The selected tab stream is processed through Chrome's Web Audio API. AudioLift does not record, save, export, or upload the audio stream.
Product-Specific Privacy Policy
AudioLift Volume Booster
This notice explains how AudioLift handles the selected tab's live audio stream, local Web Audio processing, current-tab metadata, remembered website rules, settings, success counters, Reviews, product configuration requests, limited operational events, and support communications. It supplements the general ReForge Extensions privacy policy.
A normalized hostname and preferred level are stored only when you choose to remember that website. Page URLs and titles are not included in product analytics.
Install/update, explicit boost/settings, and Review events can be sent with product, version, installation, browser, language, result, and action metadata.
Prominent disclosure for selected-tab audio
When you turn on amplification, AudioLift requests Chrome's live audio stream for the tab you selected. The stream is routed inside an extension offscreen document through a gain stage, optional clarity-protection compressor, real signal analyser, and the normal local audio output.
AudioLift does not convert that stream into an audio file, retain audio samples in Chrome storage, upload the stream to ReForge, or include audio/media content in operational events. With the default release setting, returning to 100%, turning AudioLift off, stopping the tab, stopping all tabs, closing a captured tab, or disabling the extension closes the relevant local audio resources.
Selected tab
Local capture
Gain + clarity
Live analyser
Your speakers
Chrome Web Store Limited Use statement
AudioLift uses user data only to provide, maintain, secure, troubleshoot, and improve the tab-audio features the user requests. We do not sell user data. We do not use or transfer user data for personalized advertising, retargeting, interest-based advertising, data brokerage, credit-worthiness, lending, or unrelated profiling.
1. Scope and controller
This policy applies specifically to the AudioLift Volume Booster Chrome extension, including its popup, options page, onboarding page, background service worker, offscreen audio engine, toolbar badge, remembered-site rules, keyboard command, Reviews flow, product SDK, and related support requests.
ReForge Extensions controls the extension's first-party data practices. Privacy and support requests can be sent to [email protected]. The general policy at /privacy.html also applies unless this product-specific notice is more specific.
2. Data the extension processes
| Category | Examples | Source and purpose | Storage or transmission |
|---|---|---|---|
| Selected-tab audio stream | Live sound produced by the tab on which you explicitly activate AudioLift | Used to amplify the complete tab output, apply clarity protection, and calculate a live output meter | Processed in browser memory through Web Audio. Not recorded, stored, exported, or transmitted to ReForge/Aliyun. |
| Current-tab metadata | Tab ID, URL, title, supported-page status, and normalized hostname | Used locally to identify the selected tab, label the popup, determine whether capture is allowed, and manage optional site memory | Title and URL remain transient. A normalized hostname is stored only for a remembered site rule. These fields are not included in explicit analytics events. |
| Audio settings | Interface language, default/max volume, clarity protection, capture release, site-rule restoration, and badge preference | Selected by you in the popup or options page | Stored in chrome.storage.local on the device. |
| Remembered website rules | Normalized hostname, saved volume, enabled state, and update timestamp | Created or removed when you use Remember for this site or delete a rule | Stored in chrome.storage.local. Not sent in AudioLift's action analytics. |
| Local usage state | Successful boost count, last-success time, installation time, Review count/status, and dismissal time | Used to show a local success count and ensure Review prompts respect usage and installation-age rules | Stored in chrome.storage.local. |
| Product SDK state | Random installation UUID/time, encrypted product configuration cache, Review state, and device/account state if those capabilities are enabled and used | Supports product configuration, announcements, Reviews, and the ReForge product-service bridge | Stored under product-specific SDK keys in chrome.storage.local. The current AudioLift UI does not require an account. |
| Operational and product events | Install/update, event time/category/action, product ID, version, random installation UUID/time, browser/OS/language, free/paid classification, result, source, selected volume, setting category, and error category | Generated by the ReForge product SDK and AudioLift's explicit boost/settings actions | Can be sent to the ReForge Aliyun Simple Log Service endpoint for operation, reliability, troubleshooting, security, and product improvement. |
| Review events and voluntary feedback | Shown/dismissed/redirected status, cumulative count, selected stars, and an optional 1–3 star improvement reason up to 500 characters | Generated by the Review dialog after eligibility rules are met and only after you interact with it | Review events can be transmitted as operational events. Typed low-rating feedback is not saved in the extension's local Review state. |
| Support and website request data | Email address, message, attachments, IP address, user agent, requested URL, referrer, timestamp, and security event data | Collected only when you contact support or visit the ReForge website/privacy page | Processed by email providers and website infrastructure such as Cloudflare. |
3. Chrome permissions and host access
| Permission | Why it is required | Privacy boundary |
|---|---|---|
activeTab |
Scope amplification to the tab on which you invoked AudioLift | Used for the active, user-selected tab rather than background access to unrelated sites. |
tabCapture |
Obtain the selected tab's live audio stream | The stream is processed locally and is not recorded or uploaded. |
storage |
Remember audio preferences, site rules, counters, installation time, SDK state, and Review state | Product settings and rules use local extension storage rather than a ReForge settings database. |
offscreen |
Host the Web Audio graph because an MV3 service worker cannot own the required DOM/audio context | The offscreen page exists for the local audio pipeline and does not display or crawl web content. |
tabs |
Identify the active tab, read its URL/title locally, maintain per-tab capture state, clear badges, release closed-tab resources, and open extension pages | AudioLift does not create a cross-site browsing-history profile or transmit URLs/titles through its explicit action events. |
https://api.reforgeextensions.com/* |
Fetch product configuration/announcements and support a product-service/payment-success return bridge | The host does not receive selected-tab audio, media content, page title, hostname, or URL from AudioLift's core workflow. |
AudioLift does not request <all_urls>, cookies, browsing history,
bookmarks, downloads, browsingData, clipboard, or arbitrary scripting permissions. It
does not inject a content script into ordinary websites. The packaged payment-success
script is scoped only to api.reforgeextensions.com.
