HangClip privacy policy
Last updated: 21 October 2026 · Applies to HangClip 0.9 (the beta)
In one line: HangClip keeps what you grab on your own computer. It has no account, collects nothing about you, and sends nothing anywhere.
This page says exactly what the extension does with your data. It is checked against HangClip's source code before each release.
What HangClip keeps, and where
HangClip keeps the cards on your line and in your Basket, and your settings. All of it stays in Chrome on this computer, in the extension's own storage. Nothing is copied to a server, to your Google account, or to any other device.
| What | Why | How long |
|---|---|---|
| Snips (pictures of part of a page you chose to snip) and their small previews | So you can copy or drag them later | Until you remove them, then 7 days in the Basket |
| Text and links you copy, when "Catch my copies" is on | So they hang on the line | The same |
| Pictures and links you hang with right-click "Hang image" or "Hang link" | So they hang on the line | The same |
| Download cards, when "Show my downloads" is on: the file's name, size, type, address and progress | So the card can show progress, open the file or show it in its folder | The same |
| The address and title of the page a card came from | So the card can say where it came from and open that page | The same as its card |
| Your settings (for example, the sites where copies are never caught) | So HangClip works the way you chose | Until you change them or remove HangClip |
Never kept:
- Text copied from password, credit card or one-time code fields, or text that contains what you typed in one.
- Anything you download in an Incognito window. (If you allow HangClip in Incognito windows, snips and copies you make there are kept like any others, on this computer.)
- Anything about the pages you visit beyond the card you chose to make there.
What HangClip sends over the internet
Nothing of its own. HangClip has no account, no analytics, no tracking, no ads and no servers.
The only network traffic is what you start:
- Hang image: when you right-click a picture and choose Hang image, HangClip loads that one picture from its address, the way the page already did, so it can keep a copy on the line.
- Downloads: downloads are Chrome's own. When you click Retry on a card, Chrome starts that download again. When you drag a finished download onto your desktop, Chrome loads the file again from its address.
- Send feedback (in Settings, during the beta) opens our feedback form in a new tab. HangClip sends nothing with it; you choose what to type.
When HangClip Pro arrives later, it will check your license key. This page will be updated before that happens, and say exactly what is sent.
Who sees your data
Only you. HangClip does not sell, share, rent or transfer your data to anyone. We, the makers of HangClip, never receive it.
Your choices
- Remove a card: it moves to the Basket. Cards in the Basket are deleted for good after 7 days.
- Delete forever: in the Basket, one card or all of them.
- Clear everything: in Settings, deletes every card and the Basket at once. Your settings stay. Files in your Downloads folder are never touched.
- Stop catching copies: turn off "Catch my copies", pause it for an hour, or list sites where copies are never caught.
- Remove HangClip: removing the extension from Chrome deletes everything it kept.
HangClip never deletes, moves or renames the files you download. Removing a download card leaves the file where it is.
Permissions, in plain words
- Storage: keeps your cards and settings on this computer.
- The active tab: captures the part of the page you snip, only when you press the snip shortcut or click HangClip.
- Scripting: shows the snip box and the line on the page you are using.
- Context menus: adds "Hang image" and "Hang link" to the right-click menu.
- Side panel: shows your line on Chrome's own pages, where it can't hang.
- Alarms: cleans up the Basket once a day, and keeps a download's card up to date while it runs.
- Offscreen: plays the optional "dry" sound when a download finishes.
- Downloads (only if you turn on "Show my downloads"): shows your downloads as cards and opens them when you click.
- All sites (only if you turn on "Show the line on every page" or "Catch my copies"): shows the line on every page and catches what you copy there.
Changes to this policy
If what HangClip does with data changes, this page changes first, with a new date at the top, and the extension's store listing says so in its version notes.
Contact
Questions about privacy: hangclip.app@gmail.com