Privacy Policy

Longshot Cap is a privacy-first browser extension designed to help you capture high-fidelity scrolling screenshots, nested scrollable panels, DOM elements, and custom crop selections. We are committed to protecting user privacy.

Core Privacy Philosophy

We believe your browsing data and screenshots belong strictly to you. Longshot Cap runs 100% locally on your machine. We do not use remote servers, database tracking, external APIs, telemetry trackers, or background logging. No captured images or webpages are ever uploaded, transmitted, or shared off your physical device.

What Data We Process & How It Is Used

• Webpage Screenshot Captures: When you execute a capture (Full Page, Visible Area, Custom Area, Scrollable Element, or DOM Element), the extension captures viewport frame sequences. These frames are assembled into a stitched image entirely within a local browser sandbox canvas.
• User Settings: Your output preferences (e.g. Download vs. Clipboard), filename template structures (e.g. {date}/{domain}), and fixed header behavior modes (Freeze, Hide, Keep) are processed to configure the tool's behavior.
• Zero Personal Data: We do not collect, read, or track any personally identifiable information (PII), browsing history, login states, cookies, network packets, or device metadata.

Data Storage

• Local Storage Only: Your settings, default output choices, and filename naming structures are saved locally inside your browser cache using the standard chrome.storage.local API.
• No Cloud Sync: Settings data remains on your local browser profile and is never synced to external cloud databases.

Third-Party Services & Tracking

• This extension does not connect to any external web APIs or remote endpoints.
• We do not integrate Google Analytics, advertising networks, error logging telemetry, or third-party trackers.

Chrome Extension Permissions & Necessity

Longshot Cap requires specific permissions to perform local browser integrations. Here is the security breakdown of what they do:

• activeTab & scripting: Used to run local page dimension checks and execute automated window scrolling to compile full-page stitches.
• downloads: Required to save your assembled PNG screenshots directly to your device's Downloads folder under your chosen filename pattern.
• clipboardWrite: Used to write raw PNG image bytes to your system clipboard for instant pasting.
• offscreen: Used to run a silent offscreen canvas stitching tab. Chrome requires this in Manifest V3 to execute heavy image processing operations without lagging active pages.
• storage: Used to save your UI settings and templates locally between browser sessions.
• notifications: Used to show a native desktop alert if a background keyboard shortcut capture fails.
• host_permissions (<all_urls>): Necessary to inject element highlight overlays and scroll handlers on target web pages.

Data Deletion

You can delete your saved settings at any time by clearing the extension cache. Uninstalling Longshot Cap from your Google Chrome browser immediately and permanently deletes all associated settings data from your machine.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to align with new Chrome API specifications. Any updates will be pushed directly to this page. Continued usage of the extension confirms your agreement to this policy.