Privacy Policy — JDS Passport Scanner / E-Registration Extension

Effective date: October 22, 2022

1. Overview

This Privacy Policy explains how the JDS E-Registration browser extension (the "Extension") collects, uses, stores, and shares information. The Extension's single purpose is to automatically capture reservation IDs displayed within a hotel's web system and securely transmit them to the local E-Registration / JDS Passport Scanner application to streamline guest check-in.

2. Data we collect

The Extension is designed to minimize data collection. We only access or handle the following information when required to fulfill the extension’s single purpose:

• Reservation ID — the unique booking identifier shown on the hotel web page. This may be considered personal data depending on how hotels use IDs alongside guest records.
• Temporary local settings — small configuration or preference data stored using the browser storage API (for example: enable/disable flag, preferred integration settings).

We do not collect or transmit browsing history, full page contents, login credentials, payment card data, or other unrelated personal data.

3. Permissions and why they are needed

The Extension requests a minimal set of permissions declared in manifest.json to accomplish its task:

• activeTab — temporarily allows the extension to read data from the active tab so it can detect and capture the reservation ID visible on that page.
• scripting — used to inject a small, purpose-built script that extracts the reservation ID from the hotel page DOM. The script only runs when the user activates the extension or grants access to the page.
• storage — stores lightweight settings locally in the browser to support the extension’s configuration and operation.
• nativeMessaging — enables the extension to securely send the captured reservation ID to the locally-installed JDS E-Registration desktop application. No data is sent to third-party servers by this channel unless the local application chooses to do so.