Clippe.me Privacy Policy
Last updated: September 8, 2024
1. Introduction
Welcome to Clippe.me ("we", "our", or "us"). We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your data in an open and transparent manner. This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, and share information about you when you use our Chrome extension.
2. Definitions
- Service: The Clippe.me Chrome extension operated by us.
- Personal Data: Information that can be used to identify an individual.
- Usage Data: Data collected automatically from the use of the Service.
3. Information We Collect
Clippe.me collects the following types of information:
- Content you save: This includes text, images, and URLs from web pages and social media posts that you choose to save using our extension.
- Google account information: We use Google Login to allow you to sync your saved content across devices. We only access and store the necessary information to facilitate this sync feature.
- Basic analytics data: We collect anonymized data about the number of active users and basic usage patterns to help us improve our service.
- Device and browser information: This may include your IP address, browser type and version, device type, and operating system.
4. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
- To provide and improve our service, specifically to sync your saved content across devices
- To analyze general usage patterns and track the number of active users
- To ensure the security and integrity of our service
- To communicate with you about service updates or respond to your inquiries
We limit our use of your data to these purposes and do not use it for any other reason without your explicit consent.
5. Data Storage, Security, and Retention
We store your saved content and necessary account information on secure servers to enable the sync feature. We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your data against unauthorized or unlawful processing and against accidental loss, destruction, or damage.
We retain your data only for as long as necessary to provide you with our service and for legitimate business purposes. If you delete your account, we will delete your personal data within a reasonable timeframe.
6. Data Sharing
We do not share your personal data or saved content with any third parties. The only exceptions to this are:
- If required by law or to protect our rights
- In the event of a merger, sale, or acquisition of our company (in which case we would notify you before your information becomes subject to a different privacy policy)
7. Your Rights
You have the right to:
- Access the personal data we hold about you
- Request correction of your personal data
- Request deletion of your personal data
- Object to processing of your personal data
- Request restriction of processing your personal data
- Request transfer of your personal data
To exercise these rights, please contact us using the information provided in the "Contact Us" section.
8. Changes to This Policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any significant changes by posting the new privacy policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this policy. We may also notify you via email or through a notice on our Service.
9. Age Restrictions
Our Service is not intended for use by individuals under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from a child under 13, we will take steps to delete that information as quickly as possible.
10. Do Not Track Signals
We honor Do Not Track signals and do not track, plant cookies, or use advertising when a Do Not Track browser mechanism is in place.
11. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our data practices, please contact us through our contact form:
12. Limited Use Disclosure
The use of information received from Google APIs will adhere to the Chrome Web Store User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. Specifically:
- We only use Google Login to facilitate the syncing of user content across devices.
- We do not use the information for any advertising purposes.
- We do not share the information with any third parties, except as necessary to provide and improve the Clippe.me service.
- Our use of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.