Privacy Policy

UsageMeter — browser extension & dashboard by PiloteCode
Last updated: November 6, 2026

To count tokens, the extension reads the open conversation from claude.ai, in your browser, with your own session. The text is counted on your device and discarded: it is never stored and never sent to our servers or to anyone else. What reaches our servers is numbers, your settings and, once you sign in, the identity of your account: this page lists all of it, field by field.

UsageMeter is an independent third-party tool for Claude.ai. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Anthropic, PBC. Claude™ is a trademark of Anthropic, PBC.

1. Who we are

UsageMeter is a browser extension and a web dashboard published by PiloteCode. This policy covers the extension (Chrome, Edge, Firefox), the usagemeter.app website and the UsageMeterLink desktop companion. UsageMeter is an independent third-party tool: it is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Anthropic, PBC.

Data controller: PiloteCode, contactable at contact@usagemeter.app. For any question about this policy or to exercise your rights, that address reaches a human. We do not have a designated Data Protection Officer — our processing does not meet the thresholds of art. 37 GDPR.

2. Data collection, use, storage and sharing at a glance

The short answers. Each one is detailed further down this page.

3. What we collect

Only what the features need. Some of it stays on your device; what reaches our servers is described in “Cloud sync” and in the sections after it:

We do not fingerprint your browser. Earlier versions derived the device identifier from a canvas render and your GPU; since v1.4.11 it is a plain random UUID, and the fingerprinting code has been removed from the extension.

4. What never reaches our servers

The code to send these does not exist:

5. What the extension does with your conversations

The extension handles the text of your conversations only in your browser, in these cases:

The text of your conversations never reaches our servers.

6. How we use your data

Every use serves the extension's single purpose, showing and acting on your Claude limits, and what keeps it running:

We never sell your data. Data from the extension is never used or transferred for advertising, for purposes unrelated to its single purpose, or to determine creditworthiness or for lending.

7. Cloud sync

Cloud sync is what signing in gives you: the web dashboard, the desktop companion and continuity across your devices are built on it. It runs against your UsageMeter account: signing in is your choice, until then none of the following leaves your browser, and signing out stops it. What travels once you are signed in:

No conversation content is ever synced. When you sign in, this browser is linked to your account so your other devices see the same state. Copies that versions before 1.7.8 sent without an account are no longer updated and stay attached to their device identifier only. You can ask for a copy of all of it, or for its deletion, from your account's privacy page — each request is confirmed by a member of the team.

8. Features tied to your account

Some features process more data, only when you use them:

9. Why we are allowed to process it (legal bases)

Under art. 6 GDPR, each purpose has its own basis:

10. How and where your data is stored

In two places. On your device, the extension keeps a full local copy of what it shows, in your browser's extension storage, which websites and other extensions cannot read. On our servers, only what the sections above describe:

11. Cookies

usagemeter.app sets the cookies it needs to work: session, language, remembering your choices and, if you open a friend's link, their invitation offer. The others — ad measurement, personalised advertising, the partner programme, ads on our articles — are set only with your consent, collected by our banner or, in Europe, by Google's consent message. The full list, the durations, our partners and your choices are on the “Cookie policy” page.

The extension itself sets no cookie of its own. It reads and re-sets the claude.ai session cookie locally, and only to switch between your own accounts. The invitation and partner cookies only exist if you arrived through such a link, and you can delete them at any time from your browser settings.

See the cookie policy →

12. Advertising and campaign measurement

Only if you accept “Ad measurement” (and “Personalised advertising” for Meta), we record which ad or link brought you and what followed: a click on “Add the extension” or a request for the link by email, the install seen by the page, sign-up, checkout started, trial, first payment. We share with Meta and Google the clicks on “Add” and link requests, sign-ups, checkouts started, trials and first payments — never the install, a renewal or a refund — including your email address, hashed before sending when you gave it to us, which they can match with your account on their side. Meta Platforms Ireland and we are joint controllers for collecting and sending this data (art. 26 GDPR); Google Ireland acts as an independent controller. Nothing from the browser extension is ever sent to an advertising platform.

13. Partner programme and invitations

If you arrive through a partner's link (creator, blog…) and accept “Partner programme”, we remember their code for 60 days (um_via cookie, the last link wins) so they earn a commission if you subscribe; without your consent no cookie is set and the visit is only counted in their statistics. The partner only sees a masked address (e.g. ma***@gmail.com) and the amounts paid. A partner code typed at checkout credits them too, without any cookie. A friend's invitation link is remembered for 30 days (um_ref cookie) only to apply the offer you opened, without consent; you can remove it from the pricing page.

