Privacy Policy — AutoStore in Chrome
Effective date: 2026-04-20 · Last updated: 2026-04-20
This privacy policy describes how the Chrome extension "AutoStore in Chrome" (the "Extension") handles information when used together with the AutoStore macOS desktop application (the "Mac App").
1. What the Extension does
The Extension is a local bridge between the Mac App and your existing Google Chrome browser. It lets the Mac App’s on-device AI assistant operate ecommerce seller dashboards (eBay Seller Hub, Amazon Seller Central, Etsy Shop Manager, 1688) that you are already logged into.
The Extension communicates only with a companion daemon process running on the same computer, bound to the loopback address 127.0.0.1:43117. It does not communicate with any remote server operated by us or any third party.
2. What data the Extension accesses
When — and only when — the Mac App issues a command, the Extension may:
- Read the visible text and DOM structure of the currently-open tab you have referenced (for example, the current eBay listing page you are editing)
- Send synthetic keyboard and mouse input events to that tab, via the Chrome DevTools Protocol, to perform the automation requested by the Mac App
- Create or navigate a tab to a URL you have provided
The Extension does NOT:
- Read your browsing history
- Read tabs you did not reference
- Read, store, or transmit cookies, passwords, or authentication tokens
- Read payment information or bank/credit-card pages
- Access your email, messages, or files outside the browser
3. Where your data goes
All information the Extension reads from a page is sent only to the AutoStore daemon running on your own computer, over a localhost connection authenticated with a bearer token that is generated on your machine and never leaves it.
We do not collect, store, or transmit any user data on any remote server.
The Mac App may, depending on your settings, send text to AI model providers (DeepSeek, Qwen, Kimi, Zhipu, OpenAI, Anthropic) that you configure in the Mac App’s settings. That transmission is performed by the Mac App, not by this Extension, and is governed by the Mac App’s own settings and the respective AI provider’s privacy policy.
4. Data storage
The Extension stores the following in Chrome’s local chrome.storage:
- The bearer token used to authenticate with the local AutoStore daemon
- The WebSocket URL of the daemon (always a 127.0.0.1 loopback address)
No browsing data, page content, form data, or user information is persisted by the Extension.
5. Permissions used
| Permission | Why |
|---|---|
debugger | Dispatches real keyboard / mouse events on React-rendered seller dashboards where plain DOM events don’t trigger the site’s handlers. |
scripting | Injects short one-shot helpers that read visible text, fill inputs React-safely, and click buttons by visible label. |
tabs | Opens and navigates the tab the user has asked AutoStore to act on. |
activeTab | Acts on the tab the user focuses when invoking AutoStore. |
storage | Remembers the local daemon’s bearer token between service-worker restarts. |
alarms | Keeps the MV3 service worker alive during long-running automation tasks. |
<all_urls> | Needed because AutoStore users operate across multiple seller-dashboard domains (ebay.com, sellercentral.amazon.com, etsy.com, 1688.com, aliexpress.com) and their regional CDN subdomains. The Extension only acts on the tab the user explicitly references. |
6. Children
The Extension is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect information from children.
7. Changes
If we change this policy we’ll update the “Last updated” date above. Material changes will be announced in the Mac App release notes.
8. Contact
Questions: james.walstonn@gmail.com