1. