Privacy Policy
Media Bridge processes authorized media downloads on the user's Windows computer. Version 0.3.0 has no publisher analytics, behavioral advertising, account system, or cloud media processing.
Information processed
When the user opens Media Bridge, the extension can read the active tab URL and place it in an editable field. When the user chooses Find videos, it reads video URLs, source-page or embedded-player URLs, and basic titles, dimensions, durations, and poster URLs exposed by media elements, direct media links, and loaded media resources in that active tab. It sends these values, the selected URL, format and quality choices, local progress, and errors through Native Messaging to the locally installed Helper.
For a visible top-level video without a poster, the extension can crop the visible player area from a tab capture. This temporary preview stays in the popup, is not sent to the Helper, and is discarded when the popup closes. Mozilla classifies the local Helper transfer as data transmission outside the extension. Soft Harbor Studio does not receive this information. For a discovered stream, the Helper can send its validated source-page URL to the requested media server as standard Referer and Origin headers. Media Bridge does not send HTML page contents and does not access browser cookies, passwords, payment information, or general browsing history.
Network communication
The Helper connects directly to the submitted website and its associated content-delivery services. Those services receive ordinary network information, including the user's IP address, under their own privacy policies. Media files are not routed through Soft Harbor Studio servers.
Local storage and retention
Preferences remain in local browser-extension storage. Small download-job records remain under %LOCALAPPDATA%\Media Bridge\jobs. Completed files are saved under %USERPROFILE%\Downloads\MediaBridge by default. Soft Harbor Studio does not receive or retain these records.
Sharing and sale
Soft Harbor Studio does not sell locally processed URLs, media metadata, job records, or files and does not share them with advertisers or data brokers.
User controls
Users can edit or clear a URL before inspection, remove downloaded files, uninstall the extension and Helper, and delete remaining local Media Bridge data.
Security
The extension communicates with the installed Helper through browser Native Messaging. The Helper rejects credential-bearing URLs and local or private-network destinations.
Publisher identity
Soft Harbor Studio is the public project and publisher display name used by the individual maintainer. It is not a claim that a corporation or other registered legal entity exists.
Changes and contact
This page will be updated before any material data-practice change is released. Privacy questions: chatandworkv@gmail.com.