Privacy Policy for Text Watcher

Last Updated: July 31, 2025

Your privacy is a top priority for us. Text Watcher is designed to be a powerful tool that respects your data. This policy explains what information the extension handles and why.

1. No Personal Data Collection

Text Watcher operates entirely on your local machine. We **do not** collect, store, track, or transmit any of your personal information, browsing history, or any other data to our servers. All operations and data storage happen locally in your browser.

2. How We Use Permissions

To provide its automation features, Text Watcher requires certain permissions. Here is a transparent breakdown of why each one is necessary:

• storage: Used to save your settings, such as your list of watched text, auto-refresh intervals, and alert preferences (like sound choice and language). This data is stored only on your computer.
• activeTab: Allows the extension to get the URL of the current tab so it can pre-fill the domain field for you when adding a new Text Watcher rule.
• tabs: Needed for the Auto Refresh feature to reload a tab and update its title with the "[R]" status indicator.
• alarms: Essential for the Auto Refresh feature. This allows the extension to create and manage reliable timers that trigger page reloads at your specified intervals.
• notifications: Used to display system alerts when a change is detected in the text you are monitoring.
• offscreen: Required by Manifest V3 to play notification sounds reliably in the background without interrupting your browsing.
• host_permissions (): This permission is necessary for the core functionality of the Text Watcher. It allows the content script to be injected into the pages you choose to monitor, enabling it to detect text changes and display the floating window. The extension only actively monitors pages where you have set up a rule.

3. Your Data Belongs to You

All your configurations—rules, timers, and settings—are managed through `chrome.storage`. This data is stored locally on your device and is never sent to us. You have full control to view, manage, or delete this data at any time from the extension's popup menu.

4. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy in the future to reflect new features or changes in Chrome's requirements. Any modifications will be included in a new version of the extension, and we encourage you to review this policy periodically.

5. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at sevenleo@mail.com

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