GOGEnhancer

Privacy Policy — GOG Enhancer

Last updated: May 18, 2026 Extension version: 2.1.1+ Contact: https://github.com/DrummingBird1/GOGEnhancer/issues

GOG Enhancer is an unofficial third-party browser extension that enhances the shopping experience on GOG.com. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by GOG sp. z o.o. or CD Projekt S.A.

This document describes, in plain language, exactly what data the extension handles, where it goes, and what we do not do. It is the source of truth for our data practices. If anything in the code contradicts what is written here, that is a bug — please file an issue.


1. Summary in one paragraph

GOG Enhancer stores all of your data on your own device. It does not have a server, does not log anything, does not use analytics, does not show ads, and does not share your data with anyone. It makes exactly two kinds of network requests, both to public unauthenticated endpoints, both of which transmit no information about you: (a) currency exchange rates from api.frankfurter.app, and (b) a periodic read of the public GOG mods page at gog.com/en/mods.


2. Data stored on your device

All of the following is kept locally on your device using the Chromium storage API. Nothing in this list ever leaves your computer through this extension:

What Where Why
Your feature toggles (which UI pieces are on, including the refund timer and desktop notifications switches) chrome.storage.sync So your preferences survive across devices if you are signed into Chrome with sync enabled
Your currency choice, VAT rate, region preset, and selected theme chrome.storage.sync Same — small preferences that should travel with you
Tags, per-tag colors, your custom tag ordering, and notes you add to games chrome.storage.local Personal organization on the GOG store
Price snapshots from game pages you visit chrome.storage.local Personal price-history charts (up to 100 snapshots per game; duplicates of the same price are collapsed)
Manual purchase dates you enter for the refund-window timer chrome.storage.local Local-only countdown of GOG’s 30-day refund window
Dedup log for desktop notifications you’ve already received chrome.storage.local So we don’t fire the same alert twice
Cached list of moddable games chrome.storage.local To show the “★ MOD” badge without re-fetching constantly
Cached count of discounted wishlist items chrome.storage.local To set the toolbar badge counter
Cached currency exchange rates and the last fetch error (if any) chrome.storage.sync So we don’t refetch on every page; the error string lets the popup tell you when the rate refresh failed
Onboarding completion flag and the verbose-logging toggle chrome.storage.sync So we don’t show the welcome wizard twice; the debug toggle is yours to flip in Advanced Options
Tag-dashboard density preference (comfortable / compact) chrome.storage.local Per-device UI preference — the dashboard remembers your choice between visits

You can wipe all of this at any time from the Advanced Settings page (toolbar icon → Advanced → Reset everything).

If you sign out of Chrome sync, the chrome.storage.sync portion is removed from Google’s servers per Google’s Chrome Sync policy, which is independent of this extension.


3. Background jobs and network requests

The extension runs four background jobs on a schedule. Two make network requests (to two destinations only — both public, both unauthenticated); the other two are entirely local.

3.1 api.frankfurter.app — currency exchange rates

3.2 www.gog.com/en/mods — moddable games list

3.3 Wishlist badge refresh — no network request

3.4 Daily refund-window check — no network request


4. Permissions we request and why

Permission Why we need it
storage To save your settings, tags, notes, and price history on your device
activeTab When you click the toolbar icon, this lets the popup reload the active tab if you press the “Reload tab” button
alarms To schedule four periodic background jobs: exchange-rate refresh (12 h), mods-catalog refresh (24 h), wishlist sale-count badge update (6 h), and a once-daily local check for refund windows about to close
notifications Opt-in only. When you enable “Desktop notifications” in Advanced Options, the extension can show a system notification when a refund window has 1–2 days left or when new wishlist items go on sale. Uses chrome.notifications, which is local to the browser — nothing is transmitted off-device. Off by default.
Host permission for https://www.gog.com/* To run the content script on GOG pages and to fetch the public /en/mods page in the background
Host permission for https://api.frankfurter.app/* To fetch currency exchange rates

We do not request any other permissions. In particular we do not request tabs (full tab access), webRequest (network interception), cookies (cookie reading), history (browsing history), or <all_urls> host access.


5. Things we do not do


6. Children

The extension is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly process data from anyone under 13. It also does not collect age information.


7. Changes to this policy

If we change what data the extension handles, this file will be updated and the version number at the top will change. Significant changes will also appear in the README changelog.


8. Open source

The full source code of this extension is open. You can verify everything this document claims by reading the code.


This privacy policy is written by the developer and reflects current behavior of the extension. It is not legal advice.