PRIVACY POLICY

1. What Data Is Collected

The extension collects and stores the following data locally on your device:

• Website hostnames — the domain names (e.g. reddit.com) of sites you visit are recorded to measure time spent per domain each day. Full URLs, page titles, and page content are never read or stored.
• Pomodoro session statistics — session counts, total focus minutes, and total break minutes are stored to display your productivity history in the extension popup.
• Your blacklist and whitelist — the domains you manually add to either list are stored so they persist across browser sessions.
• Your settings — timer durations, thresholds, and other preferences you configure are saved locally.
• Unlock/unblock justifications — text typed into the petition or settings-unlock forms is processed locally to count words and validate the request. This text is not stored after the action completes.

2. How Data Is Used

All collected data is used solely to provide the extension's core functionality:

• Domain time data is used to enforce daily limits, trigger auto-blocking, and display the Records tab.
• Session statistics are used to display your daily and cumulative productivity summary.
• Blacklist and whitelist data is used to determine which sites to block or exempt.
• Settings data is used to apply your configured timer and enforcement preferences.

Data is never used for advertising, profiling, analytics, or any purpose beyond the operation of the extension itself.

3. Data Storage & Retention

All data is stored using the chrome.storage.local API, which stores data on your local device only. Website visit history is automatically pruned to the last 3 days. Pomodoro session history is kept for the last 30 days. All other data (settings, blacklist, whitelist) persists until you uninstall the extension or clear it manually.

No data is written to any external database, cloud service, or server of any kind.

4. Data Sharing & Third Parties

We do not share, sell, transfer, or disclose your data to any third party — ever. There are no analytics libraries, tracking pixels, advertising SDKs, or remote logging services included in this extension.

The only external network request made by the extension is loading the VT323 and Share Tech Mono fonts from Google Fonts (used for the extension's interface). No user data is transmitted in this request.

5. Permissions

The extension requests the following Chrome permissions, each for a specific, narrow purpose:

• tabs — to read the URL of your active tab so visit time can be tracked per domain.
• storage — to save settings, blacklist, whitelist, and usage data locally on your device.
• alarms — to run the Pomodoro timer and periodic tracking tick in the background.
• activeTab — to redirect the current tab when a block is enforced.
• declarativeNetRequest — to redirect blocked domains to the blocked page during Pomodoro work sessions. This method is more privacy-preserving than the broad webRequest API.
• notifications — to send desktop notifications at the end of Pomodoro sessions.
• host_permissions (<all_urls>) — required by declarativeNetRequest to apply redirect rules across the domains you have chosen to block.

6. Your Rights & Control

Because all data is stored locally on your device, you have complete control over it at all times:

• You can clear all extension data from Chrome's settings at any time.
• Uninstalling the extension removes all associated local storage data.
• No account exists, so there is no remote profile to request deletion of.

7. Children's Privacy

The extension does not knowingly collect any data from children under the age of 13 and is not directed at children. Because all data is stored locally and never transmitted, no special handling is required beyond what applies to any Chrome user.

8. Changes to This Policy

If this policy is updated, the new version will be posted on this page with a revised effective date. Continued use of the extension after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

9. Contact

Questions or concerns about this privacy policy can be directed to the developer via the Chrome Web Store listing page.