Privacy Policy

1. Overview & Commitment to Zero-Data

NOP Watch Party ("the Extension", "we", "our", or "us") was designed from the ground up with a Zero-Login, Zero-Data Architecture. We believe that watching movies and shows with friends should be as private as sitting on the same couch.

Our core architectural principle is: What happens in your party stays in your party.

2. Information We Handle and How It Is Used

Because of our decentralized Network of Peers (NOP) design, the Extension only processes the absolute minimum technical data required to synchronize playback and coordinate WebRTC connections:

• Ephemeral In-Session Identity: When you join or host a party, your chosen nickname is stored temporarily in browser memory (sessionStorage) solely to label your chat messages and webcam tile. It is immediately discarded when you close your tab.
• Video Synchronization Signals: When a participant plays, pauses, seeks, or scrubs, lightweight JSON control packets (e.g. timestamp offsets) are broadcast directly to connected peers over WebRTC DataChannels.
• Local Preferences: Mute toggles, volume levels, and optional Dodo Payments license keys for hosts are saved locally via chrome.storage. We have zero access to your credit card, billing, or financial details.

3. WebRTC Architecture & Media Delivery

All live webcam streams, microphone audio feeds, and text chat messages travel directly between party participants using the standard WebRTC protocol (PeerJS). WebRTC connections are end-to-end encrypted (DTLS/SRTP) by default in all modern Chromium browsers.

A minimal Node.js signaling server is used solely for the initial cryptographic handshake to exchange ICE candidates. Once peers connect directly, the signaling server drops out of the communication path. The signaling server keeps no logs, records no IP histories, and stores no media.

4. User Rights, Data Retention, & Deletion

Because NOP Watch Party does not collect personal information or maintain user accounts on central databases, you can erase all locally stored data at any time by clearing your browser's extension data or uninstalling the extension via chrome://extensions.