Privacy Policy

Overview

Simple PDF Capture is a browser extension that saves your active browser tab as a PDF file on your computer. It is designed with privacy as a core principle.

Data Collection

Simple PDF Capture does not collect, store, transmit, or share any personal data.

• No personal information is collected.
• No analytics or tracking of any kind.
• All screenshot capture happens entirely on your device.
• No data is sent to any server.

Page to PDF Capture

When you click “Save as PDF”, the extension reads the current tab’s content and builds a PDF. This file is:

• Saved as a PDF file to your local Downloads folder.
• Built entirely in your browser and never transmitted over the network.
• For the full-page image PDF (Pro), the extension scrolls the page and assembles the image locally.

Screenshot capture only occurs when you explicitly click the capture button. The extension cannot and does not capture screenshots in the background or without your explicit action.

Permissions

The extension requests the following permissions, each used solely for its core recording functionality:

• activeTab. To capture the visible area of the active tab.
• offscreen. To assemble the captured content into a PDF file in the background (required by Chrome’s Manifest V3 architecture).
• downloads. To save the PDF to your Downloads folder.
• storage. To remember your preferred capture area setting and Pro license status. No personal data is stored.
• scripting. To read the page’s main content for the clean article PDF, and to scroll the page for a full-page image PDF. Only runs when you click capture.
• sidePanel. Required to open a persistent side panel as an alternative to the compact 360px popup. The user clicks an “expand” icon in the popup header, which calls chrome.sidePanel.open(), a method that requires this permission. The popup then closes itself and the side panel takes over with the same UI in a wider layout. The side panel is the preferred mode for full-page captures because it stays open as the user navigates between tabs and doesn’t dismiss when the user clicks elsewhere on the page.

Pro License Activation

If you purchase the optional Pro upgrade, the following user-initiated network requests are made:

• Clicking “Upgrade to Pro” opens a Stripe checkout page in a new browser tab (outside the extension). Payment data is handled entirely by Stripe and never passes through the extension.
• Entering a license key sends it to simple-pdf-capture.com for one-time validation. Only the license key string is transmitted — no other data.
• The “Lost your key?” feature opens the Simple PDF Capture website in a new tab where you can look up your key by email. This happens on the website, not within the extension.

No network requests are made during screenshot capture, and none are made at all for free-tier users who do not activate a Pro license.

Third-Party Services

No third-party libraries, analytics, tracking, or advertising SDKs are included. The only external service interaction is the optional Pro license validation described above.

Changes to This Policy

If this privacy policy is updated, the changes will be reflected on this page with an updated date.

Contact

If you have questions about this privacy policy, please visit simple-pdf-capture.com.