Privacy Policy

What the extension does

Hockey Alchemy — Player Lookup is a toolbar popup that lets you search for an NHL player and view their public analytics (GAR, tier, percentile, and contract value) sourced from hockeyalchemy.com. It can also highlight NHL player names on the web pages you read so you can hover for those same stats.

On-page highlighting (“X-Ray”)

To underline player names, the extension reads the visible text of a page and compares it — entirely on your device — against a list of NHL player names. This happens automatically on a small set of hockey websites (NHL.com, EliteProspects, Daily Faceoff, PuckPedia, Hockey-Reference) and on any other page only when you click “Highlight players on this page” in the popup.

• The page’s text is processed locally and is never sent to us or to any third party.
• When you hover a highlighted name, only that player’s ID is sent to the Hockey Alchemy API to fetch their public stats — never the page content, URL, or anything about you.
• The extension does not read passwords, form fields, or content on any site outside the hockey sites listed above unless you explicitly trigger a scan.

Information we collect

None that identifies you. We do not collect names, email addresses, location, browsing history, or any personally identifiable information. There is no account and no sign-in. The extension does not collect or store your IP address; like any website, the Hockey Alchemy API receives standard request information (including IP) when it serves player data, and this is not used to identify or track you.

Data stored on your device

To show a “Recent” list for convenience, the extension saves the names and IDs of players you have recently looked up using Chrome’s storage.local API. This data:

• stays on your device (or in your Chrome profile sync, if you enable it);
• is never transmitted to us or to any third party;
• can be cleared at any time using the “Clear” button in the popup, or by removing the extension.

Network requests

When you search for or open a player, the extension makes read-only requests to the public Hockey Alchemy API at https://www.hockeyalchemy.com to fetch that player’s public statistics. These requests contain only the search text or player you selected — no personal identifiers. No data is sent to any other domain.

Permissions we request, and why

• storage — to save your recent searches and a cached copy of the public NHL player list locally on your device.
• activeTab — lets the extension read and highlight the page you’re on only after you click “Highlight players on this page” (or open the side panel). It’s granted for that one tab on your click and is never used in the background. The extension does not request access to all your websites.
• Host access to hockeyalchemy.com — so the extension can fetch public player statistics from the Hockey Alchemy API.
• Automatic highlighting runs on a fixed list of hockey websites — NHL.com, EliteProspects, Daily Faceoff, PuckPedia, Hockey-Reference. On all other sites, nothing happens unless you trigger a scan yourself.
• scripting — to inject the highlighter into the page you scan.
• sidePanel — to show the optional side panel listing the players detected on the page you’re viewing. It displays only public stats and stores nothing about you.

Third parties & advertising

We do not use analytics, advertising, tracking pixels, or any third-party services. We do not sell or share data, because we do not collect it.

Children’s privacy

The extension is a general-audience sports tool and does not knowingly collect any information from anyone, including children under 13.

Changes to this policy

If the extension adds features that change how data is handled, this page will be updated and the “Last updated” date above revised. Material changes will be reflected in the extension’s store listing.

Contact

Questions about this policy? Email lazymillennialbusiness@gmail.com.