Privacy Policy

Effective July 29, 2026

Wisdom New Tab replaces the browser new tab page with search, shortcuts, public developer news, and a local focus timer. This policy explains the limited data the extension handles.

Data stored on your device

The extension uses chrome.storage.local to save interface preferences, shortcut names, URLs, colors and optional custom logo images, widget state, cached public GitHub and Hacker News results, and focus timer state. This information stays in your browser profile. The developer does not receive or maintain a server-side copy.

Network requests

• api.github.com provides public repository metadata for the GitHub Trending widget.
• hacker-news.firebaseio.com provides public Hacker News story data.
• Submitted search text is passed to the browser's selected search provider exclusively through chrome.search.query; the extension does not choose or change the default provider and has no provider-specific fallback.
• Opening a shortcut or story navigates your browser to that destination normally.

GitHub and Hacker News requests do not contain shortcut settings, search text, browsing history, or a developer-issued identifier.

Website shortcut icons come from the browser's favicon service. If you choose Import bookmarks, the extension asks for bookmark access at that moment and stores only bookmarks you explicitly add as shortcuts. Bookmark folders and unselected bookmarks are not copied into extension storage or sent anywhere.

Data the developer does not collect

The extension does not collect analytics, advertising identifiers, browsing history, passwords, authentication data, financial information, health information, precise location, personal communications, or content from pages you visit. It does not inject scripts into other websites and does not sell or share user data for advertising or profiling.

Permissions

• storage stores settings, shortcuts, timer state, and public-data caches locally.
• favicon displays website icons available through the browser's favicon service.
• search submits text exclusively through the browser's selected search provider without changing it. If Chrome Search API is unavailable, no alternate provider is used.
• bookmarks is optional and requested only after you select Import bookmarks. It reads bookmarks for the local picker and does not create, edit, move, or delete them.
• GitHub API access is limited to public repository data used by the GitHub widget.
• Hacker News API access is limited to public story data used by the Hacker News widget.

The extension does not execute remotely hosted code. All executable code is included in the installed package.

Limited use

Data handled by Wisdom New Tab is used only to provide and improve its disclosed, user-facing features. It is not transferred for advertising, credit-worthiness, or unrelated purposes, and it is not made available for humans to read except when required for security, legal compliance, or support explicitly requested by the user.

Contact

Questions and privacy requests can be submitted through the public issue tracker.

Changes

Material changes will be published in the project repository and reflected by an updated effective date.