This policy covers the Exchange Rate extension (version 3 and later) for Chrome and other Chromium browsers. It adds the details for this extension to the general HotPanCake privacy policy.
Who is responsible
PayForSay s. r. o., Doležalova 3424/15C, Bratislava – Ružinov, 821 04, Slovakia (Reg. No. 54 455 073, VAT SK2121683322) publishes HotPanCake extensions, operates the rate server described below and is the controller of personal data. Contact: info.hotpancake@gmail.com.
How the extension reads web pages
To recognise a price, the extension reads the text of the page in your browser, only around the place where you point or the text you select. Recognition and conversion happen on your computer. The addresses and content of the pages you visit are not sent to us or to anyone else.
What is kept in your browser
- Your settings: the currencies on your board, interface language, theme, decimal places, the sites where the extension is turned off and what "$" means on a given site
- Your rate alerts (currency pair and target rate)
- The last exchange rates downloaded, and a counter of conversions used to ask once for a rating
Settings and alerts are kept in Chrome's synced extension storage: if you use Chrome Sync, Google copies them to your other computers under Google's own privacy policy. Rates and the counter stay in local storage on this computer. Everything is deleted when you remove the extension.
What is sent to our server, and why
The extension contacts one server, rate.cresotech.com, operated by PayForSay s. r. o. for HotPanCake and
its sister brand Cresotech:
- Exchange rates. Once an hour the extension downloads the current rates. The request carries no personal data and nothing about you or your pages.
- Your country, once. At install, the extension asks the server which country your IP address belongs to, so that your own currency is placed on the board. The lookup uses a local database on our server; the answer is not stored and is not linked to you.
Like any web request, these show your IP address to our server. The web server keeps a technical log of requests (IP address, time, address requested) for a short period for security and troubleshooting, as described in the general privacy policy. The legal basis is our legitimate interest in providing the extension and keeping the service secure.
The rates reach our server from Open Exchange Rates. The extension never contacts Open Exchange Rates directly, so they do not receive your IP address.
Notifications
Rate alerts use Chrome notifications. Chrome asks for this permission only when you set your first alert, and you can withdraw it in Chrome's extension settings at any time. Alerts are checked in your browser after each hourly rate update.
Pages we open
After installation the extension opens a welcome page on hotpancake.com, and after removal Chrome opens a short page where you can tell us why you removed it. If you rate the extension with 1–3 stars it opens a feedback form; with 4–5 stars, the Chrome Web Store. These are website pages: what you type into a form is sent only when you submit it, and the site's analytics are described in the general privacy policy.
What is not collected
- Your browsing history and the pages you visit
- The prices you convert and the amounts you type
- Accounts, e-mail addresses or payment details: the extension is free and has no account
We do not sell or rent data, do not use it for advertising and do not use it to determine creditworthiness.
How long data is kept
Data in your browser stays until you remove the extension or clear it. Server logs are kept for a short period for security, then deleted. The country lookup is not stored.
Your rights
Under the GDPR you can ask for access to your data, correction, deletion, restriction and portability, and you can object to processing. Write to info.hotpancake@gmail.com. You can also complain to the Slovak data protection authority (Úrad na ochranu osobných údajov SR) or the authority in your country.
Changes
We update this page when the extension starts to process data differently. The date at the top shows the current version.