1. Overview
This privacy policy applies to the Chrome extension Google Chat Copy Button
(the "Extension"), published by Mrigyank Roy (the "Developer"). The Extension adds a
one-click copy button to the hover toolbar of messages in Google Chat
(chat.google.com and Chat
inside Gmail).
The Extension runs entirely inside your browser. There is no backend server, no account, and no sign-in. The Developer never receives any data from the Extension.
2. Data we collect
None. The Extension does not collect, record, transmit, or sell any personal or sensitive user data. It contains no analytics, no tracking, no advertising, and no third-party SDKs. It makes no network requests of any kind.
Specifically, the Extension does not collect:
- Personally identifiable information (name, address, email, age, ID numbers)
- Health, financial, or payment information
- Authentication information, passwords, or credentials
- Personal communications, message content, or contacts
- Location data
- Web browsing history or user activity (clicks, mouse position, scroll)
3. How message text is handled
When you click the copy button on a message, the Extension reads the text of that single message from the page and writes it to your device's clipboard. This happens locally in your browser, in memory, at the moment you click.
That text is never stored by the Extension, never written to disk, and never sent to the Developer or to any third party. The Extension does not read messages you have not asked it to copy, and does not monitor or log your conversations.
4. Settings storage
The only data the Extension saves is your two preferences:
- Show copy button — whether the button is displayed.
- Include sender & time — whether the sender name and timestamp are included in copied text.
These two on/off values are stored using
chrome.storage.sync, which
keeps them in your own Chrome profile and syncs them across your signed-in Chrome
browsers via Google's own sync service. The Developer has no access to this storage.
Uninstalling the Extension removes these values.
5. Permissions and why they are needed
| Permission | Purpose |
|---|---|
storage |
Saves the two settings described above. No message content or personal data is stored. |
activeTab |
Lets the toolbar popup check whether the current tab is a Google Chat tab, so it can show an accurate "active on this tab" status. No page content is read or transmitted. |
chat.google.com, mail.google.com |
Allows the content script to run on Google Chat pages in order to insert the copy button into the message toolbar and read the text of the message you choose to copy. That text goes only to your clipboard. |
6. Third parties and remote code
The Extension does not share data with any third party, because it does not collect any data to share. It does not sell or transfer user data, does not use data for any purpose unrelated to its single feature, and does not use data to determine creditworthiness or for lending purposes.
The Extension does not load or execute remote code. All code ships inside the published extension package.
7. Children's privacy
The Extension is not directed at children and collects no data from any user, including children.
8. Changes to this policy
If the Extension's data practices ever change, this page will be updated and the "Last updated" date at the top revised. Material changes will also be reflected in the Chrome Web Store listing.
9. Contact
Questions about this policy or the Extension's privacy practices can be sent to:
mrigyankroy@gmail.com