Privacy Policy – New Tab Dashboard
Your privacy is important. This extension is designed to work fully on your device without collecting or selling any personal data.
Data Collection
This extension does NOT collect, transmit, or sell any personal data.
All features work locally inside your browser.
- The clock uses your system time and browser timezone
- No clock data is stored or shared
- Time and timezone are accessed locally using browser APIs
- Clock data never leaves your device
This feature is fully secure and offline.
Weather Feature
- Weather is optional
- Location access is requested only after user clicks the weather box
- Location is used temporarily to fetch weather data
- Location data is never stored
- Location is never sent to any third party other than the weather API
Weather data is fetched from:
- Open-Meteo (no API key, no tracking)
Search & Recent Activity
- Search queries are stored locally to show recent searches
- Recent searches are saved only in your browser
- No search data is transmitted or shared
You can clear this data anytime by clearing extension storage.
To-Do List
- Tasks are saved locally using browser storage
- No task data is shared or uploaded
- Tasks never leave your device
- Uploaded backgrounds are stored locally
- Media files are saved inside your browser storage
- No uploads to any server
- No background data is shared
Quick Links / Bookmarks
- Links are saved locally in your browser
- No browsing history is tracked
- Clicking a link opens the official website in a new tab
Permissions Explanation
The extension may request the following permissions:
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Geolocation
Used only for optional weather functionality
Requested only after user interaction
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Storage
Used to save preferences, tasks, links, and backgrounds locally
No permission is used for tracking or advertising.
Third-Party Services
This extension may access:
- Open-Meteo (weather data)
- Google favicon service (website icons)
These services are used only to improve user experience.
Data Security
- No external databases are used
- No analytics or trackers
- No ads
- No accounts required
All data remains under your control.
Changes to This Policy
If privacy practices change, this policy will be updated accordingly.
If you have questions about privacy, you can contact the developer via the Chrome Web Store listing.