Screenick Privacy Policy

Last updated: 11 November 2026

Screenick is a Chrome extension that plays short, full-screen visual animations over the tab you are looking at. In short: Screenick does not collect, store on any server, sell or share any of your data.

What Screenick accesses

A screenshot of the visible tab. When an effect starts, Screenick takes a screenshot of the part of the page you can see, so effects like Black hole or Underwater can bend and relight it. The screenshot is kept only in your browser's memory while the effect plays and is discarded when it ends. It is never saved to disk, never uploaded and never seen by anyone.

Your settings. Your preferences (effect duration, appearance, which effects Surprise me can pick, the last effect played) and any schedules you create are saved with Chrome's storage.sync. If Chrome sync is turned on, Chrome syncs them between your own devices through your Google account. The developer has no access to them.

Page content. Screenick does not read the text, links, forms or any other content of the pages you visit. Some effects look at the position of elements on the page, for example so confetti can land on their edges. This happens inside the page and nothing is recorded.

What Screenick does not do

• It makes no network requests. It has no servers, analytics, ads, trackers or third-party code.
• It does not collect personal information, browsing history, or anything you type.
• It does not sell or transfer any data to anyone.

Permissions

• activeTab: access to the one tab you clicked the toolbar icon or pressed the shortcut on, for as long as you stay on that page.
• scripting: runs Screenick's own bundled animation code in that tab.
• storage: saves your settings and schedules as described above.
• alarms: plays scheduled effects at the times you choose.
• Access to all sites (optional): requested only if you turn on scheduled effects, because a schedule fires without a click. You can turn it off again in Screenick's settings or at chrome://extensions.

Removing your data

Uninstalling Screenick removes its settings and schedules from your browser. You can also clear them by removing your schedules in Screenick's settings page.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will be published at this same address with a new date.

Contact

Questions about this policy or Screenick: jigarr.kushwaha@gmail.com