Shop Analyzer — Privacy Policy

Last updated: September 15, 2026

Shop Analyzer (“the Extension”) is a Chrome extension that helps online store owners analyze product prices and compare them with competitor storefronts. This policy explains what data is processed, why, and who is involved.

1. Data processed on your device

Core features run locally in your browser. The Extension may process:

• Storefront data you choose — product titles, prices, categories, and related catalog fields from your shop and from competitor URLs you enter or open. Data is fetched from public pages or public store APIs (for example Shopify product JSON or WooCommerce Store API) and from the active tab when you click Analyze.
• Settings and results — saved analyses, product matches, watchlists, pricing strategy preferences, optional cost/margin settings, and plan status, stored with Chrome’s extension storage (chrome.storage) on your computer.
• Optional AI API keys — if you use AI recommendations, you may save your own third-party API keys (for example Anthropic, xAI, OpenAI, Google Gemini, or DeepSeek). Keys stay in local extension storage and are sent only to the provider you select when you request recommendations.

2. Payments (ExtensionPay and Stripe)

If you purchase Pro, payment is handled by ExtensionPay and Stripe:

• We do not collect or store your card number in the Extension.
• ExtensionPay manages paid status for the Extension and may process your email address so you can pay, log in on another browser, or manage a subscription.
• Stripe processes payment details under Stripe’s privacy policy.
• The Extension may contact ExtensionPay’s servers only to check or update whether your install is paid, and to open checkout, login, or subscription-management pages.

See also: ExtensionPay and Stripe Privacy Policy.

3. What we do not do

• No account is required for the Free tier.
• We do not sell your personal data.
• We do not run a mandatory backend that receives your full product catalogs for core analyze/match/watch features.
• We do not inject advertising trackers into websites you visit.

4. Permissions

• activeTab, scripting, tabs — read product information from shop pages you analyze and open competitor pages briefly when you add a competitor or run a watch check.
• storage — save analysis results, settings, watchlist, optional API keys, and plan-related flags on your device.
• alarms — schedule optional competitor price checks (Pro).
• notifications — notify you when a watched competitor price changes.
• sidePanel — show the analyzer UI in Chrome’s side panel.
• Host access — fetch catalog data from storefronts you choose; call optional AI APIs you select; communicate with ExtensionPay for payments and paid status.

5. Third-party services

• Optional AI providers — if you generate recommendations, a summary of catalog/match data is sent only to the provider and model you choose, under that provider’s terms and privacy policy.
• ExtensionPay / Stripe — payment and paid-status as described above.

6. Data retention

Data in chrome.storage remains until you clear it in the Extension, remove the Extension, or clear extension data in Chrome. Payment records retained by ExtensionPay or Stripe follow their own retention policies.

7. Children

The Extension is intended for business and store operators, not for children under 13.

8. Changes

We may update this policy when features change. The “Last updated” date at the top will be revised accordingly.

9. Contact

For privacy questions, use the support email listed on the Chrome Web Store listing for Shop Analyzer, or open an issue on the project’s GitHub repository.