Privacy policy — GameGrabber
# Privacy policy — GameGrabber
_Last updated: 23 August 2026_
GameGrabber is a browser extension that claims temporarily-free games from the Epic Games
Store, Steam and GOG. It is a hobby project, and its privacy story is short.
## What is collected
**Nothing.** GameGrabber has no server, no account system, no analytics and no
advertising. No data about you or your browsing is collected, transmitted or sold.
## What is stored, and where
Everything the extension stores lives in your own browser's local extension storage
(`chrome.storage.local`) and stays on your machine:
* your settings — automatic claiming, which stores to watch, the check schedule,
notifications, theme;
* the list of free games last seen in the stores;
* your claim history — the game title, store, date and outcome;
* the queue of games waiting to be claimed.
Clearing the history from the Library tab, or removing the extension, deletes this data.
## What the extension talks to
Only three domains, and only their public endpoints — the same ones the store pages
themselves call:
* `epicgames.com` — which games are currently and soon free;
* `steampowered.com` — which games are currently 100% off;
* `gog.com` — the current giveaway.
These requests carry no information about you beyond what your browser normally sends,
plus the two-letter country code from your browser's locale, so the stores return the
offers for your region.
## Cookies
The extension checks whether each store's session cookie **exists**, so the popup can tell
you which stores you still need to sign in to. Cookie values are never read, stored or
transmitted. GameGrabber never sees your password and never handles payment details — all
sign-in and checkout happens on the store's own pages, in your own session.
## Page access
On Epic, Steam and GOG product pages, the extension reads the page in memory to find the
store's own claim button and press it. That content is not collected, stored or sent
anywhere; it leaves memory when the tab closes.
## Purchases
GameGrabber only claims items the store reports as 100% off, and re-checks the price
before pressing anything. It cannot and does not make purchases.
## Children
The extension is not directed at children and collects no data from anyone.
## Changes
If this policy ever changes, the updated version will ship with the extension and the date
above will change.
## Contact
Questions about this policy: open an issue on the project's repository.