Privacy Policy — New Tab Dashboard

Effective date: July 10, 2026 · Applies to the New Tab Dashboard Chrome extension

Summary: New Tab Dashboard is a new-tab dashboard extension. All of your data — tasks, notes, settings, bookmarks, focus sessions, connected calendar tokens — is stored locally in your browser using the standard Chrome storage APIs. New Tab Dashboard does not operate a backend server, and it does not collect, transmit, or sell your personal data to the developer or any third party. Where the extension talks to the internet, it is either (a) fetching public information you asked for (weather, news, wallpapers, favicons) or (b) connecting directly, with your own credentials, to a third-party service you explicitly chose to link (e.g. Google Calendar, Microsoft Outlook, Teamup, Airtable).

1. Who operates this extension

New Tab Dashboard is developed and published by an independent developer. If you have questions about this policy or how the extension handles data, you can reach out at bk7355583@gmail.com.

2. Data we store, and where

New Tab Dashboard stores everything it needs to function directly in your browser via the chrome.storage API. Nothing in the list below is sent to the developer or to any analytics service.

Data	Purpose	Stored where
Tasks, to-dos, calendar entries you create	Todo & calendar features	Local browser storage (`chrome.storage`)
Notes, habits, focus-timer sessions	Productivity widgets	Local browser storage
Layout, theme, widget, and search-engine preferences	Personalization	Local browser storage
OAuth tokens / API keys for connected calendars (Google, Outlook, Teamup, Airtable)	Fetching your calendar events into the new-tab dashboard	Local browser storage, on-device only
Recently visited sites, bookmarks, open tabs/sessions	Quick-access shortcuts, search suggestions	Read on demand via Chrome APIs; not copied to a remote server
Approximate location (city-level, if you enable weather/local news)	Local weather & local news headlines	Sent directly to the weather/news provider to fetch results; not stored by New Tab Dashboard beyond your session

3. Permissions the extension requests, and why

Permission	Why it's needed
`storage`	Save your tasks, notes, and settings locally.
`alarms`	Power reminders, the focus timer, and scheduled habit checks.
`notifications`	Show task reminders and focus-session alerts.
`contextMenus`	Add right-click shortcuts (e.g. "quick add task").
`tabs`	Support quick-switch/search-tabs features in the command palette.
`bookmarks`	Show and search your bookmarks from the new tab page.
`history`	Power the "recently visited" and universal search suggestions.
`sessions`	Let you reopen recently closed tabs/windows.
`favicon`	Display site icons next to bookmarks, history, and search results.
`identity`	Sign you in to Google Calendar using Chrome's built-in OAuth flow (no password ever touches New Tab Dashboard).
`host_permissions (<all_urls>)`	Fetch favicons for arbitrary sites and load the calendar/weather/news data described below. New Tab Dashboard does not read or modify the content of pages you browse.

None of these permissions are used to monitor your general browsing activity. History, tabs, bookmarks, and sessions data are read locally to power features inside the new-tab page itself and are never transmitted off your device by New Tab Dashboard.

4. Third-party services New Tab Dashboard talks to

Some widgets fetch data directly from third-party APIs, from your browser, when you use those features. New Tab Dashboard does not proxy this traffic through a server it owns — requests go straight from your browser to the provider.

Weather — Open-Meteo, using your approximate coordinates (with your permission) to show local conditions.
News — Google News RSS, Hacker News, and GitHub Releases, to display headlines you select.
Wallpapers — Bing's image-of-the-day feed.
Location lookups — BigDataCloud and CountriesNow, used only to resolve a city/region name for weather and local-news search.
Calendar sync (optional, opt-in) — if you connect an account, New Tab Dashboard talks directly to Google Calendar, Microsoft Outlook/Graph, Teamup, or Airtable using tokens or API keys you provide, to display your events. These credentials are stored only on your device and are used only to call the provider you connected.

Your use of these third-party services is also subject to their own privacy policies. New Tab Dashboard does not receive a copy of, or control over, the data these providers hold.

5. What we don't do

We don't operate a backend server that stores your personal data.
We don't sell, rent, or share your data with advertisers or data brokers.
We don't use your browsing history, tasks, or notes for advertising or profiling.
We don't include third-party analytics or tracking scripts in the extension.

6. Data retention & deletion

Because your data lives in local browser storage, it stays on your device until you remove it. You can clear it at any time by removing individual items in New Tab Dashboard's UI, disconnecting a linked calendar in Settings, or uninstalling the extension — uninstalling deletes all locally stored New Tab Dashboard data as part of Chrome's normal extension removal process.

7. Children's privacy

New Tab Dashboard is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

8. Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the updated version will be published at this same location with a revised effective date.

9. Contact

Questions about this policy or your data can be sent to bk7355583@gmail.com.