Your data never leaves your browser. Not to Drew, not to anyone. HideMyEmail for iCloud contains no analytics, no tracking, and no telemetry of any kind.
Data collection
This extension collects no user data.
- No personal information is collected.
- No browsing history is accessed or recorded.
- No page content is read or analysed, beyond detecting email input fields for autofill.
- No analytics, crash reports or telemetry are collected.
- No data is sold, shared or transferred to any third party.
Authentication
The extension does not store any credentials. It uses the browser cookies from your existing iCloud.com session. No passwords, tokens or authentication credentials are ever saved.
Network communication
The extension communicates only with Apple’s iCloud servers:
https://setup.icloud.com— session validationhttps://p*.premiummailsettings.icloud.com— Hide My Email operations
No data is sent to any other server. The extension uses Chrome’s Declarative Net Request API solely to add required headers — no other network requests are modified.
Local storage
The extension stores the following on your device using Chrome’s storage API:
- Your autofill preference, enabled or disabled.
- Your preferred forward-to email address.
- A cached session state for the iCloud API connection — URLs only, no credentials.
This data never leaves your device and is cleared automatically when you uninstall the extension.
Content script
The content script runs solely to detect email input fields. It does not:
- Read or access page content beyond identifying email input elements.
- Track your browsing activity.
- Inject any tracking scripts.
- Modify page content beyond adding an autofill icon to email fields.
Permissions, explained
declarativeNetRequest- Adds the headers Apple’s iCloud API requires
storage- Saves your preferences on this device
tabs- Enables autofill on the page you are looking at
contextMenus- Provides right-click email generation
webRequest- Detects iCloud login and logout events
notifications- Shows confirmation notifications
host_permissions- Communicates with Apple’s iCloud API (*.icloud.com)
Open source
The extension is fully open source. Review the complete source code on Codeberg.
Contact
Questions about this policy? Email Drew Levinson at hey@drewlevinson.me.