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+# Privacy Policy for Brightwheel Memories & Reports Exporter
+
+**Last Updated:** August 23, 2026  
+**Developer:** CoderSherlock  
+**Repository:** [https://github.com/CoderSherlock/brightwheel-exporter](https://github.com/CoderSherlock/brightwheel-exporter)
+
+---
+
+## 1. Overview & Commitment to Privacy
+
+The **Brightwheel Memories & Reports Exporter** Chrome Extension was built with a strict **Privacy-First** architecture. We believe your family's personal memories, child photos, videos, and daily records belong exclusively to you. 
+
+**This extension does NOT collect, store, track, sell, or transmit any personal data, media, credentials, or telemetry to the developer or any third-party servers.**
+
+---
+
+## 2. How the Extension Operates
+
+- **100% Client-Side Processing**: All data extraction, image/video downloading, ZIP archive packaging, and HTML report generation occur locally in your browser memory and on your device.
+- **Direct Communications**: Network requests for data and media are made strictly between your browser and Brightwheel's official endpoints (`schools.mybrightwheel.com`, `*.brightwheel.com`, `*.cloudfront.net`, and AWS S3 storage buckets) using your existing authenticated session cookies.
+- **No Third-Party Analytics**: The extension does not contain any tracking pixels, analytics scripts, advertising SDKs, or remote telemetry.
+
+---
+
+## 3. Data Storage & Local Permissions
+
+- **Local Storage (`chrome.storage.local`)**: Used exclusively to store your export preferences (such as selected student ID and date filter settings) locally on your device across sessions.
+- **Downloads (`chrome.downloads` & File System Access API)**: Used solely to save your exported ZIP archive, photos, videos, CSV spreadsheets, and HTML viewer directly to your local computer.
+- **No External Data Retention**: We operate no remote databases or servers. If you uninstall the extension, local settings stored in Chrome storage are automatically deleted by the browser.
+
+---
+
+## 4. Third-Party Services & Trademarks
+
+This extension interacts only with Brightwheel's web application to help users back up their authorized family records. This project is an independent open-source tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Brightwheel.
+
+---
+
+## 5. Contact & Open Source Verification
+
+Because this project is open source under the MIT License, you can inspect the full source code and verify our privacy practices directly on GitHub:
+- **GitHub Repository:** [https://github.com/CoderSherlock/brightwheel-exporter](https://github.com/CoderSherlock/brightwheel-exporter)
+- **Report Issues / Inquiries:** [https://github.com/CoderSherlock/brightwheel-exporter/issues](https://github.com/CoderSherlock/brightwheel-exporter/issues)