Webotee Scout — Chrome extension privacy policy

What the extension reads from product pages

Webotee Scout is a Manifest V3 sidePanel extension. The content script runs only on Amazon (amazon.com, amazon.co.uk) and Walmart (walmart.com) product detail pages. It reads only the public product identifiers visible in the URL or page header:

• The ASIN (for Amazon) or item ID (for Walmart).
• The marketplace (Amazon US, Amazon UK, or Walmart US).
• The brand name and active buybox seller, when those are rendered as plain DOM text on the page.

We do not collect page contents, search queries, browsing history, cookies, form data, or personally identifiable information from any visited page.

What the extension sends to our backend

The extension makes authenticated API calls to app.webotee.com. The request payload is the ASIN or item ID plus the marketplace identifier. The backend returns precomputed sourcing intelligence (Sourcing Score, seller landscape, brand health, AI dossier, and Walmart counterpart match if one exists) for that product.

Authentication uses an OAuth flow against your existing Webotee account. The access and refresh tokens are stored locally in chrome.storage.local; they are never sent to any third-party service.

Caching and retention

Lookup responses are cached locally in chrome.storage.local with a 72-hour TTL to reduce API load and bandwidth. Cached entries are scoped to the signed-in user; signing out clears the cache. The cache contains only the rendered side-panel payload (Sourcing Score, seller summary, AI dossier text), never raw page content.

Server-side, we retain per-user lookup counts to enforce the monthly tier cap (2,500 lookups on Scout Free, scaling up by plan). The retained record is the workspace ID, the calendar month, and the count — not the list of ASINs you looked up.

Third-party services

AI-driven ASIN evaluations are generated using Anthropic's Claude API. The prompt sent to Anthropic is the per-ASIN scorecard the backend already computed (deterministic numbers — Sourcing Score, seller counts, buybox history), never your browsing history or anything other than the product currently being evaluated. Anthropic's privacy policy applies to that data: anthropic.com/legal/privacy.

We do not share extension usage data with advertisers, analytics providers, or any party outside the Webotee product surface.

Permissions in the manifest

• sidePanel — render the side panel UI.
• storage — cache auth tokens and lookup results locally.
• identity — OAuth flow against your Webotee account.
• activeTab — read the ASIN / item ID from the current product page.
• host_permissions amazon.com / amazon.co.uk / walmart.com — extract the public product identifier from those marketplaces.
• host_permissions app.webotee.com — call the Webotee backend.

Account deletion and data removal

You can sign out of the extension at any time from the side panel header — that clears all local tokens and cached lookup data. To delete your Webotee account and all associated server-side records, email support@webotee.com from the address on the account.

Contact

Privacy questions or requests: support@webotee.com. The general Webotee privacy policy applies in addition to this extension-specific notice — see webotee.com/privacy.