Privacy Policy
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This policy explains what the HotelScores browser extension ("the extension") collects, how it is used, and your choices. We take the position that the extension should collect as little as possible, and only for the purpose of providing the rating-comparison feature.
What the extension does
When you open a hotel page on a supported site (Booking.com, Hotels.com, Expedia, Agoda, TripAdvisor, Google Maps), the extension reads the hotel's publicly visible name, city, and the platform URL from that page and sends those details to our backend to look up ratings from other supported sites. The backend returns a set of ratings which are displayed in a side panel on the page you are already viewing.
Data we send to our backend
- The hotel name, city, and platform identifier visible on the page.
- The URL of the hotel page (for identifying the hotel across platforms).
We do not send your browsing history, cookies, form data, authentication tokens, or the contents of pages unrelated to the supported hotel sites.
Data we store
Our backend stores aggregated hotel information (names, locations, cross-platform identifiers, publicly available ratings, and price snippets) so that repeat lookups are fast and we stay within the rate limits of the services we depend on. This database is not keyed to any user — there is no user account, no user identifier, and no behavioral profile associated with a request.
Information we do not collect
- We do not require or support a user account.
- We do not collect IP addresses for analytics.
- We do not use advertising or third-party tracking cookies.
- We do not sell data to anyone.
Third-party services
To build the cross-platform rating view we query the Google Places API, the Brave Search API, and Serper (a Google Search API proxy) with the hotel name and city. Those providers receive only the query string necessary to locate the hotel. Their own privacy policies apply to how they handle those queries.
Local storage
The extension keeps a short-lived cache of recent lookup results in your browser so that navigating between pages of the same hotel does not trigger duplicate requests. You can clear this at any time by removing the extension.
Permissions
- Host access to the six supported hotel sites — to read the hotel name and show the comparison panel on those pages only.
- Storage — for the local lookup cache described above.
- Active tab & tabs — to detect when you navigate between hotels on a single-page booking site so the panel updates.
Children
HotelScores is not directed to children under 13 and does not knowingly collect personal information from them.
Changes to this policy
If we make material changes, we will update the "Last updated" date above and, when appropriate, surface the change in the extension.
Contact
Questions or requests about this policy can be sent to support@naitsmania.no.