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Clear, human privacy

Your browsing habits belong to you.

Nudge is designed to show useful patterns without collecting the content of your browsing. This policy explains what the extension records, where it stays, and the controls you have.

Effective 15 August 2026Local storageNo third-party analytics

Privacy at a glance

Nudge is a mindful browsing companion. To show your active time, boundaries, and reflections, it needs a small amount of structured browsing information. That information is kept in signed Chrome extension storage on your device.

No account. No cloud profile. No browsing history sold or shared. Nudge’s core experience works without sending your activity to an external server.

What Nudge records

Nudge records only the information needed to provide its features:

  • Hostnames, such as example.com, so time can be grouped by site. It does not save the complete address.
  • Categories you assign, including Social, Work, Relax, Other, or a custom grouping supported by the extension.
  • Active-time segments that describe when a tracked browser tab was actively in use.
  • Boundaries and break preferences, including daily limits and chosen reminder durations.
  • Reflections you choose to enter, including mood check-ins and end-of-day notes.
  • Settings needed to make the extension behave the way you selected.

Nudge tracks active browsing, rather than assuming every open background tab has your attention.

What Nudge does not record

Nudge does not record or inspect:

Full URLsPaths, fragments, and other complete address details are not saved.
Page titlesThe titles shown in browser tabs are not stored.
Search queriesThe words or phrases you search for are not collected.
Page contentNudge does not read or store the text, images, forms, messages, or media on a page.
External profilesYour browsing activity is not uploaded to build a server-side profile.

Storage and retention

Where your data stays

Extension data is stored locally in signed Chrome extension storage associated with your browser profile. Nudge does not operate an external browsing-data server.

How long it stays

Detailed browsing activity is available for up to one month so the Calendar can show recent patterns. Where the extension offers retention controls, the period you choose is applied on your device. Older activity is removed as part of normal local cleanup.

Data may also be removed when you use Nudge’s delete controls, clear extension storage in Chrome, remove the extension and its data, or import a replacement data set.

Why Chrome permissions are needed

Chrome permissions are used only to operate the features described here. The precise wording shown by Chrome may vary by release.

Tabs / active tabIdentifies the hostname of the active tab so Nudge can attribute active time to the correct site. Page content is not read.
StorageSaves categories, boundaries, settings, time segments, and reflections locally.
AlarmsRuns break timers, boundary checks, and scheduled local housekeeping reliably.
NotificationsShows reminders you have enabled when a boundary or break timer is reached.
Host accessAllows Nudge to recognise the hostname of sites you choose to track. It is not used to collect page content.

Export, import, and delete

You remain in control of the information stored by Nudge. From Settings, you can:

  • Export a copy of your Nudge data for backup or review.
  • Import a compatible Nudge data file.
  • Delete your stored activity, boundaries, reflections, and settings.

Exports remain under your control. If you copy an export to another service or device, that location’s security and privacy practices apply to the copy.

Third-party services

Nudge does not send browsing activity, hostnames, reflections, boundaries, or active-time segments to analytics companies, advertising networks, data brokers, or another external server.

The Chrome Web Store and the Chrome browser are provided by Google and are governed by Google’s own terms and privacy practices. Those services distribute and run the extension, but Nudge does not add third-party analytics or advertising to its core experience.

Changes to this policy

If Nudge’s data practices or required permissions materially change, this policy will be updated before or alongside the relevant extension release. The effective date at the top of this page will show when the latest version took effect.

This policy intentionally has no contact section until the project has an approved support address.

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