Privacy Policy for Clutch Link Collector Free

Last Updated: April 5, 2025

Summary: Clutch Link Collector Free operates locally in your browser, collecting links from Clutch.co for your convenience. We do not collect any personal data, and all information is stored locally on your device. No data is ever sent to external servers.

1. Introduction

This Privacy Policy explains how the "Clutch Link Collector Free" Chrome extension ("Extension", "we", "our", or "us") handles data. Our Extension is designed for professionals who need to collect and organize company profile links from Clutch.co.

2. What Information We Collect

Our Extension only collects the following data:

Clutch.co Profile Links: URLs of company profiles from the Clutch.co website that you choose to collect
Extension Settings: Your preferences for how the Extension functions

We do not collect:

Personal information about you
Your browsing history
Information from websites other than Clutch.co
Cookies or tracking information

3. How We Store Your Information

All data collected by the Extension is stored exclusively in your browser's local storage using Chrome's storage API (chrome.storage.local). This means:

Data remains on your device only
Data is not synchronized across your devices
Data is not accessible to us or any third parties
Data is automatically removed if you uninstall the Extension

4. How We Use Your Information

The collected links are used solely for the functionality of the Extension:

To display the collected links within the Extension's interface
To allow you to export the links as a text file
To organize and manage the links according to your preferences

We do not analyze, process, or use this data for any other purposes.

5. Data Sharing and External Servers

Our Extension:

Does not send any collected data to external servers
Does not share data with third parties
Does not use analytics services
Does not contain any telemetry or reporting mechanisms

The only network connections made by the Extension are to load content from Clutch.co when you are browsing that website.

6. Browser Permissions

Our Extension requires the following Chrome permissions, which are used exclusively for its core functionality:

storage: To store collected links and preferences locally in your browser
tabs: To access the current tab's URL to determine if you're on Clutch.co
activeTab: To interact with the current tab when collecting links
scripting: To extract links from the Clutch.co website
notifications: To notify you when links are collected
Access to clutch.co: To collect links from this specific domain

7. Data Export

The Extension allows you to export collected links as a text file. This operation:

Is initiated only by your explicit action
Saves the file directly to your local device
Does not send the data to any server during export

8. Children's Privacy

Our Extension is designed for professional use and is not intended for children under 16 years of age. We do not knowingly collect or store information from anyone under 16 years old.

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on the Chrome Web Store and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the Clutch Link Collector Free Extension, please contact us:

Telegram: @opensourse_dev