Privacy Policy

What the extension does

Hands full? runs only on youtube.com. While a YouTube ad is playing, it checks whether YouTube is showing its own Skip button. When it is, the extension presses that button with a real mouse click. That is the only thing it ever clicks.

What it reads

It reads two things from the YouTube page, entirely on your device: whether the video player is currently showing an ad, and where the Skip button is on screen. It does not read video titles, comments, your account, your watch history or anything else. Nothing it reads is stored or sent anywhere.

What it stores

Three small values, saved locally on your device with Chrome's storage: whether the extension is switched on, how many ads it has skipped for you, and roughly how many seconds of ads that saved. They power the counter in the toolbar popup. None of them ever leave your browser.

Network requests

None. Hands full? makes no network requests of its own, to us or to anyone else.

What we do not do

• No analytics, no telemetry, no tracking pixels
• No accounts, no sign ups, no emails
• No ads, no ad blocking, no affiliate links
• No selling or sharing of data. There is no data to sell.
• No remote code. Everything that runs ships inside the extension.

Permissions, in plain words

• debugger: lets the extension send one real mouse click to the Skip button. YouTube ignores clicks made by scripts, so this is the only honest way to press it. The extension attaches only for the instant of the click and detaches straight away. Chrome shows a short notice at the top of the window while it does, and closes it by itself a few seconds later.
• storage: saves the on/off switch and the two counters on your device
• access to youtube.com: lets the extension see when an ad with a Skip button is showing. It runs on no other site.

Changes

If this policy ever changes, the new version will be published at this address with a new effective date. Given that we collect nothing, do not expect drama.

Contact

Questions? Reach us through the support tab on the Chrome Web Store listing.