The Sastrify Browser Extension is a lightweight browser add-on designed to enhance visibility into SaaS usage across your organization. It seamlessly supports the discovery of shadow IT and provides actionable insights—such as SaaS utilization trends and usage patterns—directly within your Sastrify platform. The extension operates only when users interact with SaaS applications using their company email, ensuring relevance and data accuracy while respecting user privacy.


All collected data is securely transmitted to your Sastrify platform, where Sastrify admins can:

  • View detailed usage data under the Usage tab of each tool.

  • Discover and manage new tools through the Shadow IT Radar feature.

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Data Collection and Privacy Safeguards


The extension strictly tracks access to and activity within approved SaaS applications accessed via the organization’s work email. It collects the following data points:

  • Website hostnames of approved SaaS tools
  • User interaction metrics (e.g., click counts, keystroke counts, file upload events)
  • Session duration and timestamps (access and exit times)
  • Configuration data, such as approved product URLs
  • Work email address from the Chrome work profile, which serves as an Employee/User ID


In doing so, we maintain a strict privacy-first approach to data handling:

  • User identifiers are cryptographically hashed to ensure anonymization.
  • Only whitelisted business SaaS applications are monitored—personal websites and content are never tracked.
  • Automatic exclusion of certain domains, including career sites, job boards, and non-business application URLs.
  • Data is transmitted securely via HTTPS, using OAuth for authentication.
  • Minimal data collection principle: Only essential usage metrics are gathered to support organizational analytics.

Admin Guide: How to Notify Users

  1. Log into your Sastrify platform and go to Integrations > Discovery.
  2. Under "Browser Extension Integrations", find the Google Chrome connection card and click "Enable".


  3. If you haven’t connected an HRIS integration yet, you’ll be prompted to set one up.
     If an HRIS is already connected, deployment options will appear immediately.
  4. Choose Manual Install, then click Next.


  5. Click View Instructions to preview the step-by-step guide your users will receive.
  6. Select the users or employees to notify by checking the relevant boxes.
  7. Click Notify to send them the installation instructions via email.

End User Guide: Add the Sastrify Extension for Google Chrome

  1. Open the Sastrify Chrome Extension page in the Chrome Web Store.
  2. Click Add to Chrome.


  3. In the pop-up prompt, click Add Extension. The extension will appear as a button in your Chrome toolbar.

Frequently Asked Questions


Please refer to the Browser Extension FAQ page for a complete list of frequently asked questions.