CopyShark - Free OCR Screenshot & Image to Text Software

This Privacy Policy explains how CopyShark processes data when a user performs OCR on screenshots, images, webpages, PDFs, videos, or YouTube subtitles inside Chrome. CopyShark is designed as a local-first OCR extension. OCR processing and history storage happen on the user's device unless the user explicitly chooses an external follow-up action such as translation.

Last Updated

March 14, 2026

Single Purpose

Extract text from visual content in Chrome

Primary Data Types

Website content and page history metadata

Data Storage

Local device storage only

1. What CopyShark Does

CopyShark is a Chrome extension that converts visible content into selectable text. It supports selection OCR, visible-tab OCR, local image and PDF OCR, live video OCR, hover OCR, and YouTube subtitle extraction.

              Local-first processing:
              OCR, image preprocessing, PDF page rendering, and OCR history are handled on the
              user's device inside the extension package.
            

2. What Data Is Processed

Website content

When the user starts OCR, CopyShark processes only the visual content needed for that OCR action. This may include text visible in screenshots, images, PDFs, rendered webpages, video frames, or subtitle text shown on a page.

Web history metadata

To help the user identify previous OCR results, the extension may save the page title and page URL together with the OCR result in local history.

Settings

The extension stores user preferences such as OCR language, quality, theme, translation target, history limit, and hover/live OCR settings.

3. How Data Is Used

To run OCR on content the user explicitly chooses to process
To show OCR results back to the user inside the popup or floating panel
To save OCR history locally for search and reuse
To export OCR results as TXT or PDF when requested by the user
To open external translation only when the user clicks Translate

4. Data Sharing and External Services

CopyShark does not sell user data and does not transfer OCR history or captured content to the developer.

The extension may open third-party websites only when the user explicitly clicks those actions:

translate.google.com when the user clicks Translate
docs.new when the user clicks Open Docs
A support or donation page when the user clicks a support link

When the user opens Google Translate, the selected OCR text may be included in the translation URL and therefore sent to Google to perform translation. This happens only after the user explicitly triggers the Translate action.

5. Data Retention

OCR history is stored locally on the device in IndexedDB until the user deletes it or until older entries are pruned according to the user's configured history limit.

Settings are stored locally in Chrome extension storage until the user changes or removes them.

6. Permissions Explained

Permission	Why It Is Needed
`activeTab`	Lets the extension OCR the currently active tab after user action.
`contextMenus`	Adds the image OCR action to the right-click menu.
`downloads`	Lets the user export OCR results as TXT or PDF files.
`offscreen`	Runs OCR workers, PDF rendering, and preprocessing outside the popup lifecycle.
`scripting`	Injects the content script into the current tab when needed for OCR workflows.
`storage`	Stores local OCR history and user settings.
`<all_urls>`	Allows OCR features to work on arbitrary websites the user chooses to process.

7. Security

CopyShark is designed to process OCR locally inside the extension package. The extension does not maintain a developer-controlled backend for OCR history, captured images, or extracted text.

8. Children's Privacy

CopyShark is not intended to collect personal information from children. The extension does not require account creation and does not request age information.

9. Changes to This Policy

This policy may be updated when the extension's data practices, permissions, or OCR features change. The updated version should be published with a new "Last Updated" date.

10. Contact

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