Privacy Policy

At SmartNotes, we believe your research and thoughts belong uniquely to you. That is why we built SmartNotes as a 100% local-first extension. This Privacy Policy outlines how we handle your data—which is to say, we don't.

1. Data Collection & Storage

SmartNotes does not collect, transmit, or store your personal data, browser history, or notes on any external servers. We do not have a database tracking your activity.

• Notes and Tags: All notes, tags, and context you add are stored strictly on your device using your browser's native chrome.storage.local API.
• Persistent Highlights: The extension requires host access to all URLs (<all_urls>) to visually re-apply your saved highlights when you return to a webpage. This script operates entirely locally. It does not send your browsing activity to us or any third parties.

2. Data Usage

Because your data never leaves your device, we do not use your data for advertising, analytics, or any other purpose. Your data is used exclusively by the extension on your machine to provide its core features (saving notes, rendering highlights, and searching your saved items).

3. Third-Party Sharing

We do not share, sell, or trade your data with any third parties, simply because we do not have access to it. Your notes are yours.

4. Data Portability and Deletion

You have full control over your data:

• You can export a complete JSON backup of your notes at any time via the extension's side panel.
• You can manually delete individual notes at any time.
• If you uninstall the extension, all associated data stored in chrome.storage.local will be automatically and permanently deleted by your browser.

5. Analytics & Telemetry

SmartNotes includes exactly zero analytics, tracking scripts, or telemetry. We measure the success of our extension based on Chrome Web Store installation numbers, not by tracking our users.

6. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please reach out via our Chrome Web Store support tab.