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Privacy Policy

For: Google Chat: Export Chat History with all Media files · Last updated: April 30, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how the Chrome extension "Google Chat: Export Chat History with all Media files" ("the Extension", "we", "our", or "us") collects, handles, stores, and shares user data when you install and use it.

By installing or using the Extension, you agree to the practices described below. If you do not agree, please uninstall the Extension and discontinue use.

1. Scope of this Policy

This Privacy Policy applies only to the Chrome extension named "Google Chat: Export Chat History with all Media files" published on the Chrome Web Store. It does not apply to Google Chat, Google Workspace, or any other Google product, nor to any other software or website operated by us.

2. User Data We Access, Collect, and Use

To make our data practices fully transparent, this section lists every category of user data the Extension touches.

2.1 Google Chat Conversation Content

When you click "Export" inside the Extension's side panel, the Extension reads the content of the Google Chat conversation that is currently open in your browser tab, including:

• Message text
• Sender and recipient display names
• Timestamps
• Attachment URLs and media files (images, videos, documents) referenced in the conversation
• Reactions and reply threads, where present in the DOM

This content is read directly from the Google Chat web page (DOM) inside your own browser. It is processed in memory, written into the export file you requested, and then downloaded to your local device using Chrome's download API.

This data is never sent to our servers.

2.2 Authentication Cookies

The Extension declares the cookies permission so that, when you choose to export attachments and media, the Extension can include your active Google session when downloading those files from Google's own domains (googleusercontent.com, usercontent.google.com, drive.google.com). This is necessary because Google requires an authenticated request to serve files you have access to.

• Cookies are read only for the purpose of completing media downloads requested by you.
• Cookies are never copied, logged, transmitted off-device, or stored by us.
• The Extension does not read cookies from any non-Google domain.

2.3 Locally Stored Extension Settings

The Extension uses Chrome's storage API to persist your preferences locally on your device, such as:

• Selected export format (HTML / TXT / JSON / CSV)
• Toggle state for "Scroll up to load full history"
• UI state of the side panel

This data stays inside Chrome on your device. It is not synced to our servers.

2.4 Information You Voluntarily Provide

If you contact us by email for support, we will receive whatever information you choose to share (your email address, the content of your message, and any attachments). This information is used only to respond to your request.

2.5 Information We Do Not Collect

• We do not collect personally identifiable information (PII).
• We do not collect financial or payment information.
• We do not collect health information.
• We do not collect authentication information (passwords, OAuth tokens, security questions).
• We do not collect personal communications (emails, texts, chat messages) onto our servers.
• We do not collect location data.
• We do not collect web browsing history.
• We do not track your activity across other websites.

3. How We Handle User Data

"Handling" means how the Extension uses data once it has access to it.

• Purpose limitation: Conversation content is used solely to produce the export file you request. Cookies are used solely to authenticate media downloads from Google domains. Stored settings are used solely to remember your preferences.
• On-device processing: All parsing, formatting, and ZIP packaging happens in your browser. No remote servers are involved in producing the export.
• No profiling: We do not analyze, profile, or build any model of you or your contacts.
• No advertising: We do not use your data for advertising, ad targeting, or any creditworthiness decision.
• No resale: We do not sell, rent, license, or trade user data to anyone.
• No transfer: We do not transfer user data to third parties for purposes unrelated to the Extension's single core function.
• Data minimization: The Extension reads only what is necessary to fulfill the export you initiate, and only at the moment you initiate it.

4. How We Store User Data

"Storage" means where data lives once it has been read or generated.

• Conversation content and media: Held only transiently in the Extension's process memory while the export is being assembled, and then written to the export file that you save to your local device. Once the download completes, the Extension discards the in-memory copy. We do not store this data anywhere outside your device.
• Settings: Stored locally via Chrome's storage API on your device. Cleared when you uninstall the Extension or clear your browser data.
• Cookies: Not stored by us at all. They remain in Chrome's normal cookie store, managed by Chrome and Google.
• Support emails: Stored in our email inbox (which is operated by a standard email service provider) for up to 24 months, then deleted, unless we are required to retain them longer for legal reasons.
• Server-side databases: The Extension does not write user data to any server-side database operated by us.
• Encryption in transit: Any network requests the Extension makes (for example, fetching attachments from Google) use HTTPS, as enforced by Chrome and Google's own infrastructure.

