Is Screencastify - Screen Video Recorder safe to install?

What data it declares

The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data:

• Personally identifiable information such as name, address, email address or age

The developer also certifies that your data is not sold to third parties outside approved uses, not used for purposes unrelated to the extension's core function, and not used to decide creditworthiness or lending.

The listing links to a privacy policy.

This is the developer's own declaration in the Chrome Web Store. We cannot check it against what the extension does.

What Chrome asks you to allow

When you add it, Chrome asks you to allow it to:

• Read and change all your data on all websites
• Read your browsing history
• Capture content of your screen
• Display notifications

Derived from the manifest by Chrome's documented rules; the dialog's exact wording depends on your Chrome version and language. Chrome asks again if an update requests more.

What it can reach

Every site you visit. This extension can read and change the content of any page you open.

Reaches your browsing data or every site

• Capture the contents of your screen desktopCapture
• Capture the contents of a tab tabCapture
• See the address and title of every tab you have open tabs

Worth knowing

• Run its own code on the pages it can access scripting
• See when you navigate between pages webNavigation

Routine for an extension

• Act on the current tab, but only after you click it activeTab
• Schedule work to run later alarms
• Show you notifications notifications
• Run work in a hidden page offscreen
• Store data in your browser storage
• Read your display setup system.display
• Store data in your browser without the usual size limit unlimitedStorage

Who uses it and how it is kept up

9.0M users

• Last updated in the store 3 days ago, on 2026-10-01.
• We have seen 3 new versions in the last 90 days.

What the store shows

• Featured The store's badge for extensions that follow its recommended practices for Chrome extensions.
• Established publisher The store's badge for publishers with a good record and no history of violations.
• Trader The publisher has declared itself a trader under EU rules.

Has it asked for more over time?

This is the question a permission list on its own cannot answer. An extension that shipped narrow and widened later is a different proposition from one that always asked for the same thing.

The permissions this extension requests have not changed since we started watching it.

Versions we have seen

1. 2026-10-02Version 4.24.6 (182d3f20-1))
2. 2026-09-16Version 4.24.5 (676af193-2))
3. 2026-09-10Version 4.24.4 (1f607d45-1))

Who publishes it

castify-ext-dev. This listing has been in the store since 2014-01-31 and was last updated on 2026-10-01.

Similar extensions that ask for less

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1. Screencast No site access · 5 permissions 662 users ★ 4.3
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How to check or remove it in Chrome

1. Type chrome://extensions in the address bar and find the extension in the list.
2. Open its details. The site access setting shows where it can run; set it to run only on click and it reaches a page only after you press its icon.
3. To uninstall it, choose Remove on the same page.

Questions people ask

What can Screencastify - Screen Video Recorder access?

Every site you visit. This extension can read and change the content of any page you open. It declares 12 browser permissions.

What data does Screencastify - Screen Video Recorder collect?

The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data: Personally identifiable information. This is the developer's own declaration in the Chrome Web Store. We cannot check it against what the extension does.

Has Screencastify - Screen Video Recorder asked for more permissions over time?

The permissions this extension requests have not changed since we started watching it.

Does Screencastify - Screen Video Recorder publish a privacy policy?

Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.