Privacy Policy — Cite This Page

Last updated: August 15, 2026

Cite This Page is a browser extension that generates a formatted citation for the webpage you're currently viewing. This page explains what data the extension accesses, what it stores, and what — if anything — it sends elsewhere.

In short: Cite This Page doesn't collect, sell, or transmit your personal data or browsing history to us or to any third party. Everything it stores lives locally in your own browser.

What the extension does

When you open the extension on a page, it reads that page's visible content — author byline, publisher name, title, and publish date — to pre-fill a citation for you. You can edit every field before copying the result.

Data the extension accesses

Data	Purpose
Content of the page you're actively viewing	Read once, when you open the popup, to detect citation fields (author, title, date, publisher).
Text you've highlighted on the page	Optionally captured as a quoted excerpt in your citation, if you've selected text before opening the popup.
Author or publisher name detected on the page	Used only to query Wikipedia's public API for a short credential (e.g. "senior fellow, Brookings Institution"), when the page itself doesn't provide one.

This all happens locally in the popup and only while it's open. The extension does not run in the background, does not track your browsing across tabs or sessions, and does not access any page you haven't actively opened the extension on.

Data the extension stores

The extension saves the following to your browser's local storage (chrome.storage.local), on your device only:

Citation history — your last 20 generated citations, so you can recopy one without re-visiting the page.
Citation style preferences — your chosen field order and font.

None of this is synced to a remote server, linked to your identity, or shared with us or any third party. You can clear your citation history at any time from within the extension, and uninstalling the extension removes all locally stored data.

Data sent to third parties

The only outside request the extension makes is to Wikipedia's public REST API (en.wikipedia.org), and only when an author or publisher name has been detected on the page and doesn't already have a bio. This request sends the detected name as a search query and receives a short plain-text summary in return — no other page content, browsing history, or personal information is included.

This request is subject to the Wikimedia Foundation's own privacy policy, which we don't control.

What the extension does not do

It does not collect analytics or usage statistics.
It does not serve ads or share data with advertisers.
It does not sell or transfer any data to third parties.
It does not download or execute any remote code — it's a fixed, static extension that only fetches plain-text data from Wikipedia's API.
It does not require an account, sign-in, or any personal identifying information.

Permissions this extension requests

Permission	Why it's needed
`activeTab`	Lets the extension read the page you're currently on when you click its icon — nothing more.
`scripting`	Runs a one-time script on the active tab to extract citation metadata (author, title, date, publisher) when you open the popup.
`storage`	Saves your citation history and style preferences locally, so they persist between uses.
Host permission for `en.wikipedia.org`	Allows the optional credential lookup described above.

Children's privacy

Cite This Page does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone, including children. It does not ask for names, accounts, or any identifying details, and all storage is local to the user's own device.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted at this same page with a revised "Last updated" date.

Contact

Questions about this policy or the extension can be sent to atomicpickeln@gmail.com.