Browser AI assistants: extension permissions and data-sharing checklist

Basic check order

1. Start from the browser vendor, official extension store, software vendor page, or managed admin console; AppVeriq Guide links to official routes only and does not host extension packages or installers.
2. Identify exactly what the assistant can read: current page text, selected text, all visited sites, clipboard contents, files, screenshots, microphone audio, meeting transcripts, email, calendars, or saved passwords.
3. Check whether prompts, page content, uploaded files, meeting notes, or generated drafts may be stored, reviewed, used for model training, or shared across workspace accounts.
4. Separate personal browsing from work devices and customer data. Use a managed browser profile or approved workspace account when the extension touches company information.
5. Review extension permissions after every major update, ownership change, browser-store warning, or new AI feature launch; remove the extension if the new permission is not needed.
6. Document the official listing, publisher identity, permission set, data categories allowed, approved account owner, and offboarding steps before rolling the tool out to a team.

Cautions and operating tips

• An AI sidebar built into a browser can still send selected text, page context, or prompts to a cloud service; check the product policy, not only the browser brand.
• A store listing is not enough by itself. Confirm the publisher, verified domain, support page, privacy policy, update cadence, and whether the vendor links to the same listing.
• Writing assistants and summarizers can expose unpublished documents, customer messages, contracts, HR records, source code, or meeting transcripts if users paste or upload them casually.
• Prefer least-privilege settings: allow access only on selected sites, disable automatic page reading when possible, and keep sensitive admin, banking, code-hosting, CRM, and medical portals out of scope.
• For workplace review, treat extension removal as part of offboarding: revoke tokens, remove browser profiles, export only approved data, and confirm sync does not keep private copies.

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