Privacy Policy

Middle-Click Paste Guard ("the extension") is built to work entirely on your own device. This policy explains exactly what data the extension touches and — just as importantly — what it never does.

What the extension does

The extension watches for middle-click paste events landing in text fields on web pages you visit, and offers to undo or confirm them before they take effect.

Data we collect

None. The extension has no backend server, makes no network requests, and does not use analytics, telemetry, or any third-party or AI service of any kind. We — the developer — never receive any data from your use of the extension, because there is no channel for it to reach us.

Data stored on your device

The extension uses Chrome's local storage.local API to remember your preferences on your own device only:

• Whether the extension is enabled globally
• Your default mode (Undo-toast or Ask-before-paste)
• Any per-site overrides you've set (a website hostname plus your chosen setting for it)

This data never leaves your browser. It is not synced to any server we control, not sent anywhere over the network, and is deleted automatically if you remove the extension.

What the extension can see, briefly, in your browser

To detect a middle-click paste, the extension's content script briefly reads the text about to be pasted from the clipboard event (event.clipboardData) that the browser already fires for that paste action — the same event any page's own JavaScript can already read. This happens locally in your browser only, is never transmitted anywhere, and in "Ask before it pastes" mode is shown back to you as a preview so you can decide whether to continue.

Permissions the extension requests, and why

• storage — to save your on/off and mode preferences locally, as described above.
• activeTab — used only when you open the toolbar popup, so it can show you which site you're currently on and let you toggle it for that site. It grants no access to your browsing beyond that moment.
• Content script on all sites — required so the paste guard can work on any site where you might middle-click paste into a form field. It only ever runs the undo/confirm logic described above; it does not read, log, or transmit page content.

Changes to this policy

If this policy ever changes, the "last updated" date above will change accordingly. Given the extension's fully local design, we do not expect data-handling changes — only clarity or wording updates.

Contact

Questions about this policy or the extension: anycodeapps@gmail.com