Tabsome Privacy Policy

Tabsome transforms your new tab into a customizable dashboard. We design Tabsome to work locally in your browser with minimal data collection. This policy explains what data is handled, why, and how you stay in control.

Overview

• No tracking: We do not track your browsing history or sell your data.
• Sync: Settings and Speed Dials are stored using chrome.storage.sync to keep them across your devices.
• Optional features: Top Sites and Clipboard import/export only run when you enable or use them.
• AI queries: Queries you type are sent to the AI API provider to generate responses.

What data we store

• Extension settings (theme, layout, background, toggles) via chrome.storage.sync.
• Speed Dials you create (title, URL, optional image/color/folder) via chrome.storage.sync.
• Optional AI chat history (local) to provide chat context so you can continue conversations without repeating previous prompts.

We do not collect or store personal information.

What data we do not collect

• No analytics, tracking pixels, or advertising identifiers.
• No background collection of your browsing history or page content.
• No cookies are set by the extension.

Permissions and why we need them

• storage: Save and sync your preferences and Speed Dials across sessions/devices.
• tabs: Send live updates (e.g., changed settings or Speed Dials) to open Tabsome New Tab pages by identifying those tabs.
• activeTab: When you click the popup to add the current site, read the active tab’s URL/title/icon to prefill the form.
• topSites (optional): If enabled, show your frequently visited sites on the New Tab page. Requested only when toggled on.
• clipboardRead / clipboardWrite (optional): On your explicit action, import/export Speed Dials via the clipboard.

Host permissions and external services

• https://api.openweathermap.org/*: Retrieve weather data for the weather widget. May send your chosen city/coordinates.
• https://suggestqueries.google.com/*: Fetch search suggestions as you type. Sends your query terms to Google Suggest.
• AI API: When you use the AI feature, your prompt and recent chat context are sent to the AI provider to generate a response.

We do not send your browsing history to these services. Requests are limited to the features you use.

Clipboard handling

Clipboard access is strictly user-initiated. Tabsome reads from or writes to the clipboard only when you click Import/Export. No background clipboard access occurs.

Top Sites

If you enable Top Sites, Chrome provides a list of your frequently visited sites via chrome.topSites for display on the New Tab page. Tabsome does not transmit this list to any server.

Remote code and sandboxing

Tabsome’s core pages (New Tab, Options, Popup, Service Worker) do not execute remote scripts. An optional Spotlight widget area runs user-provided HTML/CSS/JS inside a browser sandboxed page that is isolated from extension privileges. Sandboxed content cannot access extension APIs or storage.

If you prefer not to use Spotlight’s custom code capability, simply don’t ask it from AI.

Data retention and deletion

• Your device: Remove all data by uninstalling the extension or using in-app reset options. You can also clear specific settings and Speed Dials in the UI.
• Sync: If Chrome Sync is enabled, items in chrome.storage.sync are associated with your Google account per Chrome’s sync behavior. You can clear them via Chrome settings.
• AI provider: Requests sent to the AI API are transmitted to generate responses. Refer to the AI provider’s retention policy.

Security

• Runs primarily client-side within the browser’s extension sandbox.
• Minimal host permissions and optional permissions requested only when needed.
• Sanitization is applied to AI-rendered content to reduce XSS risk in UI rendering contexts.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy to reflect improvements or new features. Material changes will be noted by updating the “Last updated” date above.

Contact

If you have questions or requests related to privacy, data access, or deletion, contact: ksr.jena@gmail.com

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