1. Overview

This policy covers two related products: the Classic View for Google Images™ Chrome extension and the marketing website at classicview.cc. The extension and the website are handled separately below.

2. Chrome extension

No personal data collection: The extension does NOT collect, transmit, store, or share personal data, search queries, browsing history, IP addresses, or user identifiers.

Local settings storage: The extension uses Chrome's native chrome.storage.sync API solely to save user-defined layout preferences, such as row height, gap spacing, hover zoom toggle, view image button toggle, size filter bar toggle, hide related searches toggle, AI label badge toggle, and hide Google-labeled AI images toggle. These preferences remain stored locally on your device and synced within your personal Google Chrome profile. No data is sent to external servers or third parties.

No extension analytics: The extension does not use analytics, advertising SDKs, or external tracking scripts.

3. Website (classicview.cc)

The marketing website may use Google Analytics 4 (measurement ID G-WY4Z0KDTP3) to understand how visitors use the site, such as page views, approximate location derived from IP address, browser type, device type, and referral source.

Analytics runs only after you accept the cookie banner on the website. If you decline, analytics cookies stay disabled through Google Consent Mode. Your choice is stored in your browser's local storage so the banner does not reappear on every visit.

Google may process this information on Google's servers. Learn more in Google's Privacy Policy and How Google uses Analytics data.

4. Third-party services

The extension does not use third-party analytics or advertising networks. The website uses Google Analytics only after consent, as described above. Embedded content such as the YouTube demo player may load resources from third-party domains when you play the video.

5. Extension permissions

storage: Required strictly for saving UI preferences locally.

activeTab: Used only after the user opens the extension popup. It allows the "Report issue" button to include the current Google domain in a GitHub issue. The Extension does not include the full page URL, search query, or page content.

Host permissions: Required exclusively to insert CSS and JavaScript styling that reorganizes results visually on supported Google Images country domains. The complete list is defined in the extension manifest.

6. Contact

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact the developer via the official Chrome Web Store extension support page.