Pathnote Privacy Policy
In short: Pathnote needs a free account, which holds your email address so you can sign in. Everything you record (guides, screenshots, and the pages you visit) stays in your own browser on your own device and is never uploaded. Pathnote has no analytics or tracking.
Who we are
Pathnote is provided by Mekaas Technologies ("Mekaas", "we", "us"), mekaas.com. Mekaas Technologies is responsible for Pathnote and for the account information described in this policy.
What Pathnote is
Pathnote is a Chrome extension that records the steps you take on a website (clicks, typing, selections) and turns them into an editable step-by-step guide with screenshots, which you can download as a Word document or PDF.
Your account
To use Pathnote you create an account with your email address and a password. Accounts are stored by our authentication provider, Supabase, which processes them on our behalf. Your account holds:
- Email address, used to sign you in, confirm your account, and send password-reset codes.
- Password, stored only in hashed form by Supabase. Pathnote and its developer never see it.
- Sign-in records kept by Supabase for security, such as when you signed in.
Your account is used only to let you sign in to Pathnote. It is kept until you delete it. To delete your account, open Drafts, click your account button, and choose Delete account, or email the address below. Deleting your account does not delete guides saved in your browser; you can delete those in Drafts.
Information Pathnote handles on your device
Only while you are actively recording, and only on a website you have given Pathnote permission to access, Pathnote handles:
- Screenshots of the visible browser tab at each recorded step.
- Step details: the kind of action (for example "click" or "select"), a short label taken from the element you interacted with, the page's address and title, the time, and the element's position on screen.
- Text you type into ordinary form fields, used as the step title (for example Type "Main Street"). Values typed into password fields, payment-card fields, one-time codes, and fields that look like identity or account numbers (for example SSN, tax ID, PIN, or bank account) are never recorded; their steps read Type ••••.
- Edits you make in the Pathnote editor, such as titles, descriptions, highlights, blur boxes, and crops.
Pathnote does not read or record pages when you are not recording, and it cannot record on sites you have not allowed.
Where it is stored
All of this is stored locally in your browser's extension storage (IndexedDB) on your device. It is not uploaded, synced, or sent anywhere by Pathnote, including to your account. Guides remain until you delete them in Pathnote or remove the extension, which deletes its stored data.
Sharing
Pathnote does not sell your data or use it for advertising, credit decisions, or any purpose other than providing Pathnote. Your account details are shared only with Supabase to operate sign-in. Data only leaves your device if you download an export (Word or PDF) and choose to share that file yourself. Screenshots contain whatever was visible on screen, so review and blur them before sharing.
Feedback
Pathnote shows optional "Send feedback" and "Rate Pathnote" links, and may open a short feedback form after the extension is removed. These open ordinary web pages (a feedback form and the Chrome Web Store). Pathnote does not attach any guide, screenshot, or browsing data to them; anything sent there is only what you choose to type, and it is handled under that service's own privacy policy.
Permissions
- Website access (asked per site): when you start recording, Chrome asks you to allow Pathnote on that one website so it can capture your steps there.
- activeTab and scripting: to add the recorder to the tab you choose and capture its visible screenshot.
- storage and unlimitedStorage: to keep the current recording session and store your guides and screenshots locally.
- favicon: to show each recorded website's icon from Chrome's local cache, without contacting the website.
- sidePanel: to show recording controls and captured steps next to the page.
Children
Pathnote is a productivity tool not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect information from them.
Changes
If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted at this address with a new effective date. If Pathnote ever begins sending guides, screenshots, or other recorded data off your device, this policy will be updated before that change is released.
Contact
Mekaas Technologies · mekaas.com
Questions about this policy or your account: info@mekaas.com