Last updated: 22 August 2026
This policy explains what the GroupSync Chrome extension ("GroupSync", "the extension", "we") does with your data. It is written to be read, not to be skimmed past — it is short because GroupSync does very little with your data.
The short version: GroupSync processes contact data entirely on your own computer. Your extracted names and phone numbers are never uploaded, never stored on our servers, never sold, and never shared with anyone.
GroupSync has a single purpose: exporting the member list of a WhatsApp group you are already a member of into a contact file (CSV, Excel, or vCard). It reads the participant list from the WhatsApp Web page you have open and converts it into a file you download.
When you click "Extract Group Members", GroupSync reads the following from the group currently open in your browser:
This is personally identifiable information, and we treat it as such.
It stays on your device. All extraction, formatting, and file generation happens locally inside Chrome on your computer. The export file is created in your browser's memory and saved directly to your Downloads folder.
We do not operate any server that receives contact data. There is no account system, no database, and no backend that your extracted contacts are sent to. We never see them.
Extracted contacts are held temporarily in chrome.storage.local — local storage on your own machine — for one reason only: the extension popup closes when the payment tab opens, and without this the scan would be lost before your file could be generated. This data is stored locally, is overwritten by your next extraction, and is never synced or transmitted.
web.whatsapp.com and our own payment page.The extension contains no analytics, no telemetry, and no third-party tracking. We do not use Google Analytics or any equivalent inside the extension, and we collect no usage statistics about you.
Exporting costs ₹50 per group in India and $2.50 per group elsewhere, which opens that group for 24 hours in every format. Rupee payments are processed entirely by Razorpay on Razorpay's own PCI-DSS Level 1 certified infrastructure; dollar payments are processed entirely by PayPal on PayPal's.
GroupSync never sees, handles, or stores your card number, UPI PIN, CVV, or bank credentials. Once a payment succeeds, our payment page passes a transaction reference to the extension purely to unlock your download; it is used immediately and not retained. Razorpay's handling of your payment information is governed by Razorpay's privacy policy, and PayPal's by PayPal's privacy statement.
To show you the right currency, our payment page makes a country-level location lookup when you open it. It asks Cloudflare — or, if that is unreachable, country.is — which country your IP address is in. Making that request necessarily reveals your IP address to them, exactly as loading any image or script from another site would. We receive only a two-letter country code, we do not log it, and it is never combined with your contacts or your payment.
If both lookups are blocked or unavailable, the page falls back to your browser's timezone, which involves no network request at all. The extension popup only ever uses the timezone — it makes no location request. Your choice of currency, and nothing else, is remembered in your browser's local storage so you are not asked again; there is a link beside the price to change it at any time, and clearing your browser data removes it.
That is the complete list. No broader permission is requested, and none of these are used for any purpose beyond the single function described above.
Because we never receive your contact data, there is nothing on our side to retain or delete. The locally stored copy is replaced each time you run a new extraction, and is removed entirely if you uninstall the extension or clear its storage from chrome://extensions.
Files you download belong to you and are yours to manage. We recommend storing them securely and deleting them when they are no longer needed.
You are responsible for how you use the contact data you export. Please only export groups you are legitimately a member of, respect the privacy of the people whose details you export, never send unsolicited bulk messages, and comply with all data protection and anti-spam laws that apply to you — including India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, the GDPR, and the TCPA where relevant.
GroupSync is not directed at children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect data from them.
If this policy changes, the updated version will be published on this page with a new "last updated" date. Material changes affecting how data is handled will also be reflected in the extension's Chrome Web Store listing.
Questions about this policy, privacy concerns, refund requests, or data queries: murarkacj@gmail.com