What Clearing can see

Chrome says Clearing can read my data on every website. What does that mean?

It means Clearing is allowed to, and it's a fair question to ask.

Chrome asks for that permission on Clearing's behalf because there is no narrower way to take a picture of a web page. Chrome's screenshot function requires access to the page being photographed, and since you could be on any page, Clearing has to be allowed on any page. Chrome's warning describes what the permission technically permits, not what Clearing does with it.

What Clearing actually does: takes a picture of the tab you're looking at, shrinks it to the size of a card, and keeps it on your computer.

What it doesn't do: read the text or the code of your pages, fill in forms, watch what you type, or follow you between sites. It takes a picture of the visible area, and that picture stays on your computer.

There is a server, in two places: starting a trial, and releasing every installation of a license at once. Registering and checking a license go to Lemon Squeezy, who handle the payment. None of it involves your tabs, there's no account to make, and the extension has no analytics of any kind.

Our privacy policy sets this out in full.