Privacy Policy
Your privacy is critically important to us. This Privacy Policy outlines what information the Universal Video Speed Controller extension ("the Extension") accesses, how it is managed, and how it is secured. The Extension is built around a strict "privacy-first" design philosophy.
1. Zero Remote Data Collection
The Universal Video Speed Controller operates entirely client-side on your local machine. The Extension does not collect, transmit, upload, or share any personal details, email addresses, browser history, search terms, or viewing profiles with remote servers. All logic, analytics, and presets execute strictly within your local browser runtime environment.
2. Browser Permissions Disclosures
To provide playback speed adjustments universally across websites, the Extension requests specific browser permissions. Here is exactly why each permission is required:
storage: Needed to persist your customized speed configurations, per-site default speeds, custom hotkeys, and local watch time metrics. This data resides on your own hard drive using Chrome's local storage APIs.activeTab& host access: Needed to inject the lightweight speed controls, floating widget UI, and listener handlers into the active tab's HTML5 video nodes. The Extension only scans the DOM for<video>elements. No text, passwords, forms, or page history are read or processed.
3. Offline Usage Analytics
The Extension contains an offline "Local Insights" dashboard that calculates parameters such as "Watch time saved" and "Most used speeds". This telemetry is calculated dynamically on your device and saved locally. This data is never sent to the cloud, nor do we use third-party analytics frameworks (like Google Analytics) to track your habits.
4. Code Auditability
Because the Extension is fully open source under the MIT License, you can inspect the complete source code directly on GitHub. This provides full transparency that no data-harvesting functions or trackers exist in the background worker files.
5. Changes to This Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy occasionally to reflect browser changes or new extension feature permissions. Any modifications will be documented by updating the "Effective Date" at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.