Effective Date: April 13, 2026

1. Introduction

UZ Hover Translator ("the extension") is a Chrome extension whose sole purpose is to translate text a user selects on a webpage. This policy explains what data is processed, where it is sent, and how it is stored.

2. Data We Process

The extension processes only website content that the user explicitly selects (e.g. by highlighting text, right-clicking, or using the keyboard shortcut). It does not collect:

• Personally identifiable information
• Health information
• Financial or payment information
• Authentication information (passwords, PINs, credentials)
• Personal communications
• Location data
• Browsing / web history
• Keystrokes, mouse movement, or general user activity
• Page content that the user has not explicitly selected

3. How Selected Text Is Used

When a user triggers a translation, the selected text and the target language code are sent to Google's public translation endpoint (https://translate.googleapis.com) to retrieve the translation. Only the selected text is sent — no URLs, page content, cookies, user identifiers, or other metadata is transmitted.

For text-to-speech playback, the extension uses the browser's built-in Web Speech API (speechSynthesis). Speech synthesis handling is controlled by the browser or operating system and is outside the scope of this extension.

4. Local Storage

The following information is stored locally on the user's device via chrome.storage and is never uploaded to any server controlled by the developer:

• User preferences (target language, interface language, theme)