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AbTrove Chrome Extension Privacy Policy

Last updated: May 21, 2026

Introduction

This privacy policy explains how the AbTrove Antibody Importer Chrome Extension (“Extension”) collects, uses, and protects your data. We are committed to protecting your privacy and being transparent about our data practices.

Data We Collect

Page Content

When you click “Save to AbTrove” on an antibody vendor page, we extract the HTML content from that specific page to identify antibody product information (name, catalog number, vendor, specifications). This data is only collected when you explicitly initiate an import action.

Authentication Data

We store your AbTrove user ID and associated lab information locally in Chrome storage to maintain your session and enable importing to your lab registry.

What We Do NOT Collect

  • Browsing history or activity on pages you don't import from
  • Personal information beyond your AbTrove account
  • Data from pages other than antibody vendor product pages
  • Cookies or tracking data from third-party sites
  • Financial or payment information

How We Use Your Data

  • Antibody Import: Page content is sent to AbTrove servers, where Google's Gemini AI processes it solely to extract and structure antibody product information for your lab registry.
  • Authentication: Your user ID connects imports to your AbTrove account and lab.

Third-Party Vendor Websites

The Extension is designed to import product data from third-party antibody and reagent vendor websites (for example Abcam, Thermo Fisher, Sigma-Aldrich, Cell Signaling Technology, and similar suppliers) that you choose to visit and grant access to. We do not control these sites, and importing data from one does not create any relationship, endorsement, or agreement between AbTrove and that vendor.

The Extension only reads the page you are actively viewing, once, when you click “Save to AbTrove.” It does not browse, crawl, or access vendor sites automatically or in bulk. You are responsible for ensuring your use of the Extension complies with the terms of use of any vendor website you import from.

Data Storage and Security

  • Local Storage: Authentication data (your AbTrove user ID and lab list) is cached locally in Chrome's extension storage and re-validated after 24 hours; you can sign out at any time to clear it immediately.
  • Server Storage: Imported antibody data is stored in your AbTrove lab registry, protected by the same security measures as the main AbTrove application.
  • Extraction Cache: To avoid re-processing the same vendor page repeatedly, we cache the structured (non-personal) product fields we extract — name, catalog number, host, clone, and similar spec data — keyed by the page URL. We do not retain the raw page content after extraction.
  • Transmission: All data is transmitted over HTTPS encryption.
  • Service Providers: To extract antibody fields, submitted page content is processed by Google's Gemini API, acting as our sub-processor and contractually limited to this purpose. It is not used to train Google's models, and we never sell your data or share it with third parties for any unrelated purpose.

Extension Permissions Explained

activeTab:Access the currently active tab only when you click the extension toolbar icon to start an import.
scripting:Inject the data-extraction content script into the active vendor tab when you request an import.
storage:Cache your AbTrove user ID, lab list, and last-selected lab locally so you don't need to re-authenticate or re-select on every import.
identity:Handle secure authentication with AbTrove via Chrome's standard launchWebAuthFlow redirect mechanism.
notifications:Show an import-success or error notification if you've closed the popup before the import finishes.
sidePanel:Provide an alternate side-panel UI that stays open while you browse, so you can review and edit extracted data without losing the popup.
contextMenus:Add an “Open AbTrove Side Panel” right-click entry on the page and on the extension action.
Host Permissions (on-demand vendor access):The only host permission the extension declares up-front is *.abtrove.com (used to push live registry updates back to the AbTrove web app you have open). Access to a supplier site — Abcam, Thermo Fisher, Cell Signaling, Bio-Rad, Sigma, Proteintech, BioLegend, Santa Cruz, R&D Systems, Novus, and other antibody and reagent vendors — is requested at runtime: the first time you click “Save to AbTrove” on a particular site, Chrome shows a standard one-time permission prompt for that specific origin. The extension cannot read any site you have not explicitly granted access to, and access is granted per-site, not in bulk.

Your Rights

  • Access: View and export your imported antibody data from your AbTrove dashboard.
  • Delete: Remove any imported antibody records from your registry.
  • Clear Local Data: Remove extension authentication data by signing out or uninstalling the extension.
  • Account Deletion: Request complete data deletion through your AbTrove account settings.

Policy Updates

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. Significant changes will be communicated through the extension or AbTrove platform. Continued use of the extension after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

Contact Us

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

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