Web Snapper — Privacy Policy

_Last updated: 2026-06-19_

Web Snapper is a Chrome browser extension that captures web pages as screenshots,

searchable PDFs, single-file HTML, or Markdown, and lets you annotate and redact

them. This policy explains exactly what the extension does — and does not do —

with your data.

The short version

**Web Snapper does not collect, store, or transmit any of your personal data or

browsing content to us or to any third party.** Everything happens locally on

your device.

What data Web Snapper handles, and where it stays

All of the following is processed entirely on your own device and never sent

to any server:

  • Page content you capture (screenshots, page text, images, styles) — read

from the active tab only when you click the extension, used solely to produce

the file you asked for, and saved directly to your Downloads folder.

  • Your annotations and redactions (highlights, notes, tags, blackouts,

mosaics, drawings) — stored locally via chrome.storage.local, keyed to the

page URL, so they can be restored when you revisit.

  • Local history archive — capture metadata, a thumbnail, and a full-text

index of each capture are stored locally in your browser's IndexedDB so you can

search your past captures. This data lives only on your device and can be

cleared at any time from the History page.

  • Settings (file naming, paper size, language, etc.) — stored locally.

What Web Snapper does NOT do

  • ❌ No analytics, telemetry, or usage tracking.
  • ❌ No advertising and no advertising identifiers.
  • ❌ No user accounts and no login.
  • ❌ No selling or sharing of data with third parties.
  • ❌ No remotely hosted code execution.
  • ❌ No access to "your data on all websites" — the extension uses the

activeTab permission and only acts on a page when you explicitly click it.

Network activity

Web Snapper makes no background network requests. The only outbound navigation

occurs when you click a link in the extension — for example the "Feedback" or

"Website" links, which open https://browserextensions.co in a new browser tab.

Those links may include your extension version and interface language so the

website can route and localize the page; they never include any of your captured

page content. Any data you choose to submit on that website is governed by the

website's own privacy policy.

To inline images, fonts, and styles into a saved file (e.g. single-file HTML or

Markdown with images), the extension fetches those assets **within the page's own

context**, exactly as the page itself would. These fetches go to the original

website's servers, not to us, and the results are written only to your local file.

Permissions

  • activeTab — access the current tab only when you click the toolbar icon.
  • scripting — inject capture and annotation scripts on demand into that tab.
  • downloads — save the generated file to your Downloads folder.
  • storage — keep your settings, annotations, and redactions on your device.
  • unlimitedStorage — keep your local history archive from being evicted.

Children's privacy

Web Snapper is a general-purpose utility and is not directed at children. It

collects no personal information from anyone.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the "Last updated" date above will change and the new

version will be posted at this URL.

Contact

Questions about this policy: https://browserextensions.co/feedback?app=websnapper