Summary
- Your Telegram content stays on your computer. The media list, message text, file names, chat names and the files you save are never sent to us or to anyone else.
- Signing in is the only thing that reaches our server. It sends your Google profile (ID, name, email, picture address) and the number of the Telegram account you have open, so we can recognise your account and your membership.
- No Telegram password, no phone number. TeleCache never asks for them and never sees them.
- No analytics, advertising or tracking code, and no remote code.
1. What this policy covers
This policy applies to the TeleCache - Telegram Video & Media Downloader browser extension, published by Yassmedya (addonschrome.com). It describes version 0.1.0 and is specific to this extension; it does not describe any other product.
TeleCache runs on Telegram Web (web.telegram.org). It lets you save photos, videos, audio, files and stories from the chats you can already open to a folder on your computer, and export the text of a chat to a file.
2. What data TeleCache handles
2.1 Data that stays on your device
- The media list of the chat you open (file type, name, size, date, sender), read from the Telegram Web page to build the preview. It is kept only in the page's memory and is never sent to us.
- Message text, only when you press “Export chat”. It is turned into a file on your computer and is never uploaded. Messages in chats where the owner has restricted saving and forwarding are not read or exported.
- The files you save and the export files. Your browser writes them to your Downloads folder.
- Your settings, your unfinished downloads and a record of saved files. The unfinished list (chat name and file names) lets a long batch be resumed; the saved-files record holds chat and message numbers only, so the same file is not saved twice. A daily file counter and the number of the last Telegram account seen are also kept on the device.
You can remove all of this at any time by removing the extension.
2.2 Data we receive (when you sign in with Google)
When you sign in, the extension sends the following to our server at addonschrome.com, together with the product number of TeleCache:
- your Google user ID, name, email address and profile picture address;
- the numeric account number of the Telegram account that is open in Telegram Web, when one is open.
We use this only to create and recognise your account, to count your usage and to tell the extension which membership you have.
2.3 What TeleCache does not handle
- Your Telegram password or phone number.
- Your messages, files, chat names or contacts (they never leave your device).
- Your Google password.
- Your browsing history. TeleCache can only see the Telegram Web page and the addresses listed in section 3.
- Usage analytics, telemetry, error reports or crash logs.
3. Permissions, and why each one exists
| Permission | Why it is needed |
|---|
storage | Keeps the data listed in section 2.1 on your device. |
downloads | Places each saved file in your chosen folder, shows progress, and opens the downloads folder on request. |
identity | Google sign-in. |
https://web.telegram.org/* | The page TeleCache works on: it reads the media list and saves files there. |
https://www.addonschrome.com/*, https://addonschrome.com/* | Sign-in and membership check, the membership details shown on the upgrade screen, the list of other extensions from the same developer, and the sign-in and feedback pages. |
https://www.googleapis.com/* | Asks Google for your basic profile after you sign in. |
4. Other connections
- web.telegram.org. TeleCache uses Telegram's own in-page functions to read the media list and to save files. It makes no requests to Telegram servers of its own.
- accounts.google.com and www.googleapis.com. Google sign-in, the request for your basic Google profile and, when you sign out, a request asking Google to revoke the access token.
- addonschrome.com. Sign-in and membership, the membership details on the upgrade screen, the list of other extensions from the same developer, and a feedback page that opens if you uninstall the extension (its address contains the extension's identifier).
- Payments are made on our website through our payment provider, Paddle. The extension itself never sees or stores payment details.
TeleCache contains no analytics, advertising or tracking code, and it does not download or run remote code.
5. Sharing
We do not sell your data and do not share it with third parties, except the payment provider when you buy a membership on our website, and the services listed in section 4 that the extension must contact to work.
6. Retention and deletion
Account details stay on our server while your account exists. To have your account removed, write to us at the address in section 9 and we will delete it. Data on your device is removed when you remove the extension.
7. Children
TeleCache is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect information from children.
8. Changes to this policy
If a version of TeleCache changes what data is collected, this page is updated first and the version number and the “Last updated” date above change.
9. Contact
Yassmedya
Email: contact@addonschrome.com
Subject line: TeleCache — Privacy
TeleCache is an independent extension. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or in any way officially connected to Telegram Messenger Inc., Telegram FZ-LLC, or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates. “Telegram” and related names, marks and logos are trademarks of their respective owners and appear here only to describe what this extension works with.