Last updated October 2026
BurnTest Recorder privacy policy
The BurnTest Recorder is a Chrome extension for BurnTest reviewers, published by K&B Company LLC (BurnTest.io). It records the browser tab you're reviewing, with the tab's sound and your voice, and uploads that recording to your BurnTest account. This page explains exactly what it touches.
What the extension does
When you press Start on a burn at burntest.io, the site hands the extension the burn's ID, the address of the page to review and the brief's task. The extension opens that page in a new tab. Nothing is recorded, and nothing is drawn on that page, until you click the extension's 🔥 flame icon in Chrome's toolbar (or press its keyboard shortcut, Alt+Shift+B) on that tab. From then on it shows a small recording pill on top of the page.
While recording, it captures the video and audio of that one tab plus your microphone, and mixes them into a single WebM file and a small audio-only file used for transcription. Recording stops when you press stop on the pill, click the icon again, press the shortcut, or close the tab.
What it collects
The screen and audio recording you deliberately make, the burn ID and page address burntest.io gave it, and the length of the recording. That's all. It doesn't read your browsing history, bookmarks, passwords, form data or the contents of any other tab, and it doesn't run on any page other than the tab you choose to record and burntest.io itself.
The recording is held in your browser's memory only until the upload finishes, then discarded locally.
Where the data goes
Recordings are uploaded directly to BurnTest's storage (Vercel Blob) under your BurnTest reviewer account, using the same login cookie as the burntest.io website. They're then handled exactly like a recording made on the website: visible to the site owner who ordered the burn and to BurnTest staff, and processed by our AI providers for transcription and scoring, as described in the main BurnTest privacy policy.
The extension talks only to burntest.io and to BurnTest's storage. It sends nothing to any other server, and it contains no analytics, advertising or tracking code.
Permissions it asks for
| Permission | Why it needs it |
|---|---|
tabCapture | Record the tab you're reviewing, with its audio. |
activeTab | Know which tab you clicked the flame on, and get temporary access to that one tab. |
tabs | Open the site in a new tab, bring you back to burntest.io when the upload is done, and, right after you install it, return you to the burn you came from. |
scripting | Put the recording pill on the one tab you started recording, and tell an already-open burntest.io page that the extension is installed. |
offscreen | Chrome requires a hidden extension page to run the recorder. |
storage | Remember the burn in progress and the burntest.io address. |
Microphone | Record your voice narration. Chrome asks you once. |
Host access: https://burntest.io/* | Lets the website start a burn and lets the extension upload with your login. |
Access to the site you review is temporary, limited to that tab, and granted by your own click on the flame (Chrome's activeTab permission). The pill it draws there is the extension's own interface and reads nothing from the page. The extension doesn't run on, read or modify any other tab.
Retention and deletion
Uninstalling the extension removes everything it stored locally. Uploaded recordings live in your BurnTest account and are covered by the BurnTest privacy policy and terms; you can ask for their deletion by emailing support@burntest.io.
Contact
Questions about this extension: support@burntest.io. Changes to this policy are posted on this page.
This page is provided for transparency and is not legal advice. Questions: support@burntest.io.