Privacy Policy

What data FocusFlow stores

FocusFlow stores the following information exclusively in your browser's local storage (chrome.storage.local):

• The task description you type into the extension popup
• Your focus session start time
• Time spent on each website domain (aggregated daily totals)
• Your list of productive and distracting sites
• Whether the overlay widget is minimized

Browsing history and tab data

FocusFlow reads the active tab's URL to measure time spent on different domains. This information is:

• Processed entirely within the extension's background service worker
• Aggregated by domain name only (e.g. github.com) — full URLs, page titles, and search queries are never recorded
• Stored locally as daily totals and automatically keyed by date
• Never sent to any remote server or third party

What we do not collect

• No names, email addresses, or account information
• No full URLs, page content, or search queries
• No location data
• No device identifiers
• No cookies or cross-site tracking
• No analytics or telemetry of any kind
• No data sold or shared with advertisers or third parties

Permissions used and why

FocusFlow requests the following Chrome permissions:

• storage — to save your session, task, and site-time data locally in your browser
• tabs & activeTab — to read the domain of your active tab and track focus time
• scripting — to inject the small focus overlay widget onto web pages
• alarms — to periodically save your daily stats to local storage
• host_permissions (<all_urls>) — to display the overlay widget on all sites you visit during a session

No permission is used to transmit data externally.

Data retention and deletion

Daily usage statistics are stored under a date-keyed entry (e.g. stats_2026-06-19). You can clear all data at any time by:

• Removing the FocusFlow extension from Chrome, which deletes all local storage
• Using Chrome's built-in extension storage clear option at chrome://settings/content/all

Children's privacy

FocusFlow does not knowingly collect any information from children under 13. The extension does not collect personal data from any user regardless of age.

Changes to this policy

If we make any changes to this privacy policy, the updated 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.