Pixel Helper Privacy Policy
Curve Pixel Helper is a browser extension from Curve Technologies, Inc. d/b/a Curve Compliance. This policy covers what the extension reads, where it keeps that information, and what it sends. It does not cover the Curve tracking script on your website. That script sends events to Curve under Curve's privacy policy and your own agreement with Curve.
What the extension reads
Pixel Helper reads a site only after you allow that site. On an allowed site, it reads the Curve events that the page reports: each event's name, time, status, reason and flags. It also reads the page address without its query string or fragment, and the addresses of embedded frames on the page.
An event carries values, such as form answers or page data. Pixel Helper checks those values in your browser for patterns that may be personal data, and it records only whether a pattern matched. It does not keep or show the values, and a flag never includes a value.
The popup does not show which company owns a page, or who is signed in to the site. It shows a short code for each page's tracking key. You can compare that code with the account code shown under Configuration → Pixel Helper in Curve, to see which account the page uses.
Where it keeps information
- The event list for each browser tab is kept in the browser's session storage. It clears when you select Clear, when you close the tab, when you restart the browser, or when you remove the site.
- The optional list of event names, which you copy from Curve, is kept in the browser's local storage until you select Clear list. The list holds event names and an account code. It never holds values.
Pixel Helper does not keep any of this on Curve's servers.
What it sends
The copy of Pixel Helper downloaded from Curve makes one request to a public version file on Curve's website when it opens. The request checks whether a newer version of the extension exists. It sends no cookies and no referrer. It does not include a page address, an event, or a tracking key.
Like any request to a website, that request reaches Curve's web server, which keeps ordinary access logs.
Two things leave your browser: the version request above, and text you copy. Copy log places the event list on your clipboard, and your computer's operating system may keep or sync the clipboard. The list of event names is copied from Curve's dashboard, not by this extension.
Your choices
- Remove a site in the popup to stop Pixel Helper reading it. Its rows are cleared.
- Select Clear in the popup to empty the event list.
- Removing the extension from your browser deletes everything it stores.
- Chrome's extension settings also show the access you have given the extension.
Questions
Contact hey@curvecompliance.com.