Privacy Policy
FaceMask for YouTube Privacy Policy
Last updated: April 2, 2026
FaceMask for YouTube is designed to help users reduce distraction while browsing YouTube by masking people in thumbnails. This Privacy Policy explains what data the extension processes, what data may be collected, and how that data is handled.
1. Summary
FaceMask for YouTube does not sell personal data.
FaceMask for YouTube does not collect the content of your YouTube account, messages, emails, passwords, or payment information.
FaceMask for YouTube stores user settings locally in the browser and may send limited anonymous usage analytics to help improve extension performance and reliability.
2. What the Extension Does
The extension runs on YouTube pages and analyzes thumbnail images in order to detect people and apply a visual mask. This processing happens as part of the extension’s core functionality.
3. Information Processed by the Extension
FaceMask for YouTube may process the following categories of data:
- YouTube thumbnail images visible on the page, only for the purpose of detecting people and applying a mask
- Extension settings such as enabled state, overlay color, opacity, soft edges, and remove-button preferences
- Anonymous technical usage events related to extension behavior, such as initialization, detector loading, feature toggles, popup interactions, and processing summaries
4. Information Not Collected
FaceMask for YouTube is not designed to collect:
- Passwords
- Payment information
- Personal messages or email content
- Browsing history outside the extension’s supported pages
- Keystrokes
- Personally identifying profile information from your YouTube account
5. Analytics
The extension may send limited anonymous analytics events to Google Analytics using the Measurement Protocol.
These analytics events are used to understand things such as:
- whether the extension initialized successfully
- whether thumbnail processing worked correctly
- which settings are being used
- whether errors occurred
- general feature usage patterns
The analytics are intended for product improvement, reliability monitoring, and debugging.
The extension does not intentionally send the contents of thumbnails, page text, search queries, passwords, financial data, or direct personal communications as analytics payloads.
6. Local Storage
FaceMask for YouTube stores some data in your browser using Chrome extension storage. This may include:
- whether the extension is enabled
- visual overlay preferences
- internal anonymous analytics queue/state used for delivery reliability
This data is used only for extension functionality and settings persistence.
7. Data Sharing
FaceMask for YouTube does not sell your personal data.
Data may be shared only with service providers strictly necessary for the extension’s operation and improvement, such as analytics infrastructure used to receive anonymous event data.
8. Data Retention
Local settings remain in browser storage until you change them, remove them, or uninstall the extension.
Anonymous analytics data is retained only as needed for product analytics and operational review, subject to the retention practices of the analytics provider.
9. Security
Reasonable efforts are made to limit collected data, sanitize analytics payloads, and avoid collecting unnecessary personal information. However, no software or online service can guarantee absolute security.
10. Third-Party Services
FaceMask for YouTube may use third-party services such as Google Analytics for anonymous usage analytics. Their handling of data is governed by their own privacy policies.
11. Your Choices
You may stop all extension data processing by disabling or uninstalling the extension.
You may reset or change stored extension settings through the extension popup controls.
12. Contact
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact:
Kadir KATIRCI
Website: https://www.tedaitesnim.com/extensions/face-mask-for-youtube
GitHub: https://github.com/kadirkatirci/facemask-youtube-extension