privacy.

What Is Stored Locally

Pax stores the following data locally on your device only:

• Your Anthropic API key or Pax license key
• Your extension settings (auto-scan preference, orb visibility, snooze status)
• The most recent scan result for the current tab — cleared when you close the tab

This data never leaves your device except as described above and is not accessible to Pax or any third party.

Permissions Explained

Pax requests the following browser permissions:

• activeTab — Used to read the content of the current page for manipulation detection
• storage — Used to save your license key and settings locally on your device
• host_permissions (<all_urls>) — Required to analyze content on any website you visit. Pax only activates when you trigger a scan — it does not monitor background tabs.

Third-Party Services

Pax uses the following third-party services:

• Anthropic Claude API — Powers the analysis engine
• Lemon Squeezy — Handles payment processing and license key delivery for subscriptions
• Railway — Hosts the secure proxy server for subscription users

No advertising networks, analytics platforms, or data brokers receive any data from Pax.

Geographic Scope

Pax is intended for use by residents of the United States only. This privacy policy is written to comply with applicable United States privacy laws. Pax is not designed to comply with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the UK GDPR, or other international privacy frameworks. If you are located outside the United States, please do not use Pax.

If you are a California resident, you may have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Because Pax does not sell personal data and collects minimal information, most CCPA rights are satisfied by default. For any privacy requests, contact us at admin@paxpcf.com.

Children's Privacy

Pax is not directed at children under the age of 13 and does not knowingly collect information from children. If you believe a child has used this extension in a way that raises privacy concerns, please contact us.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. Updates will be posted at this URL. Continued use of Pax after updates constitutes acceptance of the revised policy. The "last updated" date at the top of this page will always reflect the most recent revision.

Contact

For privacy questions or concerns, please contact us at admin@paxpcf.com.

You can also reach us through the Chrome Web Store listing page for the Pax extension.