BernicePrivacy Policy
Effective date: October 12, 2026
Bernice™ is a browser extension, provided by Western Workshops, that saves copies of your AI conversations to your own computer. We built Bernice so that your conversations stay with you.
The short version: Bernice does not collect, transmit, sell or share your data. Everything stays on your computer.
What Bernice reads
When you are on a supported AI chat website (currently chatgpt.com, chat.openai.com, claude.ai and gemini.google.com), Bernice reads the conversation text shown on the page, the conversation’s web address and identifier, and the names of attached files. It reads these sites only, and only to record your conversations.
Where your data goes
- Your chosen folder. Bernice saves conversations as files in a folder on your computer that you choose. You can open, move or delete these files at any time.
- Bernice’s local store. To avoid losing messages, Bernice keeps a temporary local copy in your browser’s storage on your computer until each message is safely written to your file. It also stores your settings there, such as your chosen folders and whether recording is on.
- Nowhere else. Bernice makes no network connections of its own. It has no servers, no accounts, no analytics, no advertising and no tracking. We never receive your conversations or any information about how you use Bernice.
What we do not do
We do not sell, rent, transfer or share your data with anyone. We do not use your data for advertising, creditworthiness or lending, or any purpose other than Bernice’s single purpose of saving your conversations to your computer.
Permissions Bernice requests, and why
- Access to the supported AI chat websites: to read and record your conversations there.
- Scripting: to reconnect to chat pages that were already open when Bernice was installed or updated.
- Offscreen: to keep the recorder running in the background.
- Unlimited storage: so Chrome does not clear messages that are waiting to be saved when disk space is low.
- Folder access (granted by you in a folder window): to save files only in the folder you choose.
Updates
Bernice is updated through the Chrome Web Store, which is operated by Google under Google’s own privacy policy.
Your control
You can turn recording off at any time, choose or change folders, delete your saved files, or remove Bernice. Removing Bernice deletes its local store. Your saved files remain on your computer until you delete them.
This website
bernice.app has no sign-up forms, cookies of our own, analytics or tracking. Like most websites, our hosting provider may keep standard server logs, and the page loads its fonts from Google Fonts.
Children
Bernice is not directed to children under 13.
Changes
If this policy changes, we will post the update here with a new effective date.
Contact
Chrome Web Store statement
The use of information received from the supported websites adheres to the Chrome Web Store User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.