Snipwell is a local-only text expander for Chrome.
No data collection
Snipwell does not collect, transmit, sell, or share any personal information, browsing activity, or usage data. There are no analytics, no telemetry, and no remote servers. Apart from the one-time license activation described below, Snipwell never contacts a server of its own. The other exception to "nothing loads from the network" is images: if you paste an image into a rich snippet, it loads from its original host when the snippet is previewed or expanded.
Local storage only
Your snippets and settings are stored only in your browser, using Chrome's extension storage. They never leave your device unless you export them to a file yourself.
Page access
Snipwell's content script runs on pages you visit solely to detect when you type one of your shortcuts and replace it with your snippet text. It does not read, record, or transmit anything you type. Expansion is disabled in password fields.
Activation
Snipwell is free for 14 days, then needs a one-time license. When you paste a license key into Snipwell's Settings page, the key is sent once to Snipwell's activation server (a small Cloudflare Worker at license.snipwell.fyi), which checks it with the payment processor and returns a signed license that is stored on your device. The trial start date and the license are also written to Chrome's extension sync storage, which Chrome uploads to your Google account only if you have Chrome sync turned on, so a reinstall or another profile continues the same trial. Snippets are never written there. That is the only request Snipwell ever makes to a server of its own. Nothing else is sent, no identifier for you is stored on the server, and the license is verified locally from then on. Payments are handled by Lemon Squeezy under its own privacy policy; Snipwell never sees your card details.
Permissions
The extension requires the storage permission, which it uses to save your snippets and settings on your device, and activeTab, which is used for one thing: when you open the popup, it lets Snipwell read the current tab's address so the "Off on this site" toggle can name the site. Nothing about the page is stored or sent. If you save a snippet containing the {clipboard} placeholder, Chrome asks for the optional clipboardRead permission. With it granted, Snipwell reads the clipboard only at the moment such a snippet expands, inserts the text into the field you are typing in, and stores nothing.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will be published at this address with an updated date.
Contact
Questions about this policy: info@snipwell.fyi