Charset Switcher Privacy Policy

Last Updated: 2026-04-26

Overview

Charset Switcher (hereinafter "this extension") is a Chrome browser extension for switching web page character encoding. This privacy policy explains how this extension handles user data.

Data Collection

This extension does not collect any user data.

• No personal identification information collected
• No browsing history collected
• No web page content collected
• No cookies or other tracking information collected
• No data shared with any third parties

Local Data Storage

This extension uses Chrome Storage API (chrome.storage) to save the following settings locally in the user's browser:

• Language preference - User's selected interface language
• Encoding list configuration - User's custom encoding options to display
• Site encoding preferences - User's encoding preferences for specific sites (optional feature)
• Recently used encodings - Quick access to recently used encodings

All the above data is stored locally in the user's browser and is not uploaded or transmitted to any server.

Data Sharing

This extension does not share any data with any third parties. All data is stored only in the user's local browser.

Permissions Explained

This extension requests the following permissions and their purposes:

• contextMenus - Display encoding switching options in the context menu
• storage - Save user settings locally
• activeTab - Get current tab information to switch encoding
• scripting - Inject scripts into pages to change encoding
• tabs - Access tab information
• notifications - Display operation notifications

Third-Party Services

This extension does not use any third-party analytics, advertising, or tracking services.

Changes to This Policy

If there are any changes to this privacy policy, we will update the "Last Updated" date on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us through the Chrome Web Store extension page.