This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) explains how Xiaohongshu Downloader (“Xiaohongshu Downloader”, “The Extension”, “we” “our”, or “us”) collects, uses, and shares information from users of The Extension (“you”, “your”). By using The Extension, you agree to the collection, use, disclosure, and procedures this Privacy Policy describes.

Terminologies

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

  • Local Storage: The storage area that is accessed with chrome.storage.local. It is stored locally on your computer, and is erased when you remove The Extension.
  • Location: A country, or a province/region/city/district in China
  • Note: A note/post on Xiaohongshu.
  • Popup: The menu that shows up when you click The Extension’s icon next to the address bar, or when you click The Extension’s item in the “Extensions” icon next to the address bar.
  • Sync Storage: The storage area that is accessed with chrome.storage.sync. It is stored in your Google Account, and will synchronize with other Chrome instances under the same Google Account.
  • User: A user on Xiaohongshu.

Information You Provide to Us

  • Download Settings: You may change the behavior of The Extension on the settings page. If you do not provide your preferences, we will assume they are the same as our default values.
  • Customer Support: When you contact us for support, we may ask you to provide the necessary information to help you with your problem. This includes your contact information, a description of your problem, screenshots, etc.

How We Use the Information You Provide

  • Download Settings: We use the the information you provide to improve your experience when using The Extension.
  • Customer Support: We use the information you provide to help you with your problem. Additionally, we may refer to the information in the future to assist customers facing similar problems, and to improve The Extension.

Information We Collect From You

Website Content: When you open the Popup on a Xiaohongshu page, The Extension will temporarily collect information from the URL and the webpage. Depending on the page you are viewing, The Extension collects

  • ID, title, description, creation time, last update time, Location, image ID(s), live photo ID(s), video ID(s) of a Note
  • ID, red ID, nickname, gender, bio, avatar ID, and IDs of some/all Notes posted by the User
  • Index of the image that you are viewing within a Note
  • Whether you have logged into Xiaohongshu or not

When you download any items, all information of the Note and User will be stored permanently as described above, unless you remove it afterwards.

How We Use the Information We Collect

Website Content: We use the information collected to

  • Provide the correct download options in the Popup
  • Determine the Note(s) you are trying to download
  • Obtain the image(s), live photo(s), video(s) of the Note(s) We also
  • Include some of the information in the downloading items, such as
    • title, description, creation time, Location of a Note
    • ID, nickname of the User posting the Note
  • Store the information in Local Storage to
    • Keep track of what you downloaded
    • Improve the performance when you want to download the Note(s) again
    • Prevent duplicate downloads

How We Share the Information You Provide/We Collect

We do not share the information to any third parties.

How Long We Keep the Information You Provide/We Collect

All information are persistent by default, unless you choose to remove it using the following methods.

  • Download Settings: You may remove the information in the Sync Storage by resetting all preferences to their default values in the settings.
  • Customer Support: You may request us to remove any information you provided for customer support purposes.
  • Website Content: You may remove the information in Local Storage, either partially or entirely.

Security

We take reasonable measures to protect the data we collect from unauthorized access or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction. This includes regularly reviewing our data handling practices and security measures, such as applying appropriate encryption and physical security controls, to help guard against unauthorized access to the systems where we store personal data.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

The Privacy Policy may change at any time, but we usually update it together with The Extension. By continuing to use The Extension after we updated the Privacy Policy, you consent to the revised policy and practices described in it.