Dashtab is a Chrome extension that replaces your New Tab page with a customizable dashboard (search bar, clock, weather, Pomodoro timer, to-do list/notepad, and quick links). This policy explains what data Dashtab handles and, just as importantly, what it does not.
storage API.We do not collect names, email addresses, browsing history, analytics, or any other personal information. We have no server to send it to even if we wanted to. Dashtab does not include any analytics, tracking, or advertising code.
Dashtab stores the following data only inside your own browser, using
chrome.storage.sync (which syncs across your signed-in Chrome
devices) and chrome.storage.local (which stays on the current device):
| Data | Storage | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Background image URL, blur/overlay settings | chrome.storage.sync | Personalize your dashboard |
| Widget layout, theme, visibility settings | chrome.storage.sync | Remember your custom layout |
| OpenWeatherMap API key (if you add one) | chrome.storage.sync | Fetch weather on your behalf |
| Location override text (if you set one) | chrome.storage.sync | Skip the geolocation prompt |
| To-do list / notepad entries | chrome.storage.local | Your personal task list |
| Chosen Google app-grid shortcuts | chrome.storage.sync | Remember your quick-launch icons |
None of this is transmitted to us. Uninstalling the extension removes this data.
The Weather widget is optional and only activates once you supply your own free API key from OpenWeatherMap.
If you paste an image URL (e.g., from Unsplash) into Settings, your browser requests that image directly from the host you specified. We do not proxy, store, or see this request. No images are uploaded by Dashtab — only loaded from a URL you choose.
| Permission | What it's for |
|---|---|
storage | Save your settings locally, as described above. |
topSites | Show your most-visited pages in the Quick Links widget. Read locally; never transmitted. |
bookmarks | Let you browse your own Chrome bookmark folders in the Quick Links widget. Read locally; never transmitted. |
favicon | Show real site icons for Quick Links / Google app-grid shortcuts, using Chrome's internal favicon cache. This is a local, same-device lookup — it makes no network request of its own. |
| Geolocation (Web API) | Used only for the Weather widget, as described in Section 4. Chrome shows its own permission prompt; Dashtab cannot access your location without it. |
Dashtab does not request activeTab, scripting, or any
permission that would let it read or modify content on other websites.
The Gmail shortcut, app-grid shortcuts, and search bar link out to services like Google and your chosen search engine. Clicking these simply opens that site's own page in your browser — Dashtab does not share any data with them beyond what a normal hyperlink click would. Those sites' own privacy policies apply once you're there.
Dashtab is not directed at children and does not knowingly collect data from anyone, regardless of age.
Because everything is stored locally, you can delete your data at any time by clearing the relevant settings in Dashtab, or entirely by uninstalling the extension — which removes all locally stored data along with it.
If this policy changes, we will update the effective date above and post the revised version at this same URL.
Questions about this policy or the extension can be sent to: ymdevsolution@gmail.com