Q: If I install the Chrome extension, it requires access to all websites.
Does this mean, that the extension is always accessing any information I have opened like intranet, online banking, etc. or is the extension only accessing highlighted information?
Can you please clarify which data is accessed and submitted to your servers? Compliance is an important factor to consider before making a purchase.
Thank you very much!
Ivan_Collabwriting
May 14, 2024A: Hi there 👋
Thank you so much for this question!
In short, collabwriting is only loaded when you intentionally open it, and data is saved only when you intentionally send it to collabwriting by creating highlights, topics, comments etc.
Security is very important to us as well, and I believe we differ a lot from the competition with this. Unlike most, we never load our app on any page unless you want us to. This makes collabwriting load a little bit slower because its' not pre-loaded, but it doesn't slower down every website you visit and I doesn't make room for security issues.
There are only 2 very short scripts loaded on every page and we intentionally made them human-readable and with comments explaining in details what's happening. So anyone can check them out:
➜ load.listener.js - Checks if collabwriting parameters are present in the URL and if yes opens collabwriting
➜ popup.js - Adds (CW) shortcut button on every page so you can easily load collabwriting when you want to. You can disable this popup in the Extension Settings.
Thanks again for the question, I tried to make it short, but if there are any other concerns please feel free to reach out 😄
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