SnapVeil — Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 15, 2026

Summary

SnapVeil does not collect, store, transmit, sell, or share any user data. Everything the extension does happens locally, inside your browser, on your device. There are no servers, no accounts, no analytics, and no network requests of any kind.

What SnapVeil does

When you press the keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+S) or click the toolbar icon, SnapVeil captures an image of the visible part of the current tab, lets you select a region, and opens a local editor where you can blur, pixelate, redact, draw on, or annotate the image. You can then copy the result to your clipboard or download it as a PNG file. That is the extension's entire functionality.

Data collection

• Personal information: none collected.
• Analytics / telemetry / tracking: none.
• Cookies: none used.
• Accounts: none required or offered.
• Network requests: the extension contains no code that sends data anywhere. Screenshots you take exist only in your browser's memory until you copy or save them yourself, and are discarded when you close the editor.

Because no data is collected, there is nothing to access, export, or delete under regulations such as GDPR or CCPA.

Permissions, in plain words

• activeTab — granted only when you explicitly invoke SnapVeil. Used solely to capture the visible part of the tab you asked to capture.
• scripting — used to display SnapVeil's own selection and editor overlay on the page after you trigger a capture. It does not read or modify page content.
• clipboardWrite — used only when you click "Copy", to place the finished image on your clipboard. Nothing is ever read from your clipboard.
• Access to all sites — a very small script (about 20 lines) runs on pages to listen for the Ctrl+Shift+S key combination, because some Chromium-based browsers (notably Opera) do not reliably deliver extension keyboard shortcuts otherwise. It watches for that single key combination only; it does not read, collect, or transmit any page content.

Screenshots

Screenshots are captured only when you explicitly request one. They are processed entirely on your device and are never uploaded, transmitted, or shared by the extension.

Third-party services

SnapVeil integrates no third-party services. The optional "Buy me a coffee" button in the editor simply opens buymeacoffee.com in a new tab if you click it; your use of that website is governed by its own privacy policy. SnapVeil sends no information to it.

Changes to this policy

If this policy ever changes, the updated version will be posted at this same URL with a new "Last updated" date. Given the extension's design (no data collection by architecture), material changes are not anticipated.

Contact

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