Browser Extension Privacy

glimmerthread
parade

glimmerthread parade is an ambient visual browser extension that displays three glowing ribbons weaving horizontally across the viewport with gentle color transitions and adjustable movement speed.

Three glowing ribbons Adjustable speed Toolbar popup controls Local preferences Updated August 24, 2026
Declared permissions Limited browser access
activeTab

Used only when the user invokes glimmerthread parade on the currently active browser tab.

scripting

Used to execute the extension's declared ribbon effect after the user initiates an action.

storage

Used to save extension preferences locally in the user's browser for consistent use.

Privacy summary

glimmerthread parade uses limited browser permissions to apply its ambient ribbon effect to the current active page after user interaction. Customization settings are stored locally in the browser so users can retain their preferred visual configuration.

User-triggered access Active-tab access is used when the user invokes the extension.
Local preferences Visual effect settings are saved in browser extension storage.
Visual purpose Browser access is intended to support the declared glowing ribbon effect.
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Scope of This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how information is accessed, processed, stored, and handled when you install or use the glimmerthread parade browser extension.

glimmerthread parade creates an ambient visual effect by displaying three glowing ribbons that weave horizontally across the current webpage with gentle color transitions and adjustable movement speed.

Users can activate and customize the effect through the extension's toolbar popup.

This Privacy Policy applies to functionality provided directly by glimmerthread parade. It does not govern unrelated websites, browser vendors, operating systems, or independent third-party services.

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Single Purpose

The primary purpose of glimmerthread parade is to provide a customizable ambient visual effect on the webpage selected by the user.

Functionality reasonably related to this purpose may include:

  • Displaying three glowing ribbon elements;
  • Animating ribbons horizontally across the viewport;
  • Applying gradual color transitions;
  • Adjusting ribbon movement speed;
  • Enabling or disabling the visual effect;
  • Applying the selected effect to the current active tab;
  • Removing the effect when requested; and
  • Remembering customization preferences locally.
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No Account Required

glimmerthread parade does not require users to create a dedicated account in order to use its standard visual functionality.

Users are not required to register a username, password, personal profile, or email address merely to activate or customize the ribbon effect.

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Browser Permissions

glimmerthread parade requests browser permissions that directly support its disclosed visual functionality.

activeTab Provides temporary access to the currently active tab when the user invokes the extension.
scripting Allows the extension to execute the code necessary to display or update the glowing ribbon effect.
storage Allows customization preferences to be stored locally in the user's browser.
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activeTab Permission

glimmerthread parade uses the activeTab permission only when the user invokes the extension on the currently active tab.

This allows the extension to apply its declared ambient effect to the page the user is viewing.

The permission is intended to provide temporary, user-triggered access rather than permanent access to every website visited by the user.

User-initiated access

The active page is accessed in connection with an intentional extension action initiated by the user.

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scripting Permission

glimmerthread parade uses the scripting permission to execute code required to create and control its declared visual effect.

Script execution may be used to:

  • Create the three ribbon elements;
  • Add visual styles;
  • Animate ribbon movement;
  • Update colors;
  • Adjust animation speed;
  • Apply customization changes; or
  • Remove the visual effect.

This permission is intended to support the extension's user-facing functionality rather than unrelated monitoring.

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storage Permission

glimmerthread parade uses the storage permission to save extension settings locally in the user's browser.

Local storage allows the extension to remember customization choices so that users can maintain a consistent visual experience.

Stored settings may include values such as:

Effect state Whether the glowing ribbon effect is enabled or disabled.
Animation speed The movement speed selected by the user.
Visual preferences Settings related to how the ribbon animation is displayed.
Configuration values Other non-sensitive preferences required to restore the selected effect.
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Local Storage of Preferences

Extension preferences are stored locally in the user's browser for convenience.

Local settings are intended only to support glimmerthread parade's functionality and are not intended to create advertising or behavioral profiles.

Depending on browser behavior, these settings may remain until they are changed, cleared, or removed by the user.

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Visual Effect Data

glimmerthread parade processes functional values needed to display the animated ribbons.

These may include:

  • Ribbon positions;
  • Animation timing;
  • Movement speed;
  • Transition progress;
  • Color states;
  • Opacity values;
  • Current animation state; and
  • Other visual rendering parameters.

These values are functional application data and are not inherently personally identifiable information.

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Color Transitions

glimmerthread parade uses gradual color transitions to create the ambient glowing effect described in its extension listing.

