- ✔ 100% On-Device Local Processing
- ✔ Zero Analytics & Telemetry Tracking
- ✔ No Network Calls to External Servers
- ✔ Zero Access to Passwords or Credentials
1 Overview
CartItemizer: Receipt Itemizer for QuickBooks is a privacy-first Chrome Extension built for accounting professionals, bookkeepers, and e-commerce operators. The extension parses purchase details, itemizes line items, splits taxes, allocates shipping, and tracks discounts from Amazon, The Home Depot, AliExpress, and Temu invoice and order pages, transforming them into QuickBooks-compatible batch CSV and IIF files.
We believe financial and bookkeeping workflows require absolute confidentiality. "CartItemizer: Receipt Itemizer for QuickBooks" processes all data 100% locally in the user’s browser. Your receipt details, item descriptions, financial totals, and accounting accounts never leave your computer.
2 Data Collection
We collect NO personal data.
Specifically, our extension operates under the following strict boundaries:
- No Personal Information: We do not collect names, email addresses, phone numbers, physical addresses, or financial account numbers.
- No Analytics or Tracking: We do not embed Google Analytics, Mixpanel, Segment, or any tracking SDKs.
- No Telemetry or Logging: No operational telemetry, crash logs, or diagnostic reports are transmitted to us or any remote server.
- No Network Requests: The extension initiates zero HTTP/HTTPS network requests to remote or third-party servers. All parsing, categorization, tax balancing, and export file formatting execute purely in-memory on your local device.
3 Data Storage & Local Persistence
User preferences and export history are stored locally via chrome.storage.local on the user's machine only. No cloud sync.
The extension persists minimal state exclusively within your local Chrome browser profile storage:
- Custom Chart of Accounts mappings and categorization rules defined by you in the extension Options page.
- Default export preferences (e.g., CSV vs. IIF preference, tax allocation preference).
- Extension installation timestamp and lifetime export counter used for local trial status management.
- Temporary cache of the most recently extracted receipt to allow instant re-exporting within the popup UI.
You may clear this data at any time by clearing your browser extension storage or uninstalling the extension.
4 Passwords & Account Credentials
The extension never accesses, stores, or transmits Amazon, Home Depot, AliExpress, Temu, or QuickBooks login credentials or passwords.
The extension does not intercept input forms, password fields, or session tokens. All scraping takes place strictly after you have independently and securely authenticated yourself into your merchant account. The extension solely reads read-only invoice receipt DOM elements on completed order summary pages.
5 Permissions Explained
In accordance with Google Chrome Web Store policies, our extension requests only the minimum permissions necessary to deliver its core bookkeeping capabilities. Below is an itemized breakdown of why each permission is required:
| Permission | Justification & Purpose |
|---|---|
| activeTab | Read order details from the currently active browser tab when you click the extension icon or floating receipt button. |
| storage | Save user preferences and export history locally on your computer via chrome.storage.local. |
| downloads | Trigger CSV and IIF file downloads to the user's computer, saving QuickBooks files directly to your standard Downloads folder. |
| clipboardWrite | Copy formatted split tables to clipboard so you can paste itemized lines directly into QuickBooks Online or Excel sheets. |
6 Host Permissions & Scope
The extension declares host permissions for:
Host permissions are required to inject the content script that reads order line items, taxes, and totals from supported marketplace and store domains.
The extension activates only when you navigate to specific order detail or invoice pages on these supported domains. It does not inspect browsing activity on any other websites or web applications.
7 Third Parties
No data is shared with any third party. Ever.
We do not sell, rent, monetize, trade, or transfer your data or receipt contents to advertisers, data brokers, cloud service providers, or any other external entities. Because we operate an offline-first architecture with zero external servers, we never possess or encounter your data in the first place.
8 Contact Us
If you have questions, inquiries, or feedback regarding this Privacy Policy or the security practices of the extension, please reach out to our dedicated support team:
📧 Support Email: support@cartitemizer.com
Product: CartItemizer: Receipt Itemizer for QuickBooks
9 Changes to This Policy
We will update this page if our practices change. Any revisions will be reflected on this page with an updated effective date. Because we do not transmit user emails or personal identifiers to an external server, we advise checking this page periodically or inspecting the release notes bundled with extension updates in the Chrome Web Store.
10 Effective Date
This Privacy Policy is effective as of September 2026.