Nigeria, Jan. 28 -- The report, released in January 2026 by privacy research firm Incogni, examined 442 AI-powered browser extensions available on the Google Chrome Web Store. These extensions included writing assistants, translators, meeting tools and productivity add-ons widely used across Nigeria.



According to the study, every extension analysed required permissions that allowed access to users' web activity, while 52 percent collected some form of user data, including website content, personal communications and browsing behaviour.



Among extensions with millions of users worldwide, Grammarly and QuillBot were ranked as having the highest potential privacy impact.



Incogni reported that Grammarly collected website content, ...