4. Local storage and device processing
al_settings: language and global audio/control preferences.al_site_rules: normalized hostnames and remembered levels you choose to save.al_stats: successful boost count and last-success timestamp.al_installation: local installation timestamp used by the minimum three-day Review gate.- Product SDK keys: encrypted configuration cache, random installation information, Review state, and future account/device state if enabled and used.
- AudioLift does not use Chrome Sync for these product settings in the audited version.
- There is no audio download, audio export, cloud recording, or audio-history feature.
5. Network destinations and third-party processors
ReForge product service
api.reforgeextensions.com can provide encrypted product configuration,
announcements, product/account state, Reviews support, and a payment-success bridge if
those capabilities are enabled. The core tab amplification feature is designed to
continue when this service is unavailable.
Alibaba Cloud / Aliyun Simple Log Service
With operational logging enabled, the ReForge product SDK can send install/update, explicit boost/settings, and Review events to an Aliyun SLS endpoint. These events can contain the operational fields listed in Section 2. AudioLift's explicit event calls are designed not to include page URLs, hostnames, titles, webpage bodies, audio samples, media content, passwords, or payment-card information.
Google Chrome
Chrome supplies tab-capture, extension storage, offscreen document, tabs, action badge, and Web Audio capabilities. Chrome may display a capture indicator while a tab stream is active. Google's processing is governed by its own terms.
Website and support providers
Cloudflare or similar infrastructure can process standard website request and security metadata. Email routing and mailbox providers process information you choose to send to support.
6. Retention
- Selected-tab audio and analyser data remain in memory only while the local capture/audio graph is active.
- Settings, remembered site rules, counters, installation information, configuration cache, and Review state remain until changed, cleared, or removed through Chrome/uninstallation, subject to Chrome storage behavior.
- Removing a remembered site rule deletes that rule from AudioLift's local rule object.
- ReForge and Aliyun operational records are retained only as long as reasonably necessary for service operation, reliability, troubleshooting, security, abuse investigation, legal compliance, and aggregated product improvement. This notice does not assert an exact period where the deployed service configuration has not established one.
- Support correspondence may be retained while needed to answer the request, resolve a dispute or incident, or meet legal obligations.
7. Sharing, sale, and advertising
- We share data only with the processors described in this notice when needed to deliver or operate the requested service, secure it, respond to support, or comply with law.
- We do not sell, rent, trade, or license AudioLift user data to data brokers, advertisers, or ad networks.
- We do not use selected-tab audio, site rules, URLs, titles, or local settings for personalized advertising.
- We may disclose information when legally required or reasonably necessary to protect users, rights, service integrity, or public safety.
8. Security
- Audio processing is isolated inside extension pages and the Chrome-provided tab stream.
- Remote ReForge connections use HTTPS/TLS, and extension scripts remain self-hosted under the extension content security policy.
- The extension requests no broad all-sites host permission and does not run its product UI inside arbitrary web pages.
- Operational logging failures are handled without blocking the local audio feature.
- No storage or transmission method can guarantee absolute security. Protect access to your Chrome profile and device.
9. Your controls
- Choose the volume level and whether Clarity Protection is enabled.
- Choose whether 100% or OFF immediately releases the tab capture.
- Enable or remove remembered-site rules individually.
- Stop the current tab or all active AudioLift captures at any time.
- Hide the toolbar percentage badge or reset global settings from the options page.
- Clear extension storage, disable AudioLift, or uninstall it to remove locally retained product data, subject to Chrome storage behavior.
- Dismiss the Review dialog or submit a rating/optional feedback when shown.
- Contact [email protected] for access, correction, deletion, objection, or other privacy requests relating to first-party service data.
10. Compatibility and user awareness
Chrome internal pages, the Chrome Web Store, protected DRM media, and some enterprise-managed tabs can block capture. Chrome may show a capture or sharing-style indicator while tab capture is active; that browser indicator does not mean AudioLift is uploading the audio stream. Turning AudioLift off releases the stream.
High gain can amplify source noise and can be uncomfortable or unsafe at excessive listening levels. Clarity Protection reduces some clipping behavior but cannot repair a poor source or determine a safe level for every speaker, headset, listener, and recording.
11. Children
AudioLift is a general audio utility and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly use the extension to collect children's personal information. If you believe a child has provided first-party service data, contact us so we can review and delete it where applicable.
12. Policy changes and contact
We may update this notice when AudioLift's permissions, audio pipeline, providers, storage, Reviews, or data practices change. The page will show a new Last Updated date. Material changes may also be communicated through the extension, Chrome Web Store listing, or website where appropriate.
ReForge Extensions
Email: [email protected]
Product page:
https://reforgeextensions.com/extension/audiolift-volume-booster
Static privacy URL:
https://reforgeextensions.com/privacy/audiolift-volume-booster/