ClaimLens begins analysis only after you explicitly ask it to check content. The default connection is local; an invite-only hosted pilot is optional.
ClaimLens sends the reviewed captured text, source link, selected images, and selected visible comments to the API address configured in the extension. The review drawer lets you remove comments before submission. A capture can include names, health or financial claims, and other sensitive text visible on the selected page. ClaimLens does not intentionally send cookies, passwords, unrelated page HTML, or a full browsing-history log.
The default API runs locally in demo mode. It uses fixture data and does not call paid research services.
If live mode is enabled, the local server sends relevant submitted content to OpenAI and may send search terms to Google Fact Check Tools. Provider retention depends on the provider account and current data controls. Credentials remain on the server and are never bundled into the extension.
If you enter https://api.claimslens360.com, supply a private member token, and confirm the separate hosted disclosure, selected captures and report requests go over HTTPS to Claims Lens 360. The extension stores that token in browser extension storage; it is not shown to websites. The hosted service keeps raw capture input only while a job is active and retains completed reports for up to seven days, unless you delete them earlier. It retains a text-free spending ledger so deletion cannot reset the shared pilot allowance. The service is invite-only and has no billing. A hosting provider may keep encrypted disk snapshots at least seven days; OpenAI has separate retention described in its current data controls. Use the deletion endpoint or contact support@claimslens360.com for access, deletion, or token revocation. Do not submit private messages, credentials, or records you are not authorized to share.
The local API keeps checks in memory for a configured window (60 minutes by default) and loses them when the server stops. The extension stores settings, any hosted token, the most recent check ID, capture details, and completed live reports awaiting optional website import in browser storage. It also keeps up to 20 recent completed check snapshots locally for the history arrows, bounded by available storage. These remain after website import and can include the submitted wording and selected comments in the report. Older snapshots are replaced as new checks arrive. Browsing a saved check does not run fresh research. “Clear local history” removes that extension storage, not reports already sent to a provider or imported into the website. Reports go to the website only when you sign in there and click “Import browser checks.” The site keeps imported reports in private history until deleted; see its privacy notice.
The staged 0.3.32 source includes a separate contribution channel for exact, privacy-screened public claim excerpts. It is disabled in the extension and off by default on the server. Facebook and Instagram intake is additionally blocked at the server until a permitted platform-access route is verified. No background community upload is active in this release. A future release would require an explicit, optional contribution choice, updated disclosures, platform authorization, editorial review and release testing. This is separate from checking and the existing manual private-history import.
Names removed from a caption do not guarantee anonymity: exact wording may identify the original poster. Arbitrary free text cannot be guaranteed free of personal information by the staged screening rules. Media and comments are excluded from the proposed contribution packet. There is no permission to sell, advertise against or train on contributed content.
ClaimLens itself does not sell browsing or claim data and does not use submitted content to train a ClaimLens model. Review the policies of any live provider you configure before use.
AI reports can be incomplete or wrong. They are not medical, legal, financial, or emergency advice. Review sources and edit any draft before sharing. See the site's use and editorial notice.