SessionBuddy collects password and payment information?

[Mark Joy]

I know I am not making any sense here but am I the only one going paranoid when seeing this in Chrome extensions store.

[KreJaxTV (KreJaxTV)]

Ohh im seeing it! And it mentions NOTHING on their https://sessionbuddy.com/privacy-policy/ about it! 
Reported the extension, filed a complaint on ic3.gov and called my financial institutions!
This guy could really get hurt over something like this! I sure hope he can explain because i cant find anything on WHY they would collect this.

[Andrew S. Baker]

So far, I haven't found any deviation in actual behavior from what is outlined here:  https://sessionbuddy.com/privacy-policy/

I'll follow up tomorrow with more detail... 

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From: Mark Joy
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Subject: SessionBuddy collects password and payment information?

I know I am not making any sense here but am I the only one going paranoid when seeing this in Chrome extensions store.

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[David Morris]

Hans has addressed this in the past. Pasting one of his prior responses to questions about this:

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Rest assured, the privacy policy posted on the website is the definitive source: https://sessionbuddy.com/privacy-policy/

Unfortunately Google does not currently allow extension authors to select fine-grained privacy categories for Chrome Web Store extension profiles. This currently means:

• Because we provide a way for users to email us directly (at sup...@sessionbuddy.com), we have to check the Personally identifiable information category because technically this gives visibility of a sender's email address (and potentially name).
• Because we provide a way for users to send us donations, we have to check the Financial and payment information category because this technically gives us visibility of a contributor's payment information.
• Because we will provide a way in the future for users to create logins, we have to check the Authentication information category.
• Because the extension's functionality depends on storing links of a session, we have to check the Web history category, regardless of whether that information is stored locally on the user's computer or in the cloud. Currently none of that is stored in the cloud. This will be a future opt-in/paid feature.

Thanks for your question. I agree it's confusing but Google does not currently give us a more explicit way to disclose/explain privacy policies directly within the Chrome Web Store. We will add content to the privacy policy to help explain this situation a bit more clearly.

Let me know if I can answer any other questions or provide further clarification.

Cheers,

Hans

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