🔒 ChargeGuardian never collects, transmits, or stores your credit card numbers, payment details, or financial information.
All data is stored locally on your device and never sent to any server.
1. What We Collect
Local Only ChargeGuardian only stores data locally on your device. We never send any information to external servers.
- Extension Settings: Your preferences (enable/disable notifications, remember choices) are stored in browser's local storage
- Payment Detection: When a payment page is detected, we only read the visible payment method and amount — we never extract or store credit card numbers
- Free Trial Reminders: If you opt-in, free trial expiration dates are stored locally to send you browser notifications
2. What We Don't Collect
Zero We do not collect or transmit any of the following:
- ❌ Credit card numbers — We never access or store payment card information
- ❌ Bank account details — We never see your bank account numbers
- ❌ Payment history — We never track your past transactions
- ❌ Browsing history — We only analyze payment pages you're currently viewing
- ❌ Personal information — We don't collect names, emails, or addresses
- ❌ Location data — We don't track where you are
3. How We Use Your Data
We use the minimal data we collect solely for:
- ✅ Payment Protection: Detecting payment pages and showing you payment methods before you confirm
- ✅ Subscription Alerts: Alerting you when free trials or subscriptions are about to auto-renew
- ✅ User Preferences: Remembering your settings (enable/disable notifications, custom configurations)
- ✅ Browser Notifications: Sending alerts about payment detection and free trial expirations (if you opt-in)
4. Browser Permissions
ChargeGuardian requests these browser permissions to function correctly:
- 📱 Storage: To save your preferences and settings locally
- 📄 Tabs: To access payment page content for detection
- ⏰ Alarms: To schedule periodic payment page monitoring and free trial reminders
- 🔔 Notifications: To send browser notifications about payment detection and free trial expirations (opt-in only)
- 🖱️ Context Menus: To provide right-click option to check if any page is a payment site
All permissions are used locally — no data is transmitted to external servers.
5. Third-Party Services
ChargeGuardian does not use any third-party services that collect or transmit your data.
- ❌ No analytics: We don't track user behavior
- ❌ No advertising: We don't display ads or show targeted content
- ❌ No data sharing: We never sell or share your data with anyone
6. Data Retention
All data is stored locally on your device. You can delete it at any time by:
- Uninstalling the extension
- Clearing extension data in browser settings
- Resetting extension preferences in ChargeGuardian settings
Once deleted, all data is permanently removed from your device.
7. Children's Privacy
ChargeGuardian is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect information from children.
8. California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)
Under the CCPA, California residents have the right to:
- Know what personal information is collected
- Delete personal information
- Opt-out of the sale of personal information (we do not sell data)
- Non-discrimination for exercising privacy rights
Since ChargeGuardian does not collect or transmit personal information, there is no data to provide or delete.
9. Changes to This Policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. When we do, we will:
- Post the new policy on this page
- Update the "Last Updated" date
- Send notification via extension (if major changes)
Your continued use of ChargeGuardian after changes indicates you accept the updated policy.
10. Contact Us
If you have questions about this privacy policy or how ChargeGuardian handles your data, please contact us: