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Privacy Policy

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The short version: Snipdrop runs entirely on your device. Your screenshots, captures, extracted text and downloaded images are processed locally in your browser and are never sent to us or anyone else. There is no account, and we do not track your browsing.

Who we are

Snipdrop is a Chrome browser extension produced by niallcodes, a trading name of Florence Publishing Ltd, a company registered in the United Kingdom. You can reach us any time at support@niallcodes.com.

The data Snipdrop handles

Snipdrop is a screenshot, snipping and image-downloading tool. To do its job it works with the following, all of which stays on your own computer:

None of the above is transmitted to niallcodes or to any third-party server. Snipdrop has no analytics, no tracking pixels, and does not record your browsing history.

What we collect

Through the Snipdrop extension itself, we collect nothing. There is no account to create and no sign-in. The extension functions fully offline aside from the actions you take (such as downloading an image that already lives on a page).

When you buy Snipdrop Pro

If you choose to upgrade to Pro, the payment is handled by our payment processor, Stripe. Stripe collects the information needed to take a one-time payment, including your email address and card details. We never see or store your card details. We receive your email address and a record of the purchase so that we can send you a license key. Stripe's handling of your data is governed by its own privacy policy.

Your license key and the email address associated with your purchase are stored by us solely to issue and validate your key. License validation sends only your key and the product name to our server to confirm the key is genuine — it does not include any of your captures, browsing data or personal content. We use Resend to deliver your license key email; their privacy policy applies to that delivery.

Permissions Snipdrop requests, and why

Chrome requires extensions to request permissions for the capabilities they use. Snipdrop asks only for what it needs to capture, save and download on your behalf:

activeTab & scripting
To capture the page you're currently looking at and to draw the on-page selection overlay when you snip an area or element.
downloads
To save your captures and downloaded images to your chosen folder.
storage
To remember your settings, your last snip and your capture history, locally in your browser.
contextMenus
To add Snipdrop's right-click actions (snip, capture, download images).
clipboardWrite
To copy a snip — or text extracted from it — to your clipboard when you ask.
offscreen
A behind-the-scenes helper Chrome requires to reliably save large captures, such as full-page screenshots.
host access (<all_urls>)
So you can snip and download images on any website you visit. Snipdrop only acts on a page when you trigger it — it does not read or monitor pages in the background.

Where your data is stored

Everything Snipdrop creates lives on your own device — in your browser's local extension storage and in the download folder you choose. If you uninstall the extension, this local data is removed by Chrome. Files you have already saved to disk remain yours and are unaffected.

Children

Snipdrop is a general-purpose utility and is not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect any personal information from anyone, including children.

Your rights

Because Snipdrop stores your captures and settings locally, you are in direct control of that data and can clear it at any time from within the extension or by uninstalling. For the limited purchase information we hold (your email and license record), you may request access to or deletion of it by emailing support@niallcodes.com, subject to any records we are legally required to keep.

Changes to this policy

If we update this policy, we will revise the date at the top of this page. Material changes will be reflected here before they take effect.

Contact

Questions about privacy or anything else? Email support@niallcodes.com and we'll be glad to help.