Privacy Policy
Effective date: July 10, 2026
VIME is a Google Workspace add-on for Google Slides that connects a Google Sheets model to your presentation and renders interactive charts. This policy explains what information VIME accesses, how it is used, and how it is stored. It applies to the VIME add-on ("VIME", "we").
Information VIME accesses
VIME requests the minimum access needed to function, and only while you are using it:
- A single Google Sheet you choose. Using Google's file picker, you explicitly select one spreadsheet to connect. VIME is granted per-file access (the
drive.filescope) to only that file — it cannot see any other files in your Google Drive. - The presentation you have open. VIME can read and edit only the currently open Google Slides presentation (the
presentations.currentonlyscope), so it can insert chart images onto your slide. - Cell values in the connected Sheet. When you press Calculate, VIME writes your chosen input values into the cells you configured and reads back the output cells to draw charts.
How VIME uses this information
The information is used solely to provide the add-on's features to you: running your model, drawing charts in the sidebar, and placing a chart image onto your slide. VIME does not use your content for advertising, and does not sell or share it.
What VIME stores, and where
- Your setup — which Sheet is connected, which cells are inputs and outputs, chart types, and layout — is stored using Google's built-in add-on storage (Properties Service) inside your presentation and your Google account. This is what lets your configuration reload the next time you open the deck.
- VIME does not operate its own servers or database, and does not transmit your spreadsheet data, cell values, or presentation content to any VIME-controlled system or third party.
- Because the connected Sheet's identifier is stored within the presentation, anyone you share the presentation with (as an editor) may be able to see which Sheet is connected.
Third-party services
VIME runs on Google's Apps Script platform and uses Google APIs (Google Sheets, Google Drive file picker, and Google Slides). To render charts, VIME loads open-source JavaScript libraries (Chart.js and html2canvas) from the public Cloudflare cdnjs content-delivery network. These libraries run inside your browser; VIME does not send your model data to them.
Google API Services User Data Policy — Limited Use. VIME's use of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. VIME only uses this access to provide and improve the add-on's user-facing features, and does not transfer or use the data for serving ads, or for any purpose unrelated to those features.
Data retention and removal
Your setup persists in your presentation and Google account until you change it, run setup again, or remove VIME. You can disconnect at any time by uninstalling the add-on and, if you wish, clearing its stored configuration via the add-on's settings. Uninstalling revokes VIME's access to the connected file and presentation.
Children
VIME is a productivity tool intended for general and business use and is not directed to children under 13.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy as the add-on evolves. Material changes will be reflected here with a new effective date.
Contact
Questions about this policy or VIME's data practices: vime.extension@gmail.com.