What “nothing leaves your computer” means, exactly
It means your accounting data. The Excel file, the narrations, the party names, the amounts, your chart of accounts and the vouchers that get written — all of that is read and written on your machine, between the extension and your Tally. None of it reaches us, because there is nowhere for it to go.
It does not mean the extension never talks to the internet at all, and it would be easy to imply that and hope nobody checked. Each installation activates once so that it can be supported, and checks in at most once every twenty-four hours. That request carries a random identifier made on your computer, a public key for the installation and a timestamp. It carries nothing from your books, and it cannot be made to. With the computer offline, the check-in does not happen and everything keeps working.
The full privacy policy for the extension lists every field of that request, and what is kept against it.
You do not have to take our word for it
Chrome asks every extension to declare what it is allowed to reach, and shows you that list before you install. Open the listing and read it for this one: it can talk to the Tally on your own computer, and it cannot open a website or see anything you browse. An extension that wanted to send your statement somewhere would have to declare that it could, and this one has not.
Why this is unusual
Most ways of getting a statement into Tally involve sending it somewhere. Either the file goes to a website that returns something for you to import, or it goes into a platform that holds your books alongside everyone else's. Both work. Both mean the statement leaves the building.
The alternative was always to type it in by hand, which is why so many firms still do. This is the third option: the computer does the typing, and the statement never goes anywhere.
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Being on your computer is also the limitation, and it is worth knowing before you install. The extension posts into the Tally on the machine it is installed on, so it will not work from a different computer, and it is not the right choice if you need to work on the same books from several places. That is what the cloud app is for — it runs from any machine, with an account, and your data is stored securely in our system. Both are free. They are for different situations.
Questions
Does my bank statement get uploaded anywhere?
No. The file is read on your own computer and the entries go to the TallyPrime running on that same computer. Your statement, your ledgers, your party names and your amounts are never sent to us and never sent to anyone else.
So the extension sends nothing at all?
It sends one thing, and it is worth being precise about. Each installation activates once so it can be supported, and checks in at most once a day. That request carries a random identifier generated on your computer, a public key for the installation and a timestamp. It carries nothing from your books and cannot be made to. If your computer is offline the check-in simply does not happen and the extension keeps working.
Is that identifier a device fingerprint?
No. It comes from a key generated at random on your computer — not from your hardware, your browser, your IP address, your Tally company or anything about you. It cannot be linked back to you or to your accounting data.
How can I check any of this for myself?
Chrome tells you what an extension is allowed to reach before you install it. Look at that list for this one: it can reach the Tally on your own computer, and nothing else. It cannot open a website and it cannot see anything you browse.
Where does my data actually live?
In the extension’s own storage on that computer, in a folder on your disk if you choose one, and in your TallyPrime company once you post. You can export or erase all of it from Settings. Removing the extension destroys the local copy, and we hold no copy to delete because we never received one.
Do I need an account?
No. There is no sign-up, no email address and no password. Install it and use it.
Nothing to upload. Nothing to sign up for.
Free, and it works with the TallyPrime already on your computer.
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