Snapture

Privacy Policy

Last updated: 2026-05-22

Snapture is a Chrome extension that captures, annotates, and exports screenshots and short screen recordings of web pages for bug-reporting workflows.

TL;DR

Snapture does not collect, transmit, sell, or share any user data. Everything happens locally inside your browser. There are no servers, no analytics, no third-party SDKs, no accounts.

What Snapture accesses

When you explicitly invoke Snapture (icon click, keyboard shortcut, right-click menu, or recording start), the extension may access:

The visible tab's pixels — to capture a screenshot.
The clicked element's metadata — tag name, class names, computed CSS values, and the page URL — only when you choose "Inspect & Copy Element Info" from the right-click menu.
Your screen (only when you start a recording) — Chrome requires your explicit per-recording consent via the native screen-share dialog.

What Snapture stores

Captured screenshots are written to chrome.storage.local only for the brief moment between the background script taking the screenshot and the editor tab loading it. The entry is deleted as soon as the editor reads it.
Annotations, undo history, and edits exist only in the editor tab's memory and are discarded when the tab is closed.
Recordings are streamed directly into a download (.webm); nothing is persisted by the extension.

What Snapture sends

Nothing. The extension makes zero network requests. It has no telemetry, error reporting, or remote configuration.

Clipboard

When you press "Copy" (or ⌘+C) the annotated image is written to your system clipboard so you can paste it elsewhere. Snapture writes only — it never reads from your clipboard.

Permissions

Permission	Why it's needed
`activeTab`	Capture the tab you're currently looking at.
`scripting`	Inject the in-page UI (recording indicator, toast notifications).
`clipboardWrite`	Copy element-inspector reports and the annotated image.
`storage`	Temporary hand-off of the captured screenshot to the editor tab.
`contextMenus`	Provide right-click menu items.
`<all_urls>`	You can capture or inspect any page you visit — but only on your explicit action.

Children

Snapture is a developer tool and not directed at children under 13.

Changes

Material changes to this policy will be published with a new "Last updated" date.

Contact

Questions: open an issue on the project repository or email the publisher account listed on the Chrome Web Store listing.