1. Scope
This policy applies to the HideThisShit Chrome extension. It explains what information the extension handles when you use it on supported websites, including LinkedIn, Facebook, X, and Twitter.
2. Data the extension handles
To decide whether to hide a post, the extension reads content that is already visible in your browser on a supported social network. This may include post text, the post author, and nearby page information needed to identify the post.
The extension may also store the following information in your browser:
- Your filter topics, severity levels, site settings, display preferences, and author allowlist.
- Posts you explicitly mark as “Hide posts like this” or “Wrong call,” so the optional learning feature can adapt to your choices. Up to 100 recent examples are kept on your device.
- Local classification results used to avoid reprocessing the same post.
- Aggregate counters, such as the number of posts hidden, retained for up to 14 days.
We do not collect account credentials, financial information, precise location, or your browsing history.
3. How the data is used
The extension uses this information only to apply your filters, hide or reveal matching posts, remember your settings, improve local decisions from feedback you provide, show local statistics, and let you export or import your settings.
Post classification runs locally using models packaged with the extension or compatible AI capabilities provided by Chrome when you enable them and they are available.
5. Storage, security, and retention
Extension data is stored locally in your Chrome browser profile using Chrome’s storage system. Cached classification results expire automatically. Aggregate statistics cover the latest 14 days. Learned examples are limited to the 100 most recent examples. Other settings remain until you change them, reset the extension, clear the extension’s data, or uninstall it.
Because the information stays in your browser profile, its security also depends on the security of your device, browser, and Google account settings.
6. Chrome permissions
- Storage: saves your settings, learned examples, cached decisions, and counters in the browser.
- Active tab: lets the extension apply changes to the tab you are using, such as reloading it after a setting changes.
- Offscreen: supports local machine-learning processing away from the page interface.
- Supported-site access: lets the extension read and filter posts on LinkedIn, Facebook, X, and Twitter. It does not receive access to unrelated websites.
7. Your choices and control
You can disable the extension or individual filters, turn off saved-example learning, review or delete learned examples, clear local statistics, export your settings, or reset all extension data from the settings page. You can also remove all locally stored extension data by uninstalling HideThisShit.
8. Changes to this policy
If the extension’s data practices change, this policy will be updated before or when the new practices take effect. The effective date at the top of this page will show the latest revision.
9. Contact
For questions or requests about this privacy policy, contact the developer through the support contact shown on the HideThisShit Chrome Web Store listing.