On-device data-loss prevention
PrivIQ — Catches sensitive data before it leaves the browser
PrivIQ is a privacy intelligence layer that sits between you and the browser. Instead of redacting after a leak already happened, it runs a multi-stage detection pipeline — regex, local named-entity recognition, and on-device AI reasoning — continuously, so secrets and personal data get caught before a screenshot, recording, clipboard paste, or AI prompt box ever sends them anywhere.
Scans clipboard, screenshots, and typed text for API keys, tokens, and PII, and masks what it finds.
A typical cloud-based secret scanner sends your clipboard, screenshots, or typed text to a server to run detection — exposing the very API keys, tokens, and credentials it’s supposed to catch.
Who it's for
The kinds of moments PrivIQ was actually built around.
Content creators & streamers
Recording a YouTube tutorial, demo, or livestream without an API key, order confirmation, or account number flashing across the frame.
Developers pasting into AI tools
Dropping a stack trace, .env value, or config file into ChatGPT, Claude, or Copilot to debug it without a live credential going along for the ride.
Customer support & sales teams
Screen-sharing a customer's account during a call without exposing their email, card, or ticket history to everyone on the line.
Remote employees on shared networks
Working from a co-working space or public Wi-Fi, where a stray screenshot or clipboard paste is more likely to end up somewhere it shouldn’t.
Features
What PrivIQ actually does, in depth.
Real-time clipboard & screenshot scanning
Detects API keys, tokens, credentials, and PII the instant they hit your clipboard, a screen recording, or a screenshot — before they're pasted, shared, or uploaded anywhere.
Multi-stage detection pipeline
Combines deterministic regex matching, local named-entity recognition, and on-device LLM reasoning, so it catches both obvious secrets (API keys, tokens) and context-dependent ones a pattern match alone would miss.
AI-assistant prompt guard
Watches the prompt box of AI chat tools and flags sensitive content before you hit send — the exact moment secrets and PII most often leak into a third-party model.
Persistent, user-defined privacy memory
Approve, reject, or permanently remember a masking decision once; PrivIQ applies the same judgment call automatically the next time it sees that pattern.
Non-destructive masking
Never rewrites or deletes your source content — it creates a reversible privacy layer you can toggle off, not a redaction that can't be undone.
Context-aware, not just pattern-matching
Understands why something might be sensitive — a live customer record versus a public code example — instead of flagging every string that merely looks like a credential.
Pricing
One Gethen Intelligence account. Upgrade or downgrade any time.
- Regex + local NER detection
- Clipboard & screenshot scanning
- Manual mask review
- Everything in Free
- On-device LLM reasoning for context-dependent secrets
- AI-assistant prompt guard
- Persistent privacy memory & custom rules
PrivIQ vs. the cloud-AI alternatives
A feature-by-feature look at how PrivIQ compares to well-known tools in the same category.
| Product | Runs on-device | Free tier available | No per-query AI limits | Works without internet |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PrivIQ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| GitGuardian | ✕ | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Nightfall AI | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Polymer DLP | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
Comparisons reflect each product’s publicly marketed capabilities as of 2026 and may change as vendors update their offerings.
Frequently asked
Questions specific to PrivIQ. See the catalog-wide FAQ for account and billing basics.
Does PrivIQ send my clipboard or screenshots to a server?
No. Every detection stage — regex, local NER, and on-device AI reasoning — runs in your browser. The content it scans is never uploaded as part of that analysis; only account and subscription state ever reach our servers.
Can PrivIQ work without an internet connection?
Yes. Because detection and masking run entirely on-device, PrivIQ keeps scanning even if your connection drops — cloud-based DLP tools can’t do this by design.
What's the difference between Free and Pro?
Free covers deterministic detection — regex and local NER pattern matching. Pro adds on-device LLM reasoning for context-dependent secrets, the AI-assistant prompt guard, and persistent privacy memory that remembers your masking decisions.
Does PrivIQ replace an enterprise DLP suite?
PrivIQ is built for individuals protecting their own browser session — API keys, tokens, and personal data in clipboard, screenshots, and AI prompts. It's a personal privacy layer, not a policy-enforcement or audit-logging platform for an organization.
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A note on accuracy: PrivIQ runs its AI reasoning on-device — nothing is sent to a server to get an answer. On-device AI is not guaranteed to be accurate, complete, or even correct — summaries, deal judgments, extracted information, substitution suggestions, memos, and detections can be wrong, incomplete, or missed entirely. Treat every AI-generated result as a starting point, not a final answer, and verify anything sensitive, financial, medical, legal, or otherwise high-stakes yourself before acting on it.