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Privacy Policy: GoFullScreen

Last updated: 2026-08-19

GoFullScreen is a Google Chrome extension that captures a complete, full-page screenshot of the webpage you are currently viewing, with a single click. This policy explains what data the extension processes, where it is processed, and why.

Summary

• All processing happens locally inside your browser on your device.
• No screenshot, webpage content, URL, or setting is uploaded or sent to the developer or any third party.
• The extension has no backend and makes no remote data requests.
• The developer does not receive, store, or have access to screenshots, webpage content, browsing history, or URLs.
• There are no accounts, analytics, advertisements, tracking, or data sales.

Data GoFullScreen processes

When you click the GoFullScreen toolbar button, the extension:

1. Reads the layout and visible pixels of the active tab only.
2. Temporarily scrolls that tab to capture each section of the page.
3. Combines the captured sections into a single image inside your browser.
4. Stores that image temporarily in local IndexedDB storage so it can be displayed in the bundled viewer.
5. Lets you copy, annotate, blur, pixelate, redact, crop, download, split, or export the image as a PDF.

Blur and pixelation are visual-obscuring tools. Solid redaction covers the selected area with opaque pixels; after the user saves the edit, the covered underlying pixels are not present in the resulting image.

The extension also reads temporary page-layout information such as element dimensions, scroll positions, visibility, and fixed or sticky positioning. This information is used only to select and scroll the capture area. It is not transmitted or stored after capture.

The captured pixels can contain any information visibly shown on the page the user chooses to capture. Depending on the page, this may include website content, personal communications, form content, names, account information, or other sensitive information. GoFullScreen does not separately extract, classify, or inspect that information. It handles it only as part of the user-requested screenshot.

GoFullScreen stores preferences with chrome.storage.local, including capture mode, capture feedback, scroll animation, image format and quality, filename prefix, download behavior, image-part settings, clipboard resizing, and local counters used to limit the frequency of the optional rating prompt. These settings stay on the device and are never transmitted.

Recent capture history is disabled by default. When the user explicitly enables it, GoFullScreen stores up to five completed screenshots in local IndexedDB, subject to an additional total limit of approximately 250 MB. The oldest records are deleted automatically when either limit would be exceeded. History records contain the image Blob, local creation time, pixel dimensions, and device-pixel-ratio metadata. They do not contain the page URL or title. The user can delete individual captures in the viewer, clear all captures from Settings or the viewer, or disable history to remove older captures immediately.

The Settings page can generate a support diagnostics text after the user clicks “Copy diagnostic info”. It contains the extension version, browser version, capture mode, output format, and selected download options. It is copied to the local clipboard only. It never includes a page URL, screenshot, or captured page content, and it is shared only if the user chooses to paste it into a support request.

Under the Chrome Web Store User Data Policy, website content and screen captures can be considered user data even when processed only locally. This policy applies to that local processing even though nothing is transmitted.

What GoFullScreen does not do

GoFullScreen does not:

• Upload screenshots, webpage content, HTML, settings, or URLs.
• Store screenshots outside the user’s device.
• Give the developer or anyone else access to screenshots or visited pages.
• Collect or transmit browsing history.
• Run analytics about websites the user visits.
• Track users across websites or sessions.
• Show advertisements.
• Sell, rent, or share data with third parties.
• Use an external API or remote server for capture, editing, or export.
• Require an account or sign-in.

Where processing happens

All processing happens on the user’s device inside the Chrome extension sandbox:

• Screenshot capture: Chrome’s built-in tabs.captureVisibleTab API.
• Scrolling and measurement: a script injected only into the tab selected by the user and only for the duration of the capture.
• Image stitching: an in-memory canvas in the extension service worker.
• Temporary image storage and optional bounded history: local IndexedDB. With history off, only the current capture is retained. With history on, automatic count and storage limits apply as described above.
• Preferences and local counters: chrome.storage.local on the device.
• Display, editing, copying, and downloading: pages bundled with the extension.

No part of this pipeline sends data to a server operated by the developer or any third party.

Data retention

With history disabled, the most recent screenshot is kept in local IndexedDB only so the viewer can display it, and older records are removed. With history enabled, at most five recent captures and approximately 250 MB are retained locally, with oldest-first automatic deletion. Preferences and local counters remain in chrome.storage.local until the user resets them, clears the extension data, or uninstalls GoFullScreen. Saved captures can be cleared inside GoFullScreen at any time. Nothing is retained by the developer because the developer never receives it.

Permissions

GoFullScreen requests the minimum permissions required for its features:

• activeTab: temporarily grants access to the tab on which the user invokes GoFullScreen. It does not provide standing access to browsing.
• scripting: runs the scrolling and measurement logic on that same tab after the user starts a capture.
• storage: stores extension settings locally on the device.
• downloads (optional): requested only if the user enables “Ask where to save each screenshot” so Chrome can display its native Save As dialog. The permission is removed again when that setting is disabled.

GoFullScreen does not request host permissions, <all_urls>, browsing history, cookies, or access to clipboard contents.

Limited Use disclosure

GoFullScreen’s use of information follows the Chrome Web Store User Data Policy and Limited Use requirements:

• Captured pixels are used only to provide the disclosed screenshot feature.
• No data is transferred to a third party.
• No data is used for advertising.
• No human reads or reviews screenshots or browsing content because the data never leaves the device.

External navigation

External links open only after the user clicks them. They can open the GoFullScreen rating page in the Chrome Web Store or GoFullScreen’s support and capture-test pages. These links do not attach screenshot, webpage, URL, or settings data.

Changes to this policy

If GoFullScreen changes how it handles data, this policy, the Chrome Web Store listing, and any required in-product disclosures will be updated before the change takes effect.

Contact and support

For privacy questions, bug reports, or support, open a request in the GoFullScreen support repository.