# Privacy Policy: QR Reader Generator
date : 05/29/2026

### 1. Overview

This extension is designed to provide a dedicated tool for scanning and generating QR codes. We are committed to user privacy and operate under a "local-first" principle, meaning your data remains within your browser environment.

### 2. Data Collection and Usage

* **No Data Transmission:** This extension does not collect, track, store, or transmit any user data, browsing history, or personal information to external servers.

* **Temporary Session Handling:** We utilize `chrome.storage.session` solely to facilitate communication between the context menu and the popup interface. This data is strictly transient, held in-memory, and automatically cleared when the browser session ends.

* **Purpose Limitation:** Information processed by the extension—such as URLs or QR image data—is used only to fulfill the user's explicit request to scan or generate a code.

### 3. Permissions Justification

* **activeTab:** Required to perform QR scanning on the specific page the user is currently viewing and to retrieve the page URL for QR generation.

* **contextMenus:** Enables users to trigger scanning or generation functions via right-click shortcuts for improved workflow efficiency.

* **storage:** Used exclusively for temporary, in-memory session data transfer to bridge context menu actions with the extension's popup window.

### 4. User Control

As the extension does not persist data to disk, users maintain full control over their information. Upon removing the extension, no associated data or traces remain on the user's device.

### 5. Updates

We reserve the right to update this policy if technical implementations change. Continued use of the extension constitutes acceptance of these terms.