Color values and transition states are generated or processed solely for visual rendering purposes.

Color changes are not intended to identify individual users or infer personal characteristics.

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Animation Speed

Users may adjust the speed at which the glowing ribbons move across the viewport.

The selected speed is treated as a functional extension preference.

It may be stored locally so that the preferred animation speed can be restored during future use.

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Interaction With the Current Webpage

glimmerthread parade interacts with the active webpage in order to display its glowing ribbon effect across the viewport.

Such interaction is intended to be limited to what is reasonably necessary to create, update, animate, and remove the extension's visual elements.

The extension's purpose does not require building a general archive of webpage content.

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Website Content

glimmerthread parade is not designed to collect, archive, or index the general content of webpages simply because its visual effect is displayed on those pages.

Webpage text, images, videos, forms, and documents are not required for determining ribbon movement or color transitions.

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Browsing History

glimmerthread parade does not require a complete record of the user's browsing history in order to display its ambient effect.

The extension is not intended to maintain a historical list of unrelated websites visited by the user for advertising or profiling purposes.

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Search History

Search engine history is not required to animate the three ribbons or restore extension preferences.

glimmerthread parade does not need unrelated search queries to provide its declared functionality.

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Web Forms and Keystrokes

glimmerthread parade is not designed to collect information users enter into forms on unrelated websites.

This includes:

  • Login forms;
  • Registration forms;
  • Payment forms;
  • Checkout forms;
  • Contact forms;
  • Search boxes; and
  • Other unrelated webpage input fields.

The extension is also not intended to record unrelated keyboard input.

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Personal Information

glimmerthread parade does not require personally identifiable information in order to provide its standard functionality.

Users are not required to provide:

  • Full name;
  • Email address;
  • Phone number;
  • Home or mailing address;
  • Government identification information;
  • Payment card information;
  • Bank account information;
  • Passwords; or
  • Authentication credentials.
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Sensitive Personal Information

glimmerthread parade does not require sensitive personal information for its normal operation.

Information such as medical data, biometric information, government identifiers, financial credentials, religious information, political information, or authentication secrets is unrelated to the extension's visual purpose.

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Passwords and Authentication Credentials

glimmerthread parade does not require passwords, private keys, authentication tokens, two-factor authentication codes, or similar credentials.

Such information is unrelated to the extension's ambient ribbon functionality.

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Financial Information

Payment card numbers, banking credentials, transaction information, and financial authentication data are not required to activate or customize glimmerthread parade.

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Geographic Location

Precise geographic location is not required to display the ribbon effect.

glimmerthread parade is not designed to track the physical location or movements of users.

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Camera and Microphone

glimmerthread parade does not require camera or microphone access for its standard functionality.

The glowing ribbons are generated visually and do not require captured video, voice recordings, or ambient sound.

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Private Communications

Private emails, direct messages, chat conversations, and other private communications are not required for glimmerthread parade's visual functionality.

The extension is not designed to read such communications simply to display the ambient ribbon effect.

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Advertising

glimmerthread parade does not intend to use ribbon preferences, animation speed, active-tab access, or color settings for targeted advertising.

The extension's browser permissions are intended to support its declared visual functionality.

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No Sale of Personal Information

glimmerthread parade does not operate as a data brokerage service.

Locally stored extension preferences are not intended to be sold to advertisers, marketing companies, or data brokers.

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User Profiling

glimmerthread parade is not designed to use visual preferences or animation settings to build behavioral or demographic profiles of individual users.

Settings such as ribbon speed are treated as functionality preferences rather than signals for unrelated profiling.

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Cross-Site Tracking

glimmerthread parade is not designed to track users across unrelated websites.

The activeTab permission is used in connection with user-triggered access to the current tab rather than permanent cross-site monitoring.

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Cookies

glimmerthread parade does not require advertising cookies to provide its core visual effect.

Websites visited independently by users may use their own cookies. Those cookies are controlled by the respective websites and are outside the scope of this Privacy Policy.

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Analytics

glimmerthread parade does not require personally identifiable analytics information to create or animate its ribbons.

If future versions materially introduce diagnostic or aggregate usage measurement, this Privacy Policy may be updated to describe the relevant practices.

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Data Minimization

glimmerthread parade is designed around the principle that browser extensions should access and process only information reasonably necessary for their stated functionality.

