TabTape is a Chrome extension that records audio from a browser tab after an explicit user action and lets the user save or discard the recording locally.
Summary
TabTape does not send captured audio, page titles, preferences, or usage data to the developer or any third party. It has no accounts, analytics, advertising, tracking, cloud storage, or remote code.
Data handled by the extension
TabTape handles audio playing in the active browser tab after the user presses Record, the active tab's page title for a proposed filename, the floating control's last position, and the version of the first-use disclosure acknowledged by the user.
Tab audio is website content. Depending on what the user deliberately records, it may also contain personal communications such as meetings, calls, or voice messages.
How audio is used and retained
Audio is accessed only to provide the recording feature. Audio chunks and the completed recording are held temporarily in volatile extension memory. After recording stops, the user chooses Save audio or Discard.
- Save audio: Chrome opens its normal save dialog and writes the recording to the user-selected destination.
- Discard: TabTape releases the temporary recording without creating a saved file.
Temporary audio is also lost when the extension is reloaded, its recording context ends, or the browser session terminates. Recordings are not persisted in Chrome extension storage or IndexedDB.
Data collection and sharing
The developer does not collect, receive, sell, share, transmit, or analyze captured audio, page titles, preferences, or usage information. The extension makes no network requests.
Local preferences
Chrome extension storage is used only for the control's last position and the version of the privacy disclosure acknowledged by the user. Removing the extension or clearing its extension data removes these values.
Permissions
- activeTab: temporary active-tab access after a toolbar click.
- downloads: a local download after the user chooses Save audio.
- offscreen: holds the audio stream and temporary recording.
- scripting: adds the recorder control to the active page.
- storage: remembers control position and disclosure acknowledgement.
- tabCapture: supplies audio from the active tab after Record is pressed.
TabTape does not request blanket host access, microphone access, cookies, browsing history, location, camera, or access to local files.
User choice and responsibility
Before first use, TabTape explains what is captured, how it is used, and that nothing is uploaded. Users should record only content they own or have permission to capture. TabTape does not bypass access controls, subscriptions, site restrictions, or digital rights management.
Chrome Web Store Limited Use
TabTape's use of information received from Chrome APIs adheres to the Chrome Web Store User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. Data is used only for the disclosed recording and local-save feature. It is not used for advertising, creditworthiness, unrelated purposes, or human review.
Changes to this policy
If TabTape's data practices change, this policy and the in-product disclosure will be updated before a version with those practices is released.
Contact
Privacy questions can be sent to the support contact displayed on TabTape's Chrome Web Store listing.