Privacy policy for ChatShot - AI Chat Screenshot
ChatShot - AI Chat Screenshot by sovkit
Privacy Policy
This extension does not collect, store, or share any personal or sensitive user data.
Permissions
storage — Used to save user preferences (such as export method, image format, time label settings, per-site toggles, theme, and language) and license status locally on the device.
clipboardWrite — Used to copy the captured screenshot to your clipboard.
alarms — Used to periodically refresh license status, check for product notices, and run the optional sync in the background.
downloads — Used to save screenshots as files when the user chooses to download instead of copying to clipboard.
offscreen (Chromium-based browsers only) — Used to create an offscreen document for stitching screenshot images on a canvas. Firefox has no offscreen document, so the same work is done on an OffscreenCanvas in the background script, which needs no permission.
sidePanel (Chromium-based browsers only) — Used to open the extension's side panel, which is its only user interface. On Firefox the same interface is provided by sidebar_action, which needs no permission.
host permissions (<all_urls>) — Required because screenshot buttons are injected directly into web pages. Unlike extensions that activate from the toolbar, this extension needs to run content scripts on supported AI chat sites to inject and respond to in-page button clicks, and to capture the visible tab for screenshots. Content scripts run only on the supported AI chat sites, and each of those sites can be turned off individually.
Optional host permissions (https:///, http:///) — Requested only if you choose to sync through a storage endpoint of your own. Nothing is requested at install time: the permission is asked for the single origin you enter when you save a storage configuration.
Optional data collection (personallyIdentifyingInfo, authenticationInfo, Firefox only) — Requested only when you upgrade to Pro, because your email address and license key are then sent to our license service. Nothing is requested at install time.
Local data storage
Your preferences and license status are stored in extension storage on the device. Captured screenshots are composed locally and go only to your clipboard or your download folder — they are never uploaded, and the extension keeps no copy of them. Page content is read solely to determine the area to capture; it is neither recorded nor transmitted.
Bring your own storage
Cross-device sync is optional and off by default. When you turn it on, you supply your own storage endpoint, and your settings — export method, image format, time label settings, and the per-site toggles — are exchanged directly between your devices and that endpoint. Screenshots are never synced. We operate no sync server, never receive that data, and never see the endpoint's credentials — they are stored only on your device.
Network communication
Apart from a storage endpoint you configure yourself, the extension only communicates with our first-party servers. api.sovkit.com handles optional Pro license management, which occurs when the user explicitly initiates a purchase or activates a license key; the only data sent is the license key, a device identifier, and an email address during checkout. data.sovkit.com hosts a static announcement file that the extension downloads periodically to show product notices; this request sends no data about you and returns the same file for everyone. No screenshot data, browsing history, or other personal information is ever transmitted.