The extension uses temporary active-tab access, scripting for the user-requested visual effect, and local browser storage for preferences.

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Purpose Limitation

Information and browser capabilities used by glimmerthread parade are intended solely to provide, maintain, improve, or secure the extension's disclosed ambient visual functionality.

Such access is not intended to be repurposed for unrelated surveillance, credit scoring, employment screening, data brokerage, or advertising profiling.

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Data Retention

glimmerthread parade does not require a permanent history of websites visited by users in order to provide its effect.

Temporary visual information may exist while the effect is active.

Locally stored preferences may remain in browser extension storage until changed, cleared, or removed by the user.

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Data Security

glimmerthread parade is designed to minimize unnecessary handling of user information.

Limited user-triggered browser access and local preference storage help reduce unnecessary transmission of information.

However, no browser extension, browser, operating system, device, or electronic environment can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

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No Continuous Background Monitoring

glimmerthread parade does not need to continuously monitor unrelated browsing behavior in order to provide its visual effect.

Its active-tab access is associated with user invocation of the extension.

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Automated Processing

glimmerthread parade automatically performs graphical operations such as ribbon positioning, color interpolation, timing calculations, and animation rendering.

Such automated processing is limited to the extension's visual effect.

It is not intended to make decisions affecting credit, employment, housing, insurance, legal rights, or similarly significant matters.

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Third-Party Websites

glimmerthread parade may be activated while users are viewing third-party websites, but those websites remain independent from the extension.

This Privacy Policy does not govern the cookies, analytics systems, tracking technologies, or privacy practices of unrelated websites.

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Browser Platforms

glimmerthread parade operates within a browser environment supplied by a browser vendor.

Browser vendors may independently process technical information related to extension installation, updates, security, crashes, and browser operation according to their own policies.

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Chrome Web Store and Other Extension Marketplaces

If glimmerthread parade is distributed through the Chrome Web Store or another browser extension marketplace, installation and update processes may be managed by that platform.

glimmerthread parade is intended to use browser permissions only for functionality directly related to its disclosed single purpose.

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Children's Privacy

glimmerthread parade is a general-purpose visual customization tool and is not specifically designed for the purpose of collecting personal information from children.

No personal account is required to access the standard visual effect.

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International Users

glimmerthread parade may be available to users in different countries and regions.

The extension is designed to minimize unnecessary handling of personal information regardless of the user's location.

Users remain responsible for using the extension in accordance with laws applicable in their jurisdiction.

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User Choice and Control

Users decide when glimmerthread parade is activated.

Users can open the toolbar popup, adjust the available animation options, modify movement speed, enable or disable the effect, and stop using the extension at any time.

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Clearing Local Preferences

Users may be able to remove locally stored glimmerthread parade settings through their browser's extension management or data controls.

Clearing stored extension data may reset customization options to their default values.

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Removing the Extension

Users can disable or uninstall glimmerthread parade through the browser's extension management interface.

Once removed, the extension will no longer be able to apply its visual effect within that browser.

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No Unrelated Commercial Use

Animation speed, visual preferences, and ribbon settings are not intended to be used to create unrelated marketing databases, commercial behavioral profiles, or advertising audiences.

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Changes to glimmerthread parade

glimmerthread parade may evolve over time to improve animation quality, visual effects, customization controls, accessibility, performance, or browser compatibility.

Future features may remain consistent with the extension's ambient visual purpose.

If a future release materially changes how user information is accessed, processed, stored, or shared, this Privacy Policy may be updated accordingly.

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Changes to This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be revised periodically to reflect changes to glimmerthread parade, browser marketplace requirements, technical implementation, privacy practices, or applicable laws.

When the policy changes, the "Last updated" date displayed on this page will be revised.

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Legal Requirements

Information may be disclosed where reasonably necessary to comply with applicable law, regulation, court order, legal process, or a valid governmental request.

Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to prevent compliance with applicable legal obligations.

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Contact

If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or glimmerthread parade's privacy practices, please contact the developer using the contact information provided on the extension's official browser store listing or official website.

Please do not include passwords, payment credentials, authentication tokens, government identification numbers, or other unnecessary sensitive information in privacy-related communications.

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Acceptance of This Privacy Policy

By installing or using glimmerthread parade, you acknowledge that you have had an opportunity to review this Privacy Policy.

If you do not wish to use glimmerthread parade under the practices described here, you may discontinue use and uninstall the extension from your browser.