Privacy Policy for BrowseLog

 

📊 BrowseLog

Chrome Extension

Privacy Policy

 

Effective Date: March 15, 2025  |  Version 1.0.0

🔒  Privacy Commitment

BrowseLog is designed with privacy as its foundation. Your browsing data never

leaves your device. We collect nothing, store nothing remotely, and share nothing

with anyone. This policy explains exactly what the extension does — and does not do.

 

1.  Overview

BrowseLog ('the Extension', 'we', 'our') is a free, open-source Chrome browser extension that allows users to view and export their local Chrome browsing history to an Excel (.xlsx) file. This Privacy Policy describes our practices regarding data access, usage, and protection.

This policy applies to the BrowseLog Chrome Extension distributed through the Chrome Web Store.

 

2.  Data We Access

2.1  Browsing History

The Extension reads the following data from Chrome's local history API, solely when you initiate a Preview or Export action:

•        Page titles of visited websites

•        URLs (web addresses) of visited pages

•        Date and time of each visit

•        Visit count per URL (how many times a page was visited)

 

This data is accessed locally from your device only. It is never transmitted to any server, database, or third party.

 

2.2  User Preferences (Storage)

The Extension may store the following preferences locally in Chrome storage to improve your experience:

•        Your selected date range (e.g., 'Last 7 Days')

•        Your keyword filter text

 

These preferences are stored only on your local device using Chrome's storage API. They contain no browsing history or personal information.

 

2.3  Data We Do NOT Access

BrowseLog does not access, collect, read, or process any of the following:

 

Data Type	Example	Collected?
Personal Identity	Name, email, address, age	No
Health Information	Medical records, symptoms	No
Financial Data	Payment info, transactions	No
Authentication Data	Passwords, credentials, PINs	No
Communications	Emails, messages, chat	No
Location Data	GPS, IP address, region	No
User Activity	Clicks, keystrokes, scroll	No
Website Content	Text, images, videos, audio	No
Cookies / Sessions	Login sessions, tracking IDs	No

 

3.  How We Use Your Data

All data accessed by the Extension is used exclusively for the following purpose:

 

•        Displaying a preview table of your browsing history within the Extension popup

•        Generating an Excel (.xlsx) file saved directly to your local Downloads folder

•        Calculating summary statistics (total visits, unique sites, days active)

 

The Extension processes your history data in-memory within your browser. Once the popup is closed or the export is complete, no data is retained by the Extension.

 

✅  Data Flow Summary

Chrome History API  →  Extension Memory  →  Excel File (local Downloads folder)

At no point does data travel outside your device.

 

4.  Data Sharing and Disclosure

We do not share, sell, rent, trade, or otherwise disclose your data to any third party under any circumstances. Specifically:

 

•        No analytics or telemetry services are used

•        No advertising networks receive any data

•        No cloud storage or remote servers are involved

•        No third-party APIs or SDKs are integrated

•        No data is shared with the extension developer or Anthropic

 

5.  Chrome Permissions Explained

The Extension requests the following Chrome permissions. Each permission is the minimum required to provide the stated functionality:

 

Permission	Why It Is Required	Data Sent Externally?
history	Read local browsing history to display and export it	No — local only
storage	Save your UI preferences (date range, filter text) locally	No — local only
downloads	Save the generated .xlsx file to your Downloads folder	No — local only

 

6.  Data Retention

BrowseLog does not retain any browsing history data. Specifically:

 

•        Browsing history is accessed only while the Extension popup is open

•        All history data is held in-memory and discarded when the popup closes

•        The exported Excel file is saved to your device; the Extension holds no copy

•        UI preferences stored via Chrome storage can be cleared at any time by removing the Extension

 

7.  Security

Because BrowseLog operates entirely locally and transmits no data externally, the primary security considerations are:

 

•        The exported Excel file is saved to your local machine and subject to your device's own file system security

•        The Extension runs in Chrome's sandboxed extension environment, limiting its access to only the declared permissions

•        No network connections are made by the Extension

 

8.  Children's Privacy

BrowseLog does not knowingly collect any personal information from children under the age of 13 (or the applicable age of digital consent in your jurisdiction). The Extension does not collect any personal data from any user of any age.

 

9.  Your Rights and Controls

Since BrowseLog does not collect or store any personal data, there is no personal data held by the developer that would be subject to access, correction, or deletion requests. You retain full control over:

 

•        Your browsing history (managed within Chrome Settings > History)

•        The exported Excel files (saved to your local device)

•        Extension preferences (cleared by uninstalling the Extension)

 

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, the updated policy will be published on the Chrome Web Store listing and the effective date at the top of this document will be revised. Continued use of the Extension after such changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.

 

11. Contact

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or the Extension's data practices, please contact us through the Chrome Web Store support page for BrowseLog.

 

📌  Summary

BrowseLog reads your local Chrome history only when you ask it to.

Nothing is sent anywhere. Nothing is stored remotely. You are always in control.

This extension was built to serve you — not to collect data about you.