Wallpaperify
Privacy policy
Wallpaperify has no accounts and no ads, and it does not follow you around
the web. Everything the extension needs — your settings, your uploaded wallpaper
pictures, and your per-site preferences — is stored locally in your
browser (chrome.storage.local and IndexedDB), and your wallpapers
never leave your device.
Three things can reach the developer. When you switch Wallpaperify off, it sends a short diagnostic: that site's name and the settings you were using, so the next update can fix what went wrong there. This is on unless you turn it off in the extension's settings page, under Privacy. The other two happen only if you choose them: a problem report you send from inside the extension, and the answers to a short survey that opens if you remove the extension and decide to fill it in. All three are described in full below.
What the extension does with page content
To decide whether to show your wallpaper and how to restyle a page, the content script reads the page's own colours and styles — its background, the colours of its panels, text and icons, and, when the frosted-glass effect is on, its CSS rules. This happens entirely on your device. None of the page's content is recorded or sent anywhere; a switch-off diagnostic (below) carries only the site's name and a summary of what the extension did there, such as how many panels it restyled.
Local caching
A small local cache remembers which sites were detected as having a plain background (plus a simple visit counter) so the wallpaper can apply before the page first paints. This cache stays on-device, can be turned off entirely, and is viewable and clearable per site from the extension's settings page.
Network requests this extension makes
| When | What's sent | Where |
|---|---|---|
| The frosted-glass effect reads a stylesheet the current page links to from another site | A normal request for that CSS file — the same file your browser loads for the page anyway. No cookies, no user data. | The site the stylesheet belongs to |
| A page draws its icons as small pictures, and the extension recolours them to match your theme | A normal request for that icon image — the same file the page already shows. No cookies, no user data. The image is read on your device only. | The site the icon belongs to |
| You switch Wallpaperify off, on one site or on all sites — unless you have turned diagnostics off | The name of the site you were on (for example example.com — never the page's address), the settings you were using there, which built-in wallpaper or theme was on (for your own wallpapers, only that it is your own picture — never the file or its name), how long you switched it off for, what the extension had managed to do on that page, the extension and Chrome versions, and your country as reported by Cloudflare. No IP address, no identifier: reports cannot be tied to each other or to you. |
A private database on igtx.pages.dev (Cloudflare D1) that only the developer can read |
| You turn diagnostics off (or back on) in the settings page | One note saying only that, with the extension and Chrome versions — so the developer can count how many people turned it off. After turning it off, nothing more is sent on switch-off. | The same private database |
| You open "Report a problem or suggestion" and press Submit | The description you typed, the page address you chose to include, the extension version, and a screenshot if you attached one | A Google Apps Script the developer runs, which emails the report to the developer's inbox |
| You remove the extension | Chrome opens a goodbye page in a new tab. Its address carries two things: the version you had and how many days it was installed. Nothing else. | igtx.pages.dev, the developer's own site (hosted on Cloudflare Pages) |
| On that goodbye page, you answer the survey and press Send | Your answers (every question can be skipped), an email address only if you type one, the version and day count above, and your country as reported by Cloudflare. Your IP address is not stored. | A private database on the same site (Cloudflare D1) that only the developer can read |
Outside of these cases Wallpaperify makes no network requests and sends nothing anywhere. Closing the goodbye page without pressing Send sends nothing.
How this information is used
Switch-off diagnostics, survey answers and problem reports are read by the developer for one purpose: finding out where Wallpaperify goes wrong and fixing it. An email address, if you leave one in the survey, is used only to write back to you. None of it is sold, shared with anyone, or used for advertising or anything unrelated to improving Wallpaperify.
Turning diagnostics off
Open the extension's settings page (right-click the Wallpaperify icon and choose Options) and switch off Send diagnostics when I switch Wallpaperify off under Privacy. It takes effect at once.
Because diagnostics carry no identifier, the developer cannot tell which reports came from you. To have survey answers or a report deleted, send a problem report from inside the extension (or reply to any email you received from the developer) saying which one, and it will be removed.
Permissions
| Permission | Why it's needed |
|---|---|
storage | Save your settings, wallpaper list, and per-site preferences locally. |
unlimitedStorage | Your wallpaper pictures are kept on your device at full size, and a few large ones can exceed the browser's default storage quota. |
clipboardWrite | Lets the "Copy report text" button on the report page copy text to your clipboard. |
alarms | When you switch Wallpaperify off for a while, it switches itself back on at the time you picked, even after you have closed the popup. |
| Host access to all sites | The extension's single purpose is restyling the pages you visit, so its content script needs to run on every site to detect plain backgrounds and apply your wallpaper. The same access lets it load a page's own stylesheets and icon images, as described above. Page content is only read on your device and never transmitted; the only thing about a site that is ever sent is its name, in a switch-off diagnostic. |
Chrome Web Store User Data Policy
Wallpaperify's use of information complies with the Chrome Web Store User Data Policy, including its Limited Use requirements.
Changes
If this policy changes, this page is updated and the date at the top changes with it.
Contact
Questions about this policy or the extension's data practices can be sent through the "Report a problem or suggestion" page inside the extension, or to Anuj Sharma directly on LinkedIn.