Your data stays on your machine

What the extension does

Snip Browser is a Chrome extension that lets you capture screenshots, annotate them, and share visual context with AI coding tools. It consists of two components:

• Chrome extension -- captures screenshots and provides an annotation editor
• AI companion server (optional) -- a local server that runs on your machine to bridge the extension with AI coding tools

Data we collect

None. Snip Browser collects zero data. Specifically:

• No personal information -- we do not collect names, emails, or any identifying information
• No usage analytics -- we do not track how you use the extension
• No telemetry -- we do not send any data to external servers
• No cookies or tracking -- we do not use cookies, pixels, or any tracking technology
• No third-party services -- we do not integrate with any analytics, advertising, or data collection services

How screenshots are handled

When you capture a screenshot:

• The image is captured using the Chrome tabs.captureVisibleTab API
• The image is held in browser session memory while you annotate it
• You choose what happens next: copy to clipboard, download to disk, or send to a local companion server
• Session data is cleared when you close the browser
• Images are never uploaded to any external server

AI companion server

The companion server is an optional component that runs entirely on your local machine. When used:

• Communication happens only over localhost (127.0.0.1)
• No data is sent to any external server or cloud service
• Captured images are saved to a local directory on your machine that you control
• The companion server does not have internet access and makes no outbound network requests

Permissions

The extension requests only the permissions necessary for its core functionality:

• activeTab -- to capture the visible area of the current tab when you initiate a capture
• scripting -- to inject the capture overlay and selection UI into the page
• clipboardWrite -- to copy annotated screenshots to your clipboard
• downloads -- to save screenshots as PNG files when you choose to download
• storage -- to hold capture data in session memory during annotation
• tabs -- to identify the active tab for capture
• offscreen -- to handle clipboard operations without a visible popup
• Host access to localhost only -- to communicate with the optional local companion server

No permission grants access to browsing history, cookies, or data on websites you visit.

Changes to this policy

If we ever change this policy, we will update this page and note the date of the change below. Our commitment to local-only, zero-collection operation is a core design principle of Snip Browser.

Last updated: March 25, 2026

Contact

If you have questions about this privacy policy, reach out at hello@snip-browser.dev.