The single purpose of the NIRO Chrome Extension is to help users analyze market and onchain information from webpages they choose to inspect and convert relevant public signals into NIRO's synthetic scent representation.
NIRO does not use browser access for unrelated purposes.
02INFORMATION NIRO MAY PROCESS
ACTIVE PAGE INFORMATION — When you intentionally activate NIRO on a webpage, the Extension may process information necessary to identify and analyze the market context displayed on that page.
This may include:
- The URL of the active page
- The page title
- Publicly visible page content relevant to the requested analysis
- Token symbols
- Token names
- Contract addresses
- Market identifiers
- Chain or network identifiers
- Public market information
- Public onchain information
NIRO only processes this information when necessary to provide a user-facing feature of the Extension.
NIRO is not designed to continuously monitor your browsing activity.
NIRO does not collect your general browsing history for advertising, profiling, surveillance, or behavioral tracking.
The Extension may access the current webpage only when such access is required to perform a feature requested by the user.
Any access to webpage information is limited to the functionality described in the Extension and its Chrome Web Store listing.
NIRO does not sell browsing activity.
NIRO does not use browsing activity to build advertising profiles.
NIRO does not use browsing activity for personalized advertising.
04PUBLIC MARKET AND ONCHAIN DATA
NIRO may retrieve publicly available information from market data services, blockchain infrastructure, decentralized exchanges, blockchain networks, or other public data sources.
This information may include:
- Token prices
- Trading volume
- Liquidity information
- Token metadata
- Contract addresses
- Blockchain transactions
- Public wallet addresses
- Public blockchain activity
- Market activity
- Network information
Blockchain information analyzed by NIRO is derived from publicly available blockchain data.
NIRO may store limited settings locally in your browser, such as:
- Extension preferences
- Interface settings
- Selected analysis settings
- Recently selected features
This information may use Chrome's local extension storage.
Local storage is used to make the Extension function correctly and maintain your preferences.
06TECHNICAL AND OPERATIONAL DATA
When the Extension communicates with NIRO infrastructure, limited technical information may be processed for security, reliability, and operation of the service.
This may include:
- Extension version
- Request timestamps
- Error information
- Basic request metadata
- Technical information required to prevent abuse
Internet infrastructure and hosting providers may also temporarily process IP addresses as part of normal network communication, security systems, and server logs.
NIRO does not use this information to create advertising profiles.
07INFORMATION NIRO DOES NOT INTENTIONALLY COLLECT
NIRO is not designed to collect:
- Passwords
- Authentication credentials
- Private keys
- Wallet seed phrases
- Credit or debit card information
- Bank account information
- Personal communications
- Emails
- Private messages
- Keystrokes
- Precise physical location
- Health information
- Biometric information
Users should never enter private keys, wallet recovery phrases, passwords, or other sensitive credentials into NIRO.
08HOW INFORMATION IS USED
Information processed by NIRO is used only when necessary to:
- Provide NIRO's market analysis features
- Identify supported markets or assets
- Generate synthetic scent representations
- Retrieve relevant public market and onchain information
- Maintain Extension functionality
- Remember user preferences
- Diagnose errors
- Improve performance and reliability
- Protect NIRO and its users from abuse, fraud, or security threats
- Comply with applicable legal obligations
NIRO does not use Extension user data for unrelated purposes.
NIRO does not sell user data.
NIRO does not rent user data.
NIRO does not transfer user data to advertising networks or data brokers.
Information may only be shared with service providers when necessary to operate NIRO, such as infrastructure, hosting, security, blockchain, or market-data providers.
These services may process only the information required to provide their respective functionality.
Information may also be disclosed when reasonably necessary to:
- Comply with applicable law or legal process
- Protect the security of NIRO
- Investigate fraud, abuse, malware, or security incidents
- Protect the rights and safety of users or others
NIRO does not use information obtained through the Extension for personalized advertising, retargeting, or interest-based advertising.
NIRO does not sell or transfer Extension user data to advertising platforms.
11HUMAN ACCESS TO USER DATA
NIRO does not allow humans to read user data except where:
- The user explicitly requests support involving specific data
- Access is necessary to investigate security or abuse
- Access is required by applicable law
- Data has been aggregated and anonymized for legitimate internal operations
NIRO aims to minimize the amount of information retained.
Page information submitted for analysis is processed only as necessary to provide the requested feature.
NIRO does not use raw browsing information to maintain a long-term behavioral profile of users.
Operational and security logs may be retained for a limited period when reasonably necessary for reliability, security, fraud prevention, or legal compliance.
Local Extension preferences remain in the user's browser until they are removed by the user, cleared by Chrome, or removed when the Extension is uninstalled.
NIRO uses reasonable technical and organizational safeguards designed to protect information processed by the Extension.
Where information is transmitted between the Extension and NIRO infrastructure, NIRO uses secure encrypted connections such as HTTPS.
No internet-based system can guarantee absolute security, but NIRO seeks to minimize both the collection and exposure of user information.
NIRO requests only the Chrome permissions reasonably necessary to provide its disclosed functionality.
Permissions are not used for unrelated functionality.
The permissions requested by the Extension may change as NIRO develops. Any material change to how user information is accessed or used will be reflected in this Privacy Policy and, where required, disclosed to users.
15CHROME WEB STORE LIMITED USE
NIRO's use of information obtained through the Chrome Extension is limited to providing and improving the Extension's disclosed user-facing functionality.
NIRO does not use or transfer Extension user data for advertising, creditworthiness, data brokerage, or other unrelated purposes.
NIRO may rely on third-party infrastructure or public data services to obtain market or blockchain information.
Those services may operate under their own privacy policies and terms.
NIRO limits transfers to information reasonably necessary to provide the requested functionality.
NIRO is not directed toward children under the age required to consent to online data processing in their jurisdiction.
NIRO does not knowingly collect personal information from children through the Chrome Extension.
Users may stop NIRO from accessing browser information by:
- Not activating the relevant Extension feature
- Disabling the Extension
- Removing the Extension from Chrome
- Clearing locally stored Extension data through Chrome
Removing the Extension prevents it from accessing additional browser information.
19CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may update this Privacy Policy when NIRO's functionality, infrastructure, legal requirements, or data practices change.
Material changes affecting how Extension user data is collected or used will be disclosed as required by applicable Chrome Web Store policies.
The effective date at the top of this page indicates the latest version.
For privacy questions, data requests, or concerns regarding the NIRO Chrome Extension, contact NIRO through the official channels published at houndbrain.xyz.