Effective date: 2026-05-04

Meeting Cost Timer ("the extension") is a Chrome browser extension that displays a real-time monetary cost overlay during Google Meet and Zoom Web Client video meetings.

Data we collect

The extension stores the following data locally on your device using chrome.storage:

• Settings (chrome.storage.sync): hourly rate, currency, locale, widget enabled flag.
• Widget position (chrome.storage.local): x/y coordinates of the floating widget.
• Meeting history (chrome.storage.local): up to the 10 most recent meetings — start/end timestamps, duration in seconds, participant count, hourly rate snapshot, currency, computed cost, optional user-typed note. Platform identifier (meet or zoom).

Data we do NOT collect

• We do not transmit any data to any server. There is no backend.
• We do not collect personally identifying information (no names, emails, meeting titles, audio, video, chat content, or attendee identities).
• We do not use analytics, telemetry, advertising, or third-party tracking.
• We do not read meeting content. Participant counts are derived from the visible DOM (number of video tiles / participant list aria-labels) — not from any meeting API.

Permissions

• storage: required to persist settings, widget position, and history locally.
• Host access to meet.google.com and .zoom.us/wc/*: required to inject the widget into the meeting page.

Data deletion

You can clear all stored data at any time:

• Open the extension's Options page → "Recent meetings" section → "Clear history".
• Or remove the extension from chrome://extensions — Chrome will delete all chrome.storage data on uninstall.

Third-party services