Chrome extension
Text Studio Privacy Policy
1. Summary
Text Studio is a Chrome extension that lets you apply highlight colors and font colors to text you select on webpages. It works entirely within your browser. Text Studio does not collect, transmit, sell or share any personal information or user data. It has no user accounts, no analytics and no advertising.
2. Who we are
Text Studio is developed and published by the Text Studio developer ("we", "us" or "the developer"), publisher account hassan.saigal9 on the Chrome Web Store. This policy explains what information the extension handles, where that information is kept and the choices available to you.
3. Information we collect
We do not collect any information. No data handled by Text Studio is sent to the developer or to any third party, and the developer has no means of accessing it. In particular, Text Studio does not collect:
- personally identifiable information, such as your name, email address or contact details;
- the content of webpages you visit or the text you select;
- your browsing history or the addresses of websites you visit;
- authentication information, financial information, location or health information;
- usage statistics, analytics or crash reports.
4. Information stored on your device
To provide its features, Text Studio keeps a small amount of information locally on your device, in Chrome's extension storage (chrome.storage.local). This information never leaves your device and is not accessible to the developer.
4.1 Saved highlights
When "Remember highlights" is turned on (Settings → Saved highlights; on by default), Text Studio stores the following for each page where you apply formatting, so your formatting reappears when you return:
- the page address, excluding any query string or fragment (the parts after "?" or "#"), and the page title;
- the text you highlighted or colored, together with up to 40 characters immediately before and after it, used only to find the same position again;
- the position of that text on the page and the color you chose.
In Incognito windows nothing is saved unless you turn on "Also remember in Incognito" (off by default). Text Studio runs in Incognito only if you allow it in Chrome's extension settings.
4.2 Settings and custom colors
Text Studio stores your preferences: whether the extension is on, the sites where you have turned it off (stored as the site name only, for example "example.com"), toolbar name, toolbar style, lamp and light colors, auto-hide delay and animation preference. It also stores any custom color codes you add (for example "#0F4C81"). These contain no webpage content.
4.3 Custom toolbar background
If you choose a picture, GIF or video as the toolbar background, that file and your display choices for it (playback range, fit, blur and tint) are stored locally on your device. The file is never uploaded or transmitted.
4.4 Eyedropper
The "Pick from screen" option uses Chrome's built-in eyedropper. It reads only the single color you click, and only when you choose to use it. Nothing is recorded or stored apart from the color code you choose to save.
5. How information is used
Information stored on your device is used solely to provide Text Studio's user-facing features: displaying the formatting toolbar, applying and restoring your chosen colors, and remembering your settings. It is not used for advertising, profiling, creditworthiness or lending purposes, or for any purpose unrelated to the extension's single purpose.
6. Sharing and disclosure
We do not sell, rent, transfer or share user data with anyone. Because no data is collected or transmitted, there is no data to disclose to third parties, service providers or advertisers.
7. Permissions
Text Studio requests only the permissions it needs:
- Access to websites (http and https pages): so the formatting toolbar can appear when you select text on any page and apply the colors you choose. The extension does not read, store or transmit page content beyond the local saved highlights described in section 4.1.
- storage: to remember your settings, custom colors and saved highlights on your device.
- unlimitedStorage: only so that a custom background video larger than Chrome's default 10 MB local storage limit can be saved on your device.
8. Data retention and your choices
Locally stored information remains on your device until you remove it. You can at any time:
- delete one page's saved highlights with "Clear page", or all saved highlights with "Delete all", in Text Studio's Settings;
- turn off "Remember highlights" so that no new highlights are saved;
- remove custom colors with the × on each color, and remove a custom background with "Remove background";
- turn the extension off for a specific site or for all sites;
- uninstall the extension, which deletes all information it has stored.
9. Security
Information handled by Text Studio stays within Chrome's extension storage on your device and is protected by your browser and operating system. Text Studio does not load or execute remote code and makes no network requests to developer servers.
10. Children's privacy
Text Studio does not knowingly collect any personal information from anyone, including children under the age of 13.
11. Chrome Web Store User Data Policy
Text Studio's use of information complies with the Chrome Web Store User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.
12. Changes to this policy
If Text Studio's data practices change, this policy will be updated and the "Last updated" date revised before the changed practices take effect. Material changes will also be noted in the extension's Chrome Web Store listing.
13. Contact
If you have questions about this policy or Text Studio's privacy practices, please contact:
Email: hassan.saigal9@gmail.com