Is VU Education Lab AI Assistant safe to install?

What data it declares

The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data:

• Personally identifiable information such as name, address, email address or age
• Authentication information such as passwords, credentials or PIN codes
• Web history the list of pages you visit
• User activity such as clicks, scrolling, keystrokes or network monitoring
• Website content such as text, images or links on the pages you open

The developer also certifies that your data is not sold to third parties outside approved uses, not used for purposes unrelated to the extension's core function, and not used to decide creditworthiness or lending.

The listing links to a privacy policy.

This is the developer's own declaration in the Chrome Web Store. We cannot check it against what the extension does.

What Chrome asks you to allow

When you add it, Chrome asks you to allow it to:

• Read and change all your data on all websites

Derived from the manifest by Chrome's documented rules; the dialog's exact wording depends on your Chrome version and language. Chrome asks again if an update requests more.

What it can reach

Every site you visit. This extension can read and change the content of any page you open. What access to every site means

Worth knowing

• Run its own code on the pages it can access scripting

Routine for an extension

• Add items to the right-click menu contextMenus
• Open a panel beside the page sidePanel
• Store data in your browser storage

How usual this is for its category

In Productivity · Education, 17% of extensions ask for access to every site. This one: Access to every site.

The typical extension there declares 3 browser permissions; this one declares 4 browser permissions.

Counted over the live extensions of the same category after our latest full pass of the store. A share is context, not a verdict: what is normal depends on what the extension is for.

Who uses it and how it is kept up

40 users

• Last updated in the store 37 days ago, on 2026-10-08.
• We have seen 4 new versions in the last 90 days.

What the store shows

• Established publisher The store's badge for publishers with a good record and no history of violations.

Has it asked for more over time?

This is the question a permission list on its own cannot answer. An extension that shipped narrow and widened later is a different proposition from one that always asked for the same thing.

1. 2026-10-05Swapped which permissions it asks for
2. 2026-10-05Privacy policy link added to the listing · Lost the Established publisher badge

Versions we have seen

1. 2026-10-08Version 4.1.2
2. 2026-10-07Version 4.1.1
3. 2026-10-06Version 4.1.0
4. 2026-10-05Version 4.0.0 · Swapped which permissions it asks for

Who publishes it

Jasper Meijerink, who publishes 2 listings we track. This listing has been in the store since 2025-04-11 and was last updated on 2026-10-08.

Similar extensions that ask for less

Listings close to this one in what they say they do, which declare less reach. Less reach is not a verdict on either: compare what each needs for the job.

1. Adaptive AI Tutor and Research Lab No permissions at all · No permissions declared 4 users
2. GPT Prompt UI No site access · 1 permission 389 users
3. iBookGPT RA Runs its code on every site · 3 permissions 9 users

How to check or remove it in Chrome

1. Type chrome://extensions in the address bar and find the extension in the list.
2. Open its details. The site access setting shows where it can run; set it to run only on click and it reaches a page only after you press its icon.
3. To uninstall it, choose Remove on the same page.

Questions people ask

What can VU Education Lab AI Assistant access?

Every site you visit. This extension can read and change the content of any page you open. It declares 4 browser permissions.

What data does VU Education Lab AI Assistant collect?

The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data: Personally identifiable information, Authentication information, Web history, User activity, Website content. This is the developer's own declaration in the Chrome Web Store. We cannot check it against what the extension does.

Has VU Education Lab AI Assistant asked for more permissions over time?

Its permissions changed 2 times while we watched, most recently on 2026-10-05.

Does VU Education Lab AI Assistant publish a privacy policy?

Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.