5. How We Share User Data

"Sharing" means whether data is disclosed to anyone other than you.

• We do not share, sell, rent, or trade user data with third parties for any purpose.
• The Extension does not use third-party analytics SDKs, advertising SDKs, or tracking SDKs inside the extension code itself.
• The only entity that ever receives a copy of your conversation content is you, via the export file downloaded to your own device. What you choose to do with that file afterwards (forward it, upload it, share it) is entirely under your control and outside the scope of this Extension.
• We may disclose information only if compelled to do so by valid legal process (for example, a court order), or to protect the rights, safety, or integrity of the Extension and its users. In any such case, we will disclose only what is strictly required.
• If we ever engage a service provider in the future (for example, an email-support helpdesk), we will only do so under a written contract that requires the provider to handle data consistently with this Policy.

6. Compliance with Google API Services User Data Policy / Limited Use

The Extension's use of any data obtained through Google services adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. Specifically:

• The Extension uses access to Google Chat data only to provide the user-facing feature of exporting that chat to a file the user downloads.
• The Extension does not transfer Google user data to third parties except as necessary to provide or improve this user-facing feature, comply with applicable law, or as part of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets with the user's explicit consent.
• The Extension does not use Google user data for serving advertisements.
• The Extension does not allow humans to read Google user data unless we have obtained the user's affirmative agreement, it is necessary for security purposes (such as investigating abuse), to comply with applicable law, or the data is aggregated and used for internal operations consistent with the Limited Use policy.

7. Permissions Justification

For full transparency, here is why each Chrome permission and host permission requested by the Extension is needed:

• storage — to persist your export preferences locally on your device.
• sidePanel — to render the Extension's UI inside Chrome's side panel.
• scripting — to inject the content script that reads the visible conversation from the Google Chat tab.
• cookies — to attach your existing Google session when fetching attachments from Google's own media domains, so authenticated media you can already see can be included in the export.
• downloads — to save the generated export file to your device.
• Host permissions on chat.google.com and mail.google.com — to read the chat conversation content rendered on those pages (Google Chat is also embedded inside Gmail).
• Host permissions on googleusercontent.com, usercontent.google.com, googleapis.com, and drive.google.com — to download attachments and media that are part of the conversation you are exporting.

8. Data Retention and Deletion

• Conversation content read by the Extension is held only in memory during the export and is discarded immediately after the export file is delivered to your device.
• Locally stored settings persist until you uninstall the Extension or clear your browser data, at which point Chrome deletes them.
• We retain support emails for up to 24 months, after which they are deleted, unless we have a legal obligation to retain them longer.
• Because we do not maintain server-side copies of your conversation data, there is nothing for us to delete on your behalf related to chats. Your export file lives on your device under your control.

9. Your Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction (including the EU/EEA, UK, and California), you may have the right to:

• Access the personal information we hold about you
• Request correction or deletion of personal information we hold
• Object to or restrict certain processing
• Withdraw any consent you previously gave
• Lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority

Because the Extension does not transmit your conversations or contacts to us, the personal information we hold is generally limited to whatever you have voluntarily included in support emails. To exercise any of these rights, contact us at the email address below.

10. Children's Privacy

The Extension is not directed to children under the age of 13 (or the equivalent minimum age in your jurisdiction). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so we can delete it.

11. Security

We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect any information we do receive (such as support emails). However, no method of electronic transmission or storage is 100% secure. Use of the Extension is at your own risk. The Extension itself minimizes risk by processing your chat data locally and not transmitting it off-device.

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in the Extension or in legal requirements. When we do, we will revise the "Last updated" date at the top of this page and, where appropriate, note the change in the Extension's Chrome Web Store listing. Continued use of the Extension after an update constitutes acceptance of the updated Policy.

13. Contact Us

If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or the Extension's data practices, you can contact us at:

Email: hello@whatsappbulkmessagesender.com