Privacy Policy for Easy Custom Autofill

Easy Custom Autofill is a simple browser extension for saving text you type often, then filling it into text fields from the right-click menu, a keyboard shortcut, or by typing a short name.

It is meant for public, low-risk text like links, usernames, short templates, notes, or other text snippets you already copy and paste.

It is not a password manager. Do not use it for passwords, payment information, recovery codes, bank details, medical information, private identifiers, or anything sensitive. If you highlight something that looks like a card number, Social Security number, or access key, the extension tries not to save it. That check is a safety net, not a guarantee, and it can miss things, so please don't rely on it.

Where your saved text is stored

Your saved entries, your settings, and simple counts like how often you used each entry are stored locally in your browser using chrome.storage.local.

I cannot see what you save in the extension. Easy Custom Autofill does not send your saved entries, your settings, or anything you type to me, to my own server, or to any tracking system. It has no server and no account system.

Your saved text is not encrypted by the extension. It is stored the same way your browser stores other extension data on your device.

No built-in tracking

Easy Custom Autofill does not include its own analytics, ads, tracking pixels, remote logging, or user behavior tracking.

I do not sell, rent, share, or transfer your data to anyone, and it is not used for advertising, credit decisions, or any purpose other than the features described here. Use counts and “time saved” are worked out on your device and stay there.

How the extension uses your saved text

The extension uses your saved text only to:

• show your saved entries in the popup
• create right-click menu options
• fill an entry into the field you are using when you choose it
• fill an entry when you type its short name (Type to fill, if you turn it on)
• copy an entry when the page can't be filled
• save text you highlight and choose to save from the right-click menu
• download or restore a backup when you choose those options

Type to fill

Type to fill is optional and off until you turn it on. When it is on, you can type ,, and an entry's short name in a text field, and the extension replaces it with your saved text.

To notice what you type, it runs on the pages you visit, so Chrome asks for your permission first. It only reacts to ,, and a short name. What you type is checked on your device and is never saved or sent anywhere.

You can turn it off anytime in the extension's Settings. Everything else in the extension works without it.

Important: websites can read what you put on them

Easy Custom Autofill does not send your saved text anywhere by itself. But once you fill or paste text into a website, that website may be able to read, save, process, submit, or share it just like anything you typed manually.

If a website uses third-party scripts, those scripts may also be able to interact with the page depending on how that website works.

Easy Custom Autofill cannot control what websites do with text after you place it on their page.

Other risks outside this extension

Local storage is useful, but it is not risk-free. Your saved text or backups could still be exposed by things outside this extension's control, such as:

• someone with access to your device
• malware
• malicious browser extensions
• browser or operating system vulnerabilities
• websites where you paste or autofill text
• unsafe backup storage
• accidentally sharing backup files
• other apps reading your clipboard after you copy an entry

Google, Chrome, and the Chrome Web Store

Easy Custom Autofill runs in Chrome and is distributed through the Chrome Web Store.

Google may collect Chrome or Chrome Web Store information such as installs, uninstalls, crash reports, diagnostics, usage statistics, or security-related information according to Google's own policies and your Chrome settings.

That is controlled by Google and Chrome, not by Easy Custom Autofill. This extension does not send your saved entries to Google, to me, or to my own server.

Permissions

Easy Custom Autofill does not run on the pages you visit ahead of time. It only works on a page at the moment you use it, unless you turn on Type to fill.

Storage

Used to save your entries and settings locally in your browser.

Context Menus

Used to add Easy Custom Autofill to the right-click menu.

Active Tab and Scripting

Used to fill your selected saved text into the field you are using, at the moment you choose it from the right-click menu, the popup, or the keyboard shortcut. Access ends when you leave or reload the page.

Optional site access

Chrome only asks for this if you want it, and you can say no:

• Every site, when you turn on Type to fill, so it can notice ,, and a short name as you type.
• One site, when you fill a form that a page loads from another site, so the extension can fill that form.

You can remove this access anytime by right-clicking the extension's icon and choosing "This can read and change site data", or by turning off Type to fill in Settings.

None of these permissions are used to collect browsing history, monitor your browsing, or send page content to me.

Backups

Download a backup

Download a backup creates a JSON file with your saved entries, their short names, how often you used them, and their order.

That file is plain text. Anyone with access to it may be able to read it, so keep it somewhere safe.

Restore from a file

Restore from a file reads the selected backup locally in your browser. You can add its entries to your list or replace your list. Backups from older versions of the extension still work.

Replacing your list removes your current entries. Download a backup of your current list before replacing it.

Data loss

Updating the extension keeps your saved entries. They may be lost if you uninstall the extension, clear browser or extension data, reset your browser profile, switch devices without a backup, or experience browser storage problems.

Download a backup regularly if your entries are important to you.

External links

This page and the FAQ may link to external websites, such as LinkedIn or online safety resources. If you click an external link, that website's own privacy practices apply.

Online safety

For general online safety guidance, you can review the FTC Identity Theft and Online Security resources:

FTC Identity Theft and Online Security

Liability

Easy Custom Autofill is free and provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including fitness for a particular purpose. I do my best to make it reliable, but I can't promise it will always work, work on every website, or be free of bugs.

I am not responsible for data loss, data exposure, misuse of the extension, user mistakes, browser issues, device compromise, malicious software, third-party websites, vulnerabilities, software bugs, exported backup files, or damages resulting from use of the extension, to the fullest extent allowed by law.

You are responsible for deciding what you save, where you paste it, how you store backups, and how you protect your device and browser.

Changes

I may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Updates may be posted on this page, included in extension update notes, or shown inside the extension. If you keep using the extension after an update, the updated policy applies. If an update ever changes how your data is handled, it will be explained here first.

Contact

For questions, concerns, or bug reports, please contact me through LinkedIn.

Consent

By using Easy Custom Autofill, you agree to this Privacy Policy.