Privacy Policy

Single purpose

Easy Reader's single purpose is to read, manage, and annotate PDFs explicitly selected by the user in Chrome. The extension does not send PDFs, annotations, bookmarks, reading progress, or analytics data to the Easy Reader developer or third-party servers.

Data handled

Local PDF files explicitly added by the user, including filename, size, and modification time.
Online PDF URLs explicitly opened by the user. Access to the relevant HTTPS site is requested only after the user clicks the toolbar button or context menu.
PDF title, page count, and outline, plus highlights, pen strokes, bookmarks, page number, in-page position, and zoom level created by the user.
Highlight quote images explicitly generated by the user. Images are created on the device and written to the clipboard or download folder only after the user selects the corresponding action.

Use, storage, and retention

This data is used only to provide PDF reading, the offline library, annotations, bookmarks, reading-position restoration, and quote-image features. Local PDFs are stored in the extension's IndexedDB. The document index, preferences, and reading records are stored in chrome.storage.local. Data remains until the user removes a document, clears extension data, uninstalls the extension, or the browser clears storage.

When an online PDF is opened, the request is sent directly from the user's browser to the selected site. Easy Reader does not use a developer-operated proxy, does not include the site's login cookies, and does not support insecure HTTP URLs.

Data sharing

Easy Reader does not sell, share, or transfer user data. It does not use data for advertising, credit evaluation, or purposes unrelated to the extension's single purpose, and the developer cannot read user documents. If the user pastes or sends a generated image to another application, that application's privacy terms apply.

Permission use

storage: saves the document index, annotations, bookmarks, preferences, and reading progress.
unlimitedStorage: keeps PDFs explicitly added by the user in the offline library without silent loss caused by a small default quota.
activeTab: identifies the current PDF tab only when the user clicks the extension or runs its shortcut.
contextMenus: provides the “Open PDF with Easy Reader” link context menu.
Optional site access is requested for the relevant HTTPS site only when the user explicitly opens an online PDF. Local file URL access must be enabled separately by the user in Chrome's extension details.

Easy Reader's use of information received from Chrome APIs adheres to the Chrome Web Store User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

Security

The extension uses Manifest V3, a restrictive content security policy, locally packaged PDF.js code, credential-free HTTPS requests, PDF file and resource bounds, and viewport-limited rendering. The release package does not load or execute remote code.

User controls and contact

Users can remove an individual document and its reading records from the library. They can also clear all data or uninstall the extension from Chrome's extension management page. For privacy or deletion questions, use the developer support email shown on the Easy Reader Chrome Web Store listing.