AliFind - Privacy Policy

Last updated: November 11, 2026

Overview

AliFind helps you search for products on AliExpress using images. It is a browser extension for Chrome, Edge and Firefox, and a web page at alifind.app/find that works on phones without installing anything. This policy covers both. We are committed to protecting your privacy and being transparent about how data is handled.

Data We Process

When you use AliFind, the following data is processed to perform your search:

• Images you provide (uploaded, pasted, screenshotted, or right-clicked) are sent to our server to search the AliExpress product catalog and compute visual similarity rankings.
• Search keywords you optionally enter are sent alongside the image to refine results.
• Your selected country and currency preferences are stored locally in your browser (the extension storage API, or the browser's local storage on the web page) and sent with search requests to show relevant prices and shipping.

Third-Party Services

To provide search and ranking functionality, your image data is processed by:

• AliExpress API (aliexpress.com) - to find matching products by image
• Jina AI API (jina.ai) - to compute visual similarity embeddings for ranking results
• Admitad API (admitad.com) - to generate affiliate links when you click on a product

Each of these services has their own privacy policies governing how they handle data.

Anonymous Usage Statistics

To keep AliFind fast, affordable and useful, our server keeps anonymous records of how the service is used. These records contain no name, email, IP address, image, account, device or install identifier, and cannot be linked to you:

• For each search: the time, the shipping country and currency you selected, the search mode, whether keywords were added, how many products were found, how long each step took, and whether it succeeded. On Chrome, also the extension version and how the search was started (for example right-click, screenshot or upload).
• For each product you open: the product's AliExpress ID and, on Chrome and on the web page, its position in the results and whether it was the Smart Choice.
• Blocked requests: how many searches per day our abuse limits turned away, and which limit applied. To enforce the per-user limits the server counts requests per IP address in memory for up to a day; those counts are never written to disk.
• Order statistics from Admitad: when an order follows a click, Admitad reports the commission to us with the product ID and a random search reference. We never receive your name, address or order details.

We also cache AliExpress product data (product images' similarity fingerprints and shipping prices) so repeat searches are faster. This is data about products, not about you. Usage records are deleted after about 13 months.

On Firefox, the extension sends only what the search itself needs; it does not send the Chrome-only details above.

Searches from the web page (alifind.app/find) are recorded the same way, marked only as coming from the web page. Before each search your browser solves a small computing puzzle that our server hands out. It proves the request comes from a real browser and not a script, and it involves no personal data, no cookie and no third party.

Data We Do NOT Collect

• We do not store your images on our servers after processing your search request.
• We do not collect personal information or browsing history, and we do not use third-party analytics services.
• We do not use cookies or tracking pixels.
• We do not sell or share any data with third parties beyond what is necessary to perform the search.

Local Storage

AliFind stores the following data locally in your browser (never sent to us):

• Your preferred country and currency settings
• A count of your searches and whether you've answered the rating prompt, so it is shown only once or twice (extension only)

Affiliate Links

Product links in search results are affiliate links through the Admitad network. When you click a product and make a purchase on AliExpress, we may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you. This is how AliFind is funded.

Permissions Explained

• activeTab - To capture screenshots when you use the screenshot search feature
• scripting - To inject the screenshot selection overlay on the current page
• contextMenus - To add "Search this image" to the right-click menu
• storage - To save your country and currency preferences locally
• Host permissions - To fetch images from any website for search (images on other sites may have CORS restrictions, so we need permission to access them). On Firefox this access is requested separately, and AliFind asks for it with a one-click prompt the first time you open it.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. Any changes will be reflected on this page with an updated date.

Contact

If you have questions about this privacy policy, please contact us at: [email protected]