Comment Export for Sheets™ reads the comments in a spreadsheet you open it in, and writes them into a tab in that same spreadsheet. Nothing is sent anywhere else. There is no server behind it, no account, and no database, so there is nothing for me to collect and nothing for me to lose.
I am the developer, and I have written this page to describe exactly what the add-on does rather than to cover myself. If any of it turns out to be inaccurate, tell me and I will correct it.
What it asks for
The add-on requests three permissions, and these are the narrowest ones that let it work:
- See, edit, create and delete only the specific Google Drive files you use this
app with (
drive.file). This is granted one file at a time, by you, when you press Grant access to this file. The add-on cannot see any other file in your Drive, and it is never given broad Drive access. - View and manage the spreadsheet this application is used in
(
spreadsheets.currentonly). This is what lets it write the results tab back into the spreadsheet you are in. - Connect to an external service (
script.external_request). The only address it ever contacts isgoogleapis.com, Google's own API, to ask for a copy of the spreadsheet you granted access to. It contacts no other host.
The add-on has no server of its own. There is no address your data could be sent to, because I do not operate one.
What it actually does when you press the button
- It asks Google's Drive API to export the spreadsheet you granted access to.
- It reads the comment records out of that export. This happens inside Google Apps Script, running under your own account, on Google's infrastructure.
- It writes a tab named Comment Export into the same spreadsheet, containing the sheet and cell each comment sits on, who wrote it, when, whether it is resolved, and its replies.
- The copy it worked from is discarded when the run ends.
Your comments never leave your Google account. They go from your spreadsheet, through Google's own infrastructure, back into your spreadsheet.
What I collect
Nothing. I have no analytics in this add-on, no error reporting service, no usage tracking, no mailing list signup, and no way to see who has installed it beyond any aggregate install count Google may report to me as the developer. I cannot see your spreadsheets, your comments, your name, or your email address.
What is stored
Nothing outside your own spreadsheet. The add-on keeps no database and writes no settings. The only thing it leaves behind is the Comment Export tab, which is yours, sits in your file, and which you can delete like any other tab.
Sharing
There is nothing to share. No data is sold, rented, transferred, or disclosed to anyone, because none is collected in the first place.
Google API Services User Data Policy
Comment Export for Sheets™ use and transfer of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.
Revoking access
You can remove the add-on at any time, and you can review or revoke its permissions at any time at your Google account permissions page. Revoking access takes effect immediately.
Children
The add-on is a tool for working with spreadsheets and is not directed at children.
Changes
If the add-on ever starts doing something this page does not describe, this page changes first. The date at the top is when it was last revised.
Contact
Benjamin J. Sunter, Denver, Colorado. sunterbb@gmail.com. Questions and corrections both welcome.