ProposalForge AI — Privacy Policy

Last updated: March 23, 2026

  Summary: ProposalForge AI does not collect, store or transmit any personal data to external servers. All your data stays on your device.

1. Overview

ProposalForge AI ("the Extension") is a Chrome browser extension developed by IA Squared Extensions. This Privacy Policy explains what data the Extension accesses, how it is used, and your rights regarding that data.

2. Single Purpose

ProposalForge AI helps freelancers generate AI-powered proposals for Upwork, Fiverr and LinkedIn by reading job descriptions from these platforms.

3. Data We Do NOT Collect

ProposalForge AI does not:

Collect or transmit your personal information to any server operated by us
Track your browsing history or behaviour across websites
Share any data with third parties for advertising or analytics
Use cookies or any form of tracking technology

4. Data Stored Locally on Your Device

All data is stored exclusively in your browser's local storage (chrome.storage.local) and never leaves your device:

Settings: Your preferences such as theme, language and feature toggles
API Key: If you provide your own Anthropic or OpenAI API key, it is stored locally only
License Key: Your Pro license key, stored locally for activation verification
Usage Counts: Daily usage counts to enforce free plan limits

5. Permission Justifications

storage: Stores user settings, API key, Pro license key, portfolio items, proposal history and daily usage counts locally on the user's device using chrome.storage.local. No data is transmitted to developer servers.
tabs: Required to detect which freelance platform the user is on (Upwork, Fiverr, LinkedIn, Freelancer) to apply platform-specific proposal generation and job scraping rules.
alarms: Used to schedule job alert polling every 5 minutes when the user has enabled job notifications. Runs in the background service worker.
notifications: Used to deliver job alert notifications to the user when new matching jobs are found on Upwork that match their saved keywords and filters.
host_permissions: Required to inject the proposal assistant into Upwork, Fiverr, LinkedIn and Freelancer job pages, and to scrape job details from those pages to generate personalised proposals.

6. AI API Calls

When you use AI features, text is sent directly from your browser to your chosen AI provider using your own API key:

Anthropic Claude API — governed by their respective privacy policy
OpenAI API — governed by their respective privacy policy

IA Squared Extensions does not see, intercept or store the content of these requests.

7. License Activation

When activating a Pro license, the extension communicates with Lemon Squeezy's API to validate your license key. Their handling of this data is governed by Lemon Squeezy's Privacy Policy.

8. Children's Privacy

This extension is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

9. Contact

Questions about this Privacy Policy:
idris.adewale.alamutu@gmail.com