BothSides Privacy Policy

Effective date: April 6, 2026

What BothSides does

BothSides is a Chrome extension that analyzes news articles for bias and presents multiple perspectives. When you click Analyze, the extension extracts article data from the current page and sends it to our server for AI-powered analysis.

What data is collected

When you click Analyze, the extension sends the following to BothSides servers at bothsides.golabs.tech:

• The article title
• The article text/content
• The author/byline, if available
• The site name, if available
• The page URL

No data is sent until you click the Analyze button. BothSides does not run in the background, track your browsing, or collect data from pages you do not explicitly analyze.

How the data is processed

Your article data is forwarded to an AI provider to generate the analysis. The primary AI provider is Anthropic (Claude). Your data is sent to Anthropic's API as part of an analysis prompt and is subject to Anthropic's privacy policy. Anthropic's API does not use your inputs for model training.

Data retention and storage

• Article content, titles, URLs, prompts, and AI responses are not stored on BothSides servers. They are held in memory only for the duration of the request and discarded when the response completes.
• BothSides does not maintain a database of analyzed articles or user activity.
• Server infrastructure logs (managed by Vercel) may record request metadata such as timestamps, IP addresses, HTTP status codes, and response times. These logs are retained by Vercel per their standard log retention policy (typically up to 72 hours) and do not contain article content, prompts, or AI responses.
• A daily request counter is maintained for rate-limiting purposes. It stores only a count of total requests per day and expires automatically after 24 hours. It contains no article content or identifying information.

What is not collected

• BothSides does not create user accounts or profiles.
• BothSides does not use cookies or tracking pixels.
• BothSides does not collect or store personal information beyond what is described above.

Data sharing and advertising

Your data is never sold, shared with advertisers, or used for advertising purposes. Article data is shared only with the AI provider (Anthropic) as described above, solely to generate your analysis.

Analytics and abuse prevention

BothSides uses a global daily request counter for rate limiting to prevent abuse and manage costs. This counter tracks only the total number of requests per day, not individual users or articles. No analytics platform or third-party tracking service is used.

Security

All communication between the extension, BothSides servers, and AI providers occurs over HTTPS. Article content is validated and sanitized before processing. No article data is written to persistent storage.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the effective date at the top will be updated. Continued use of the extension after a change constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

Contact

For privacy questions or data concerns, use the contact form at golabs.tech.

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