This policy covers version 3 of the Simple Radio Online extension for Chrome and other Chromium browsers. It adds the details for this extension to the general Cresotech privacy policy.
Who is responsible
PayForSay s. r. o., Doležalova 3424/15C, Bratislava – Ružinov, 821 04, Slovakia (Reg. No. 54 455 073, VAT SK2121683322) publishes Cresotech extensions and runs the station catalog radio.cresotech.com. Contact: cresotech@gmail.com.
What stays on your computer
- Your favourite stations and the recently played list
- The last station, the volume, the country you chose and the genre you opened last
- A copy of the station lists and the country the catalog detected, so the player opens quickly
- Whether you rated the extension, so it stops asking after you do
This data is kept in Chrome's storage for the extension (chrome.storage) in your profile on this computer. It is deleted when you remove the extension.
What is sent to our station catalog
The station list lives on our server radio.cresotech.com, not in the extension. The extension asks it for:
- Your country. The server works out the country from the IP address of the request, to show the popular stations of your country. The address is used only for this lookup and is not stored. You can choose another country in the extension at any time.
- Station lists. The country code and the genre you opened, to get the popular stations of that country and genre.
- Search. The words you type into the search box, with the country code and the language of your browser to rank the results. Stations you saved in version 2 are looked up once by their name, to find their current stream.
- Favourites. The ids of your favourite stations, to refresh their stream addresses, which change over time.
- The extension's name and version.
There is no account, no cookie and no user id: the server cannot tell one listener from another. Like any web server, radio.cresotech.com keeps a standard access log (the IP address and the requested address, which includes search words and station ids) for up to 14 days for security and troubleshooting, then deletes it. We do not use it to build profiles.
IP geolocation by DB-IP (licensed under CC BY 4.0).
What the radio stations see
- Sound. When you play a station, your browser connects directly to that station's stream server.
- Logos. Station logos are loaded directly from the stations' websites.
These servers see your IP address, as any website you visit does. Each station follows its own privacy policy. Some stations play their own commercials, as they do on air; the extension adds no ads.
Permissions
| Permission | Why |
|---|---|
storage | keep your favourites and settings |
offscreen | keep the music playing when the panel is closed (Manifest V3 requires an offscreen document for audio) |
alarms | refresh the station catalog twice a day |
sidePanel | open the player in Chrome's side panel |
The extension asks for no access to websites and cannot read the pages you visit.
When you install or remove Simple Radio Online, or use Rate us or Request feature, Chrome opens a page on cresotech.com. These are ordinary web pages covered by the site privacy policy; a form there sends only what you type into it.
What is not collected
- Your browsing history
- The content of the pages you visit
- Your name, e-mail or any account data
We do not sell or rent data, do not use it for advertising, and do not use it to determine creditworthiness.
Version 2
Version 2 of Simple Radio Online searched the public Radio Browser directory (radio-browser.info) directly: your search words and IP address went to that directory, and nothing went to Cresotech. Stations you saved in version 2 become favourites in version 3.
Your rights
Under the GDPR you can ask for access to your data, correction, deletion, restriction and portability, and you can object to processing. Write to cresotech@gmail.com. You can also complain to the Slovak data protection authority (Úrad na ochranu osobných údajov SR) or the authority in your country.
Changes
We update this page when the extension starts to process data differently. The date at the top shows the current version.