Make Chrome Text Black is run by me, Jarrad O'Brien, in Australia. This page says what information the website and the extension collect, what I do with it, and who else receives it.
Questions go to [email protected].
1. The free trial form
When you start a free trial, I record your email address, the date and time, your IP address, and your browser's name and version. I use these to send your license key, to send you a few emails during and just after the trial, and to stop automated abuse of the form. One email address gets one trial. The trial form needs your email address so I can send the license key. The contact form needs an email address so I can answer.
The form also asks Cloudflare to check that you are a person and not a program. Cloudflare reads signals from your browser to decide. I do not send your email address to the bot check.
If you arrived from an advertisement or from a link in one of my emails, I also record which one brought you. I use this to see whether the advertising works.
2. The contact form
The contact form asks for your name, email address, and message. Netlify, which hosts the website, passes the message to me by email. I keep it so I can answer you.
3. The extension
The extension changes how text looks on the websites you visit. It runs on your computer.
- It stores your settings for each website on your computer, using Chrome's storage.
- It stores your license key and its status in your Chrome account, so they follow you between your own computers.
- It sends your license key and a random ID to my server to check that your license key is valid. The random ID is created on your computer the first time you activate. I store it against your license key to count how many computers use the license key. The ID says nothing about you or your computer.
- It downloads a small list of fixes for particular websites. I attach nothing about you to that request.
- It loads its typefaces from Google Fonts on each page it styles. That request shows Google your IP address. It sets no cookie.
- It does not read, store, or send the content of the pages you visit, your browsing history, or anything you type.
The extension's "Page Request" form sends what you type to Formspree, a form service, which emails it to me.
The extension's use of your information follows the Chrome Web Store User Data Policy, including its Limited Use requirements.
4. Payments
Paddle handles payments and is the seller of record. Paddle collects your name, email address, country, and payment details, and sends you the receipt. I do not see your card number. Paddle's privacy policy is at paddle.com/legal/privacy.
Paddle tells my server about your subscription, including your name, email address, country, subscription ID, plan, payment method type (card or PayPal), and each payment, renewal, cancellation, or refund. I store these with your license key so the extension can check that your subscription is active.
5. Measuring visits and advertising
This section is about the website only. The extension does none of the measuring or advertising below.
The website loads these tools through Google Tag Manager:
- Google Analytics counts visits and pages viewed. It sets cookies. Google explains what it does with this data at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
- Google Ads conversion tracking tells Google when a visit from one of my advertisements leads to a trial or a purchase. Google sets a cookie that holds the click ID. At the moment you start a trial or buy, the website also sends Google a scrambled (hashed) copy of your email address, so Google can match the purchase to the advertisement. Google cannot read the address back from the scrambled copy.
- My own source cookie keeps the tag that says which advertisement or email brought you. My website sets it, not Google. It is saved with your trial record if you start a trial.
- Microsoft Clarity records how visitors use the page: mouse movement, clicks, and scrolling. I use the recordings to find parts of the page that confuse people. Clarity sets cookies. Microsoft explains what it does with this data at microsoft.com/privacy/privacystatement.
- CookieHub shows the cookie banner where the law asks for one, shows the cookie icon, and remembers your choice in a cookie.
The website also loads its typeface from Google Fonts on every page. That request shows Google your IP address. It sets no cookie, so the cookie banner does not control it.
Your choices:
- Click the cookie icon to turn "Analytics" or "Marketing" off or on. "Marketing" covers the advertising tools and my source cookie. The cookie icon lists each cookie and how long it lasts. You can change your choice at any time with the same icon.
- In the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, and other countries with similar privacy laws, the website asks before it sets any of these cookies.
- Everywhere else, including the United States and Australia, the cookies are set when the page loads. Use the cookie icon to turn them off.
6. Who else receives your information
| Company | What it does | What it receives |
|---|---|---|
| Netlify | Hosts the website and runs the trial form | Every request, including your IP address; what you type into the trial and contact forms |
| Cloudflare | Passes every request to Netlify and checks the trial form for bots | Every request on its way to Netlify, including your IP address |
| MongoDB Atlas | Stores my database | Trial and subscription records |
| Paddle | Takes payments | Name, email, country, payment details |
| Microsoft 365 | Sends my email | Your email address and our emails |
| Analytics, advertising measurement, and the typeface | Cookies, page views, scrambled email at trial signup or purchase; your IP address when the page loads the typeface | |
| Microsoft Clarity | Session recordings | How you move and click on the page |
| CookieHub | Cookie banner | Your cookie choice |
| Formspree | The extension's Page Request form | What you type in that form |
Some of these companies keep data in the United States or Europe. I do not sell your information. I may also share it with my accountant or lawyer when I need advice, with a buyer if I sell the business, with your agreement, with a new service if I change providers, or when the law requires it.
7. Your information and your choices
Email [email protected] to see, correct, or delete the information I hold about you, or to stop the trial emails. You can also ask me for a copy of your records, or ask me to stop a particular use of them. Deleting your records stops your license key. You do not need to give a reason. I may ask you to confirm you own the email address before I send, change, or delete records.
I keep trial, contact, and subscription records until you ask me to delete them, or until I no longer need them.
I hold this information to run the trial, record your subscription, and check your license key. I also hold it to stop abuse of the form and to answer your messages. I set the measuring and advertising cookies only after you agree, where the law asks me to ask first. European law calls these reasons contract, legitimate interest, and consent.
8. Contact
Jarrad O'Brien
Make Chrome Text Black
[email protected]
Australia