Privacy Policy

• ClearRec records your screen, window, tab, or webcam entirely on your own computer.
• Recordings are saved to your local Downloads folder via Chrome's built-in download manager. They are never uploaded anywhere.
• ClearRec has no servers, no analytics, no telemetry, no accounts. Local editing uses bundled FFmpeg libraries.
• Capture starts when you click Start Recording. Camera previews run when you choose a webcam mode. Microphone access also occurs when you explicitly run the five-second local test. Capture and previews stop when their corresponding operation ends.

The extension processes the following data to record, edit and save your clips.

• ✕No recordings or audio are sent to ClearRec's developer or a processing service. Chrome may sync preferences through Google's sync service.
• ✕No analytics, crash reporting, or usage tracking.
• ✕No remote code execution — every script that runs is bundled into the extension at build time and shipped through the Chrome Web Store.
• ✕No independent scraping of webpage content, cookies, browsing history or bookmarks. Your selected capture can include visible website content and audio.
• ✕No background recording. Capture only starts when you click Start Recording and stops as soon as you click Stop & Save (or Discard).
• ✕No user accounts, logins, or identifiers of any kind.

• offscreenA background document where MediaRecorder writes the file without needing a visible window.
• downloadsTo save the finished recording to your Downloads folder.
• storageTo remember your settings and recent-recordings list.
• tabsTo open the trimmer tab and find an existing one when re-opening a recording.
• system.displayTo centre the launcher popup on your primary monitor.
• notificationsTo surface an error toast if a save fails while you're focused elsewhere.
• host_permissions: file:///*The trimmer reads the saved recording from disk via a file:// URL so it doesn't have to buffer the entire file in memory. Only effective if you enable “Allow access to file URLs” in chrome://extensions; the trimmer falls back to a manual file-picker otherwise.

Files are written to the Downloads folder Chrome is configured to use, optionally inside a subfolder (default: ClearRec). While recording, ClearRec writes recovery chunks to local IndexedDB. Ordinary recovery remains until a disk save is confirmed or you explicitly discard it. Recovery is best effort; interrupted recordings can be partial.

Editable screen-and-camera projects retain both clips locally after saving or exporting. Use Local recordings & projects to delete those sources. Deleting a downloaded file or a library entry does not remove retained project sources. Use Save both originals to back up a project before uninstalling the extension or clearing browser data, which removes local projects.

A temporary editor handoff copy is removed when consumed; orphaned copies become eligible for cleanup after 24 hours when the extension starts or the editor opens. Cut lists and masks live in the editor session. Camera layout, trim and playback preferences are stored locally. The microphone test is held in memory until the launcher closes. Browser storage quotas and eviction still apply.

ClearRec does not knowingly collect any data about anyone — including children. The extension processes whatever you point it at, locally, and never transmits it.

If this policy ever changes, the new version will be published at this same URL with an updated “Last updated” date. Continued use of ClearRec after a change means you accept the revised policy.

Questions, concerns, or data requests? Email [email protected] or visit the contact page. ClearRec is built and maintained by Soft Web Grove in Kushtia, Bangladesh.