14. The link sent by email

On a phone, you can ask to receive the install link by email, to open it on your computer. We send the link once, with no follow-up, and we do not keep your address. The one exception: if you accepted “Ad measurement” and Meta, its hashed form goes with that event to Meta, then is erased within 30 days.

15. “How did you hear about us?”

After you sign up, we may ask you once how you heard about UsageMeter. Answering is optional (“Don’t ask again” is enough); the answer is kept with your account and deleted with it. It only tells us which channels work, in overall figures, with no tracker. Legal basis: legitimate interest.

16. Live support

The chat bubble in the bottom-right corner loads nothing until you click it. On click, the Pilote Support widget opens (PiloteCode, the same publisher as UsageMeter, support.pilotecode.com): it then receives the page address and title, the page you came from, your screen size, your language and time zone, and keeps the conversation and a visitor identifier in your browser’s local storage (“ps:…” keys). The first replies may be written by an AI assistant acting on our behalf. The live view of your page never starts without your consent, given each time. Conversations are kept as long as needed to follow up on your request.

17. Browser permissions, one by one

Each permission the extension requests, and what it is actually for:

18. How we read Claude usage

The extension calls the same usage endpoints claude.ai calls, from your own logged-in browser session, and reads the percentages back. It never uses the Claude API on your behalf, never acts as a proxy, and sends a message to Claude only if you queued it yourself. When a reply finishes, it re-reads that endpoint to measure the percentage the message cost — that measurement is a number, produced entirely on your machine.

19. No data sharing with Anthropic

UsageMeter is an independent third-party tool. We do not share, sell or transmit any Claude-related data to Anthropic, PBC, or to anyone else, beyond what your own browser session already does when you use claude.ai. Specifically:

20. Chrome Web Store Limited Use

UsageMeter's use of information collected by its browser extension adheres to the Chrome Web Store User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. No data from the extension is used for advertising or sent to an advertising platform, not even in aggregate. When it is installed, the extension may only tell the open usagemeter.app tab that it is installed, without any identifier or data; if you accepted “Ad measurement”, the site records the install for its own statistics and never passes it on.

21. Who we share your data with

We never sell your data. These service providers receive only what they need for one stated purpose, and none of them receives conversation content:

22. International transfers

Your data is hosted in the European Union (Hetzner, Germany) and stays there. A few of our providers may process limited data in the United States: Gravatar (an MD5 hash of your email, only to show an avatar), Google and GitHub (only if you sign in with them), Discord (the team's internal notifications) and Stripe's global infrastructure for payments. Those transfers rely on the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses and, where applicable, the EU–US Data Privacy Framework. Only with your consent, Meta and Google may also process in the United States the data of our campaigns and of the ads (see “Advertising and campaign measurement”), under the same EU–US framework, upheld by the EU General Court on 3 September 2025.

23. How long we keep it

Nothing is kept longer than it is useful:

24. Your rights

Under the GDPR you have the right to:

Every export or deletion request is reviewed by a human before anything is produced or erased — a safeguard against a stolen session wiping an account, not a hurdle. We answer within one month, as art. 12 requires, and usually within a few days; you are emailed at each step.

25. Deleting everything

Go to usagemeter.app/account/privacy and file a deletion request (you will be asked to type DELETE). A member of the team confirms it; you are emailed, and only then are your account, synced settings, usage history, token statistics, linked accounts, devices, referrals and orders erased. Payments and commissions stay, detached from your account, for bookkeeping. Nothing changes in the meantime, and you can withdraw the request by writing to us. Cancel an active subscription first, so Stripe stops billing. To clear the local copy in your browser, uninstall the extension. If you would rather we handled everything by email, write to contact@usagemeter.app.

26. Children

UsageMeter is not aimed at children under 16 and we do not knowingly collect their data. If you believe a child has given us data, write to contact@usagemeter.app and we will delete it.

27. Security

The measures that protect what we hold:

28. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy. The date at the top of this page is the date of the current revision, and material changes are announced in the extension's changelog. If we ever start collecting something new that requires your consent, we will ask for it before collecting anything.

In short

For any question about this privacy policy, or to exercise your rights, get in touch.

contact@usagemeter.app