WebSnips — Privacy Policy

How WebSnips handles your data.

Last updated: 2026-06-01

What WebSnips does

WebSnips is a Chrome extension that lets you save highlighted text from any web page. Snippets are saved locally on your device. If you choose to sign in with Google, your snippets are also synchronized to a private cloud database scoped to your account.

What data is collected

When you save a snippet, the following information is stored:

• The text you highlighted
• The URL of the page you were on
• The page title
• The timestamp of the save

If you sign in, we additionally store, on our cloud database:

• Your Google account email address
• Your Firebase user ID (a unique identifier provided by Google)

We do not collect: your browsing history, page contents you did not highlight, IP addresses (beyond what Google Cloud automatically logs for fraud prevention), advertising identifiers, or any analytics events.

Where data is stored

Snippets are stored in two places:

• Locally in Chrome's chrome.storage.local on your device — never leaves your machine unless you sign in.
• In Google Cloud Firestore (database name: websnips) under a path keyed to your Firebase user ID: users/<your-uid>/snippets/. This data is only readable by the WebSnips backend service account, and only writable when accompanied by a valid Firebase ID token proving you are the account owner.

Who can see your data

Your snippets are private to you. They are not shared with any third party, sold, used for advertising, used to train any model, or made visible to other users. The only humans with administrative access to the database are the WebSnips developer(s) listed in the contact section below, and only for the purposes of operating the service.

Data retention and deletion

• Local snippets: remain on your device until you delete them from the popup, uninstall the extension, or clear Chrome's storage.
• Cloud snippets: remain in Firestore until you explicitly request deletion. To request deletion of all your cloud-stored snippets, email the address below with your Google account email; we will delete all rows under users/<your-uid>/snippets/ within 7 days.
• Sign-out: signing out removes the Firebase ID token from your device but does not delete cloud data. To delete data, see the previous bullet.

Permissions WebSnips requests, and why

• storage — to save your snippets locally on your device.
• contextMenus — to add the "Save selection to WebSnips" item to the right-click menu.
• host_permissions: us-central1-zidiq-firebase.cloudfunctions.net — so the extension can talk to our Cloud Function to sync snippets when you are signed in.
• externally_connectable for zidiq-firebase.web.app — so the WebSnips sign-in page can hand the Firebase ID token back to the extension after successful Google sign-in.
• Content script on <all_urls> — to detect highlighted text on the page you choose to save from. The content script never reads page content other than what you have actively highlighted.

WebSnips does not request the tabs, history, cookies, or webRequest permissions.

Children

WebSnips is not directed at children under 13. If you are under 13, please do not use the extension.

Changes to this policy

If this policy materially changes, the "Last updated" date at the top will change. We will not retroactively change how previously-collected data is used.

Contact

Questions or deletion requests: botibongasolutions@gmail.com