Privacy policy

tuneOut is a Chrome extension made by hx_lab (“we”, “us”) that identifies the music playing in your current browser tab. We have no servers of our own and never receive any of your data. There are no accounts, ads or analytics.

Tab audio

When you open tuneOut, it listens to the current tab’s audio for up to about 12 seconds, stopping as soon as a song is found or when you close the popup. The audio is turned into a compact fingerprint on your device. The audio itself is never stored or sent anywhere.

Song identification

To find the song, tuneOut sends the fingerprint, its length, your time zone and the current time to Shazam’s music recognition service, operated by Apple. As with any web request, the service also sees your IP address. Album artwork is loaded from Apple’s image servers. Apple’s handling of this data is covered by Apple’s privacy policy. tuneOut is not affiliated with Shazam or Apple.

Your history

Each identified song is saved in your browser’s local storage: the title, artist, album, artwork link, when you found it, and the title and address of the tab it was playing in. It stays on your device and is not synced. You can remove songs or clear your history from the popup, and uninstalling tuneOut deletes it.

Links to other services

The Discogs, YouTube and Spotify buttons open those sites with the song’s title and artist as a search. Nothing is sent until you click, and those sites’ own privacy policies then apply.

Permissions

• Tab capture: to hear the current tab’s audio while the popup is open.
• Active tab: to read the current tab’s title and address for your local history.
• Storage: to keep your history on your device.
• amp.shazam.com: to send the fingerprint for identification.

Our commitments

We don’t sell or transfer your data, use it for anything other than identifying songs, or use it to determine creditworthiness or for lending. tuneOut’s use of data complies with the Chrome Web Store User Data Policy, including its Limited Use requirements.

Changes and contact

If this policy changes, we’ll update this page and the date above. Questions? Email [email protected].