SnipStash Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 8, 2026

This policy covers SnipStash — Save & Reuse Text, a Chrome extension published by Universal Calculators (universalcalculators.net). It explains exactly what the extension stores and what it never touches. For the website itself, see our site privacy policy.

The Short Version

SnipStash makes no network requests at all. It has no server, no account, and no analytics. The text you save is written to your own browser's local extension storage and stays on your device. We cannot see it, and neither can anyone else.

1. What SnipStash Stores

When you click the save button (or press the save shortcut) on a text field, SnipStash records one snippet locally. Each snippet holds:

text

The contents of the field at the moment you clicked save.

host

The site's hostname, used to group snippets and sort the current site first.

url and title

The page you saved it from, so you can tell similar snippets apart.

createdAt

When you saved it, used for ordering.

id

A local identifier so the snippet can be deleted.

All of it is written to your browser's local extension storage on your own machine. It is never uploaded, never synced to an account, and never shared with us or anyone else.

2. What SnipStash Never Collects

SnipStash saves only what you explicitly ask it to save. It never gathers:

Your name, email address, or any account details
Passwords — password fields never get a save button
Text you did not explicitly choose to save
The pages you visit or your browsing history
Form fields you simply focused and moved on from
Analytics, telemetry, usage statistics, or crash reports
Your IP address or device fingerprint

We have no servers and no database, so there is no copy of your snippets anywhere but your own browser.

3. Password Fields Are Excluded

The save button is only ever attached to ordinary editable fields — text, search, email, URL, telephone, and number inputs, textareas, and rich text editors. Password fields are not in that list, so the button never appears on one and SnipStash has no path to reading your password. Disabled and read-only fields are skipped too.

4. No Network Requests

SnipStash makes no network requests whatsoever. It contains no code that contacts a server, ours or anyone else's, and it will work perfectly well with your internet connection switched off.

It requests no host permissions for fetching data, bundles no analytics, no advertising, no trackers, and no third-party SDKs. We do not sell, rent, or share your data, because we never receive any.

5. Permissions and Why They Are Needed

Chrome asks you to approve a few permissions when you install SnipStash. Here is what each one is used for:

storage

The whole point of the extension. This is where your saved snippets live — in local extension storage on your own device.

activeTab and tabs

Used to read the hostname of the tab you are currently on, so the popup can group your snippets by site and put the current site at the top marked THIS SITE. SnipStash does not read your tab history or the contents of your other tabs.

access to all websites

SnipStash has to be able to notice a focused text box wherever you happen to be typing, which means its script loads on every page. What that script does is narrow: it watches for focus on an editable field and draws a save button next to it. It reads the text in a field only at the moment you click save or press the save shortcut.

SnipStash requests no permission that would let it read your browsing history, your bookmarks, your cookies, or your files.

6. Clipboard Use

When you click a snippet to copy it, or insert one into a field, SnipStash writes that snippet to your clipboard so you can paste it. It only ever writes to the clipboard — it never reads what is already on it.

7. Deleting Your Data

Your snippets are yours. In the popup you can delete any individual snippet, or use Clear all to remove every snippet at once.

Uninstalling the extension removes its local storage along with it. Because nothing was ever uploaded, there is no server-side copy for us to delete and no data-deletion request to make — removing it from your browser removes it entirely.

8. A Note on What You Save

Snippets are stored unencrypted in your browser profile, in the same way most extension data is. Anyone with access to your computer and your browser profile could read them. We would suggest not saving passwords, card numbers, or other secrets as snippets — SnipStash is built for reusable everyday text, not as a password manager or a secure vault.

9. Children's Privacy

SnipStash is not directed at children under 13 and transmits no information about anyone, including children.

10. Changes to This Policy

If SnipStash ever changes in a way that affects your privacy, this page will be updated and the "last updated" date at the top will change. Any change that would involve transmitting your data anywhere would be described here before it ships.

11. Contact

Questions about SnipStash or this policy? Email universalcalculators@gmail.com.

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