Privacy Policy

Always show scrollbar. Last updated: May 16, 2026.

Overview

Always show scrollbar is a browser extension that keeps native vertical and horizontal scrollbars visible on websites selected by the user.

The extension does not collect, sell, transmit, or share personal data with the developer or any third party.

Open source policy

Always show scrollbar is fully open source under the MIT License. The extension source code, documentation, UI files, localization files, generated store assets, and included logo assets are available under that license unless a file explicitly says otherwise.

The open-source license does not change the privacy behavior described below: the extension does not collect or transmit user data.

Data stored by the extension

The extension stores only user settings needed for its core functionality:

• enabled domain rules, such as *, example.com, *.example.com, or file://;
• the selected interface language.

These settings are stored with the Chrome storage.sync API. If Chrome Sync is enabled in the user's browser profile, Chrome may sync these settings between the user's own devices.

Data collection and sharing

The extension does not use analytics, ads, tracking scripts, telemetry endpoints, external APIs, or remote code.

The extension does not send visited URLs, page content, domain rules, language settings, or any other user data to the developer.

Permission explanations

storage

This permission is used to save the user's enabled domain rules and selected interface language. Without it, the extension could not remember which sites should have persistent scrollbars enabled.

scripting

This permission is used to insert extension-owned CSS into enabled webpages. The CSS keeps native scrollbars visible when a website hides or restyles them. The extension does not use this permission to run remote code.

host_permissions: <all_urls>

This host permission is required because users can choose to enable the extension on any website, or on all websites with the * rule. The extension applies scrollbar fixes only according to the user's domain filter.

The permission does not mean the extension collects browsing history or page content. It is used only to apply local CSS behavior on enabled pages.

Remote code

All JavaScript, CSS, HTML, images, and localization files are bundled inside the extension package. The extension does not load executable code from the internet.

Browser-controlled pages

Chromium does not allow normal extensions to modify internal browser pages such as chrome://extensions. The extension works on supported webpages where browser extension APIs allow content scripts and CSS injection.

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