Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 2026

Short version: Picsmith runs entirely inside your browser. Your designs are stored on your own device and are never uploaded to us — we don't operate any server that receives them. Two things can cause a network request, and you control both: using an AI (Pro) tool, which sends that specific image or prompt straight to OpenAI with your own key; and switching on update checking, which is off by default and only ever fetches a version number.

What Picsmith stores, and where

Your design projects (layers, images, text, shapes) are saved locally in your browser's IndexedDB storage. They stay on your device.
Your settings (preferences, your own OpenAI API key if you add one, your Picsmith Pro license key if you have one) are saved locally via the browser's extension storage.
None of the above is transmitted to any server we operate. We don't run a backend, and we don't have accounts or sign-in — there's nothing tied to your identity for us to collect.

The AI (Pro) features are opt-in and bring-your-own-key

Picsmith's AI tools (prompt-based edits, background removal, style transfer, text-to-image) are optional. To use them, you provide your own OpenAI API key in Settings. When you run an AI tool:

The image and/or prompt text for that specific action is sent directly from your browser to OpenAI's API (api.openai.com), authenticated with your own API key.
We never see, receive, or store that data — the request doesn't pass through any server of ours.
That data is then subject to OpenAI's own privacy policy, since they're the ones processing it.

Permissions Picsmith requests, and why

Permission	Why
`storage`	Save your settings and license key locally.
`unlimitedStorage`	Full-resolution designs can exceed the browser's default storage quota; this lifts that cap for IndexedDB.
`tabs`	Open the full editor in a new browser tab from the toolbar popup.
`clipboardWrite`	Let you copy an exported design directly to your clipboard.
Host permission: `api.openai.com`	Only contacted when you run an AI (Pro) tool with your own key, as described above.
Host permission: `picsmith.alresia.tech`	Only contacted if you switch on update checking, which is off by default. See below.

Update checking is off until you turn it on

Out of the box, Picsmith makes no network requests at all. If you enable Settings → Updates → Check for new versions, then at most once a day it fetches a single small file — picsmith.alresia.tech/version.json — which contains nothing but the latest version number.

The request sends no information about you, your designs, or how you use the app. It's an ordinary web request, so our host sees what any web server sees: an IP address and a timestamp.
We don't log, profile or retain those requests for analytics, and there's no identifier attached that could link one check to another.
Picsmith never installs anything by itself. If a newer version exists it tells you, and you decide whether to download it.
Switching the setting back off stops the checks immediately.

What we don't do

No analytics, telemetry, or usage tracking.
No advertising or ad networks.
No selling, renting, or sharing of data — we don't have any of your data to share in the first place.
No account, sign-up, or personal information required to use the free tier.

Picsmith Pro licensing

A Pro license key is a short signed code; validating it happens entirely on your device and doesn't contact any server. We don't collect payment or personal information as part of license validation.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, we'll update the date at the top of this page and, for material changes, note it in the extension's release notes.

Contact

Questions about this policy: support@alresia.tech