Privacy and permissions

Updated: 9/29/2026

Privacy and permissions

This page lists the permissions the Companion requests in Chrome, why it needs them and where data goes.

Where data goes

The Companion only talks to aYOUne services and to the pages you open yourself. All requests to aYOUne use your sign-in and end up in your own tenant.
Translating and summarising first use the AI features Chrome provides on your computer and only fall back to aYOUne when those are missing.
Phone-number validation and the SEO check run on your computer.
On its own, the Companion matches only two things against your aYOUne, and only with the feature switched on: the name on a LinkedIn profile (for the CRM card) and the search term on a Google results page (for the bar). Any other content from other sites is only sent when you trigger a feature, such as an import, a screenshot or a question to the Copilot.

Permissions

Permission	Why
Active tab	read the current page when you trigger an action
Scripting	show buttons, messages and pickers on pages; read page content for imports
Storage	sign-in, settings and caches
Tabs	recognise the page type, complete sign-in, take screenshots
Context menus	the aYOUne right-click menu
Notifications	operating-system notifications
Alarms	fetch new notifications regularly
Side panel	the AI Copilot next to the page
Identity	the secure sign-in window
Debugger	clicks and typing when the Copilot controls the browser
Access to all websites	toolbar and phone numbers on every site, imports from Amazon and AliExpress

Privacy settings

Under Settings → Data & privacy you can

clear caches,
export your settings to a file and import them again (without sign-in data),
reset everything to defaults.

Under Settings → Features switch each feature on or off, for all sites or only for some.

Signing out

Sign out in the popup or in the settings deletes your sign-in and the Companion's locally cached data. Your settings are kept.

Work with this page

Ready-made instructions for your AI tool. Copy, paste, go — the AI fetches the content itself via the address in the text.

Summarise the steps for me The essentials, in the right order.

Open in ChatGPT

Read the following documentation by tolinax UG and work with it.

This page: https://ayoune.com/en/docs/companion/privacy-permissions.md
The complete collection: https://ayoune.com/en/docs/companion.md

Summarise the content for me.

- First, in two sentences: what is this about?
- Then the steps in the order I need to take them.
- One line per step, in plain language.
- At the end: what I should have ready beforehand.

Leave out nothing I need in order to actually finish.
A note on sources:
- Every page of this documentation is available as Markdown (the same address with `.md`).
- A machine-readable overview of all public content is at `/llms.txt`.
- If you have access to the aYOUne MCP server, you can work against live data
  instead of this snapshot. If not, ignore this point.

Explain what I need this for What it is good for — and when it is worth it.

Open in ChatGPT

Read the following documentation by tolinax UG and work with it.

This page: https://ayoune.com/en/docs/companion/privacy-permissions.md
The complete collection: https://ayoune.com/en/docs/companion.md

Explain to me what I need this for.

1. Which problem does it solve? In one sentence, from my point of view.
2. Three typical situations in which it genuinely helps me.
3. When I do NOT need it — that saves me time.
4. What I can do instead if it is not a fit.

Stick to what the source says. Where it gives nothing, say so openly instead
of guessing.
A note on sources:
- Every page of this documentation is available as Markdown (the same address with `.md`).
- A machine-readable overview of all public content is at `/llms.txt`.
- If you have access to the aYOUne MCP server, you can work against live data
  instead of this snapshot. If not, ignore this point.

Help me set this up Step by step, asking me as you go.

Open in ChatGPT

Read the following documentation by tolinax UG and work with it.

This page: https://ayoune.com/en/docs/companion/privacy-permissions.md
The complete collection: https://ayoune.com/en/docs/companion.md

Walk me through the setup step by step.

- First tell me what I need to have ready (access, data, time).
- Then take me through ONE step at a time. Wait for my "next".
- For each step, say how I can tell that it worked.
- If something goes wrong, ask me for the exact message instead of guessing.

If the instructions leave a point open, tell me so rather than inventing it.
A note on sources:
- Every page of this documentation is available as Markdown (the same address with `.md`).
- A machine-readable overview of all public content is at `/llms.txt`.
- If you have access to the aYOUne MCP server, you can work against live data
  instead of this snapshot. If not, ignore this point.

Help me with a problem Narrow down the cause instead of guessing.

Open in ChatGPT

Read the following documentation by tolinax UG and work with it.

This page: https://ayoune.com/en/docs/companion/privacy-permissions.md
The complete collection: https://ayoune.com/en/docs/companion.md

Help me narrow down a problem.

- First ask me what I observe and what I expected instead.
- From that, derive the most likely causes consistent with this source.
- For each cause, give me ONE test that confirms or rules it out.
- Order them so the cheapest test comes first.

Do not guess. If the source does not cover the problem, tell me where I should
look next.
A note on sources:
- Every page of this documentation is available as Markdown (the same address with `.md`).
- A machine-readable overview of all public content is at `/llms.txt`.
- If you have access to the aYOUne MCP server, you can work against live data
  instead of this snapshot. If not, ignore this point.

Explain it in plain words No jargon, from the ground up.

Open in ChatGPT

Read the following documentation by tolinax UG and work with it.

This page: https://ayoune.com/en/docs/companion/privacy-permissions.md
The complete collection: https://ayoune.com/en/docs/companion.md

Explain the content so that someone without prior knowledge understands it.

- Start with the purpose: why does this exist at all?
- Explain technical terms in half a sentence on first use.
- One everyday comparison where it genuinely holds — none where it limps.
- At the end: the three things worth remembering.

Do not shorten by dropping conditions. A simplification that hides a
prerequisite is a false statement.
A note on sources:
- Every page of this documentation is available as Markdown (the same address with `.md`).
- A machine-readable overview of all public content is at `/llms.txt`.
- If you have access to the aYOUne MCP server, you can work against live data
  instead of this snapshot. If not, ignore this point.

A checklist to tick off To follow along while you do it.

Open in ChatGPT

Read the following documentation by tolinax UG and work with it.

This page: https://ayoune.com/en/docs/companion/privacy-permissions.md
The complete collection: https://ayoune.com/en/docs/companion.md

Turn this into a **tick-off checklist** for practical use.

- Exactly one action per item, in the imperative.
- Order it so that no item depends on a later prerequisite.
- Prerequisites and pitfalls as indented sub-items.
- End with an acceptance step: how do I know everything is right?
A note on sources:
- Every page of this documentation is available as Markdown (the same address with `.md`).
- A machine-readable overview of all public content is at `/llms.txt`.
- If you have access to the aYOUne MCP server, you can work against live data
  instead of this snapshot. If not, ignore this point.

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