Privacy policy

Last updated: October 20, 2026

This policy explains what Figure Captions and References (the "add-on"), made by Cedar Bench Labs ("we"), does with information when you use it in Google Docs.

In short: the add-on works on your document inside Google's systems. We never receive your document's text. The only thing that leaves Google is your license key, if you enter one, which is sent to our payment provider to check it.

What the add-on can access

When you install it, Google asks you to allow two things:

"View and manage documents that this application has been installed in." This lets the add-on read and change the document you use it in: to add captions, renumber them, update cross-references and lists, and keep track of them with bookmarks and named ranges in that document. It cannot open your other documents.
"Display and run third-party web content in prompts and sidebars inside Google applications." This lets the add-on show its sidebar and messages.

What we collect

Document content: none. The add-on's code runs on Google's servers (Google Apps Script) and changes your document there. Your text, images and tables are not sent to us or to anyone else.
Settings stored by Google: your caption format (for example "Chart" instead of "Figure") is saved in the document's own properties, and your license key and its status are saved in your Google account's storage for this add-on. Both are stored by Google; we can't read them.
License checks: when you activate Pro, and about once a week after that, the sidebar sends your license key to Polar (polar.sh), our payment provider, to check that it's valid. Nothing else is sent with it.
Purchases: if you buy Pro, you pay on Polar's checkout page. Polar is the merchant of record and handles your payment details, billing address and invoices under its own privacy policy. Polar tells us your email address, what you bought and when, so we can provide the license and support. We never see your card details.
Support emails: if you write to us, we keep your message and email address to answer you.
No tracking: the add-on has no analytics, advertising or tracking code.

Google user data

Figure Captions and References's use and transfer of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. We use document access only to provide the add-on's features to you, we do not transfer or sell your Google data, and we do not use it for advertising or to train AI models.

Sharing

We don't sell or share personal information, except with Polar for payments and license checks as described above, or when the law requires it.

Keeping and deleting data

A document's caption settings stay with that document (deleting the document removes them). To remove your license key from your account, click "Remove key" in the add-on's Pro section.
To remove access, uninstall the add-on or revoke it at myaccount.google.com/permissions.
To ask us to delete purchase or support records we hold about you, email support@cedarbenchlabs.com.

Children

The add-on isn't directed at children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect their information.

Changes

If we change this policy, we'll update the date above. If a change affects what data leaves your document, we'll say so on this page before it takes effect.

Contact

Cedar Bench Labs, support@cedarbenchlabs.com.