ImageNest Privacy Policy

Last updated: 8 November 2026. Applies to ImageNest.

Publisher: Humble Meteor Studio

What ImageNest does

ImageNest is a bulk image downloader for Chrome. It helps you find, preview, filter and download one image or a selection of images from the active web page while its side panel is open. You first open it with the toolbar icon to grant temporary page access. You do not need an ImageNest account. The extension has no publisher-operated backend, analytics, advertising or tracking service. Supported saved image formats are JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF and AVIF. SVG is not supported: identifiable SVG URLs and embedded SVG data are excluded from collection, and Save response validation rejects SVG even when the URL does not reveal its format.

Page and image information

When you open ImageNest on a page, it reads the page title, page URL, image URLs, image descriptions and available image dimensions. It uses this information to display and filter the collection, automatically mark matching images and save images only when you click Save. You can uncheck images or clear the selection before saving. Changing Size, Format or search, using Reset, or receiving a newly completed collection automatically selects all matching images again. The page title is also used to name the image subfolder; characters unsuitable for folder names are replaced. Image URLs and page URLs can contain identifiers or other information supplied by the source website.

While the panel is open, ImageNest follows navigation and active-tab changes and automatically scans only the active page where existing temporary active-tab access or already approved HTTPS host access permits. A different origin or new tab requires another explicit toolbar click if existing access does not permit scanning. Automatic scanning stops when the panel is closed; inactive tabs are not continuously scanned. ImageNest does not continuously record your browsing history. It does not read passwords, browser cookies, account details or local documents as part of scanning a page. Images and their descriptions can themselves contain personal or sensitive information; they are handled in the same way as other images in your collection.

Storage on your device

Temporary scan results are stored in Chrome's extension session storage. ImageNest removes a tab's stored results when its page starts navigating or the tab closes. Chrome clears session storage when the browser restarts. An open panel or an operation already in progress may retain information in memory until that view or operation updates or closes.

ImageNest saves through Chrome's download manager to the download location configured in Chrome, usually Downloads. ImageNest does not store a separate download history. Chrome records these downloads in its own download history and manages them under your browser settings. ImageNest monitors completion or interruption only for downloads it starts and may cancel its own active download when you press Stop. It does not search or manage unrelated downloads.

ImageNest always saves in a subfolder named after the source page inside Chrome’s configured download folder. It does not show a destination picker or request read/write access to local folders. Existing filenames receive a numbered suffix instead of being overwritten. Saved images are not deleted when you close Chrome or uninstall ImageNest.

Earlier saved custom-folder settings are removed when ImageNest is installed or updated and are never reused.

Requests to image hosts

Measuring images with unknown dimensions, displaying previews and saving images may send requests to the original image hosts and HTTPS hosts reached through redirects. Those hosts receive the requested URL, your IP address and ordinary network metadata. They handle those requests under their own privacy practices. The source-page scanner reads information already available in the page and does not initiate its own image requests.

Preview and dimension requests use Chrome's image loading in the extension context. Chrome and the image host's cookie rules determine whether cookies accompany those requests. Save requests explicitly omit credentials, including cookies, and use a no-referrer policy. Preview and dimension requests also use a no-referrer policy. ImageNest does not claim that every browser image request is anonymous or credential-free.

ImageNest's own external image requests use HTTPS only. HTTP image URLs, including local HTTP URLs, are skipped, and HTTPS redirects to HTTP are blocked. Supported embedded image data is processed locally. This restriction does not change how the source website itself loads its resources.

ImageNest does not send your collection, destination folder information or saved images to Humble Meteor Studio. We do not sell this data, use it for advertising or use it to make credit or lending decisions.

Permissions

ImageNest uses temporary active-tab access and packaged scanning code to read image information from the active page while its panel is open and existing permissions allow. A toolbar click grants temporary page access; automatic page following does not request broader access. Its side-panel permission displays the collection beside that page, and its storage permission shares temporary scan results between extension components. Its downloads permission saves selected images through Chrome's download manager and checks completion or interruption of those downloads. Images are fetched and validated first under the HTTPS restrictions above; only the resulting local image data is passed to the download manager.

Website access for saving is requested only for the HTTPS image hosts in your selection. The extension declares support for arbitrary HTTPS hosts because images can come from many websites and content delivery networks; this declaration does not grant access to every website at installation. Approved host access may remain until you revoke it in Chrome and may also allow scanning an active page on that host while the panel is open. Embedded-image-only selections do not require website access.

ImageNest does not request direct folder access or upload your local files. Chrome creates the page subfolder and saves the images inside its configured download folder. On update and browser startup, the extension removes obsolete HTTP host permissions from earlier versions without requesting new HTTP access.

Your controls

You choose when to open or close the panel and when to save. Matching images are selected automatically; you can uncheck images or clear the selection until a filter change or new collection selects matching images again. Automatic selection never starts a download. You can stop a saving operation and revoke website access in Chrome's extension settings. To change the destination, change the download folder in Chrome's settings; ImageNest always uses a page-named subfolder inside that configured folder without a per-save destination picker.

Closing the source tab or restarting Chrome clears its temporary stored scan results. Removing ImageNest clears its local extension storage. Delete saved images through your file manager if you no longer want them. Manage Chrome's download history through Chrome's Downloads page; uninstalling ImageNest does not clear that browser history. Chrome, your operating system and any backup or folder-sync services you use may retain caches, copies or backups under their own settings.

Support and privacy messages

The contact form is separate from the ImageNest extension. If you submit it, Humble Meteor Studio receives your name, email address, enquiry topic and message in our Gmail inbox so we can respond. Cloudflare processes the submission, including your IP address and browser signals, to deliver it and prevent spam using Turnstile and rate limiting. The form requires JavaScript and a successful spam check. The extension does not submit this form or send support messages automatically.

We do not add form messages to a website database, mailing list or analytics service. The website's application code does not log message contents, email addresses, IP addresses or Turnstile tokens. Cloudflare and Google may process service and security data under their own policies. We keep correspondence only as long as needed to handle your enquiry and related follow-up, then delete it unless retention is required by law.

If you contact us by email instead, we receive your email address and the information you choose to include and handle that correspondence for the same support or privacy purpose. Domain email aliases may forward messages to the studio's Gmail inbox. Gmail is the receiving mailbox service, not a backend that receives ImageNest image collections.

Please do not send passwords, verification codes or private images. Use the Privacy question form to request access, correction or deletion of your correspondence. The publisher cannot access or delete your local collections or saved files remotely.

Cloudflare and Google process data under their respective policies: Cloudflare privacy policy and Google privacy policy.

Limited use and policy changes

ImageNest uses information obtained through Chrome APIs only for its disclosed image collection and saving purpose. ImageNest's use of this information complies with the Chrome Web Store User Data Policy, including its Limited Use requirements.

We will update this policy when ImageNest's data practices change and revise the date above. For support, use the ImageNest support form. For privacy questions, use the Privacy question form.