Pinspect privacy policy

Last updated: 2026-11-13

Pinspect is a CSS inspector browser extension. This page says exactly what it does with your data. The short version: Pinspect does not collect your data.

No data collected

Pinspect does not collect, store on a server, sell or share any personal data, browsing history, page content or usage statistics. The author has no server that receives anything from the extension.

No analytics

There is no analytics, telemetry, crash reporting, advertising or tracking of any kind, and no remote code. All code ships inside the extension package.

When it runs

Pinspect does nothing on a page until you click its toolbar icon or press its keyboard shortcut. Page content that you inspect is read inside your browser only, and it is never sent anywhere.

What the page you inspect can see

While the inspector is open, the page can detect that an extra overlay element exists, because the inspector draws on top of the page. The element has a random name that changes every time and does not contain the product name. Keystrokes typed into the inspector's panel are kept away from the page's ordinary shortcut handlers, but a script on the page could still technically observe text typed there, so do not type secrets into the panel. Your license key is entered only on the extension's own options page, never inside a web page. Closing the inspector removes the overlay and reverts every live edit.

The only network request

The only network request Pinspect ever makes goes to api.gumroad.com, and only when you activate or re-check a Pro license key, or when the automatic weekly re-check runs for an active license. It sends the license key you typed, the Pinspect product ID, and a flag saying whether this check should count as an activation. It sends no cookies and no referrer, and it does not send the page you are on or anything about your browsing. Gumroad handles the purchase and its own privacy practices apply to it.

After a successful activation, Pinspect re-checks the license in the background at most once every 7 days, and keeps working for 14 days if Gumroad cannot be reached. You can also press Re-check on the options page at any time.

What is stored, and where

Pinspect stores one small record in chrome.storage.local, which stays on your device only: your license key, the license status (none, pending, valid, invalid or revoked), the time of the last successful check, the time of the last attempt, and a short reason code. Nothing else from Gumroad's reply, such as your email address or purchase details, is kept. Removing the license on the options page, or uninstalling the extension, deletes this record.

Downloading assets (Pro)

The Pro asset list lets you download images from the page you are inspecting. The extension itself makes no network request to do this. Inline SVG and data: images are turned into a file locally in your browser. For images that have a web address, the extension asks the browser to save the file: files from the same site save directly, and files from another site open in a new tab, where the browser fetches them from the site they already came from.

Permissions

Pinspect asks for activeTab (to inspect the tab where you clicked), scripting (to start the inspector in that tab) and storage (to remember the license record above). It requests no access to websites in advance.

Contact

Questions about this policy: use the developer contact details shown on the Pinspect listing in the Chrome Web Store.