Privacy policy

Last updated: 20 October 2026

The short version

The extension runs inside your browser. It has no advertising and no third-party code, and out of the box it makes no network requests of its own — nothing you do with it leaves your computer.

Two switches in Settings, both off until you turn them on, change that. One sends anonymous counts of which features get used; the other sends a report when the extension’s own code breaks. What each one sends is listed below, down to the field.

What is stored, and where

These are kept in your browser's own extension storage:

• your settings, such as the pop-up type, the skip distance and the list of sites to leave alone
• the playback speed you chose, per website
• where you stopped in videos longer than three minutes, so they can resume
• the size you last gave the pop-up window
• the notes you write, with their timestamps

If you use Chrome Sync, your settings may sync across your own signed-in Chrome profile, the same way your bookmarks do. That is between you and Google; it does not pass through us. Notes, saved speeds and resume positions are never synced and stay on the computer where you made them.

You can delete all of it at any time from the extension's settings page, under Data and Notes, or by removing the extension.

What is never collected

These never leave your computer, whether the two switches are on or off:

• your browsing history or the addresses of pages you visit
• the contents of any page, form or video
• video or page titles, subtitle text, your notes and your screenshots
• your name, email address, location or any account identifier

The two switches, and exactly what they send

Both are in Settings under Your usage. Both start off. Turning both off again throws away anything that was waiting to be sent.

Send these counts anonymously

Once a day at most, this sends: a random number the extension generated on your computer when it was installed, the extension version, your browser’s major version number, the language the interface is in, how many separate days the extension has been used, and the counts shown on that same settings page — how many times the pop-up was opened, the transcript used, a screenshot taken, and so on. The random number exists only so two days of counts from one installation are not added up twice. It is not derived from anything about you or your machine, and it is not linked to anything else.

Send a report when something breaks

When the extension’s own code fails, this sends the error message, the lines of the stack that are inside the extension, the hostname of the site it happened on (example.com, never the full address), and the two version numbers. Errors belonging to the website itself are not collected.

Where it goes

To a small database on this site, run by the same person who writes the extension. It is not shared with anyone, not sold, and no analytics company is involved. The address your request comes from is not stored; if the host supplies a two-letter country code it is kept, and nothing finer than that.

Permissions, and why each one is needed

Access to websites

A video can be on any site, so the extension has to run on the page you are watching to find the video element and show the control bar. It reads the page only for that, and sends nothing anywhere.

activeTab and scripting

These let the extension act on the tab you are on when you click the toolbar icon or press Alt+P.

storage

Saves the settings and notes described above, locally.

downloads

Saves a screenshot to your Downloads folder when you ask for one.

contextMenus

Adds the right-click menu on the toolbar icon.

Screen, window and camera capture

Apne Player can show a window, a screen or your webcam in the pop-up. Capture starts only when you press the button and then approve Chrome's own permission prompt, which names exactly what you are sharing. The picture is displayed and nothing else: it is never recorded, saved or uploaded, and it stops the moment you close the pop-up or press Stop.

Children

The extension is a general-purpose video tool and is not directed at children. Nothing is collected from anyone unless they switch it on, and what can be switched on is a count of button presses with no name, address or content attached — so there is nothing personal to collect from a child either.

Third parties

There are none. The extension bundles no third-party analytics, no advertising network, no font or script loaded from someone else’s server, and no payment processor. The only request it ever makes is the once-a-day one described above, to this site, and only if you switched it on.

Changes to this policy

If a future version changes what is stored or sent, this page is updated before that version ships, and the date at the top changes with it. Anything that left your computer would stay behind a switch that starts off, as the two above do. Personal data — your name, your addresses, the content of what you watch — is not collected now and there are no plans to start.

Contact

Questions about privacy, or a request to delete something: skaler2015@gmail.com.