Privacy Policy

LinkedIn Cash Machine Browser Extension

1. Data Controller

Responsible for data processing within the LinkedIn Cash Machine Extension:

2. Purpose of the Extension

LinkedIn Cash Machine is a professional LinkedIn productivity tool that:

• Generates intelligent comment suggestions for LinkedIn posts
• Creates message suggestions for LinkedIn connection requests
• Provides text suggestions as inspiration for your own LinkedIn communication
• Offers various AI models for different communication styles

3. Data Collection

The extension collects the following categories of user data:

3.1 Personally Identifiable Information

• Email Address: For user authentication and account management
• Username: For personalizing text suggestions

3.2 Authentication Data

• Passwords: Encrypted storage for secure login
• Login Credentials: Session tokens for authenticated API access
• API Keys: Optionally provided by users for enhanced features

3.3 Personal Communication

• LinkedIn Post Content: For analysis and generation of relevant comment suggestions
• LinkedIn Comments: For creating response suggestions
• Profile Information: For personalizing message suggestions

3.4 Web Activity

• LinkedIn Page Visits: For providing context-relevant suggestions
• Usage Times: For optimizing extension performance

3.5 User Activity

• Clicks on Suggestion Buttons: For improving user experience
• Usage Statistics: For analyzing extension effectiveness
• Settings Changes: For personalizing suggestions

3.6 Website Content

• LinkedIn Texts: For analysis and generation of relevant text suggestions
• Profile Descriptions: For creating personalized message suggestions

4. Purpose of Data Processing

The collected data is used exclusively for the following purposes:

• Text Suggestion Generation: Creating intelligent comment and message suggestions
• User Authentication: Secure login and account management
• Personalization: Adapting suggestions to individual communication styles
• Service Improvement: Optimizing suggestion quality and extension performance
• Technical Support: Troubleshooting and user support

5. Data Sharing with Third Parties

Data is only shared with the following trusted third-party providers:

5.1 Anthropic (Claude AI)

• Purpose: Generation of intelligent text suggestions
• Data Shared: LinkedIn post texts for analysis (anonymized)
• Legal Basis: Contract fulfillment (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR)

5.2 Supabase

• Purpose: User authentication and settings storage
• Data Shared: Email, encrypted passwords, user settings
• Legal Basis: Contract fulfillment (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR)

5.3 PostHog

• Purpose: Anonymous usage analysis for service improvement
• Data Shared: Anonymized usage statistics
• Legal Basis: Legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR)

6. Data Storage and Security

• Local Storage: User settings are stored locally in the browser
• Encryption: All sensitive data is encrypted during transmission and storage
• Retention Period: Data is stored only as long as necessary for the service
• Automatic Deletion: Inactive accounts are automatically deleted after 24 months

7. Your Rights

You have the following rights regarding your data:

• Right to Information: Information about stored data
• Right to Rectification: Correction of incorrect data
• Right to Erasure: Complete deletion of your data
• Right to Object: Objection to data processing
• Data Portability: Export of your data in machine-readable format

8. Data Minimization

9. No Sale to Third Parties

We explicitly confirm:

• We do not sell or transfer user data to third parties, except in the approved use cases mentioned above
• User data is not used for purposes unrelated to text suggestion generation
• User data is not used for creditworthiness assessment or lending purposes

10. Cookies and Local Storage

The extension uses:

• Chrome Storage API: For user settings and authentication
• No Cookies: The extension does not set HTTP cookies
• Local Data: Used only for extension functionality

11. Changes to Privacy Policy

This privacy policy may be updated as needed. Significant changes will be communicated to users through the extension.

12. Contact

13. Legal Basis

Data processing is based on:

• Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR: Contract fulfillment (provision of text suggestions)
• Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR: Legitimate interest (service improvement)
• Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR: Consent (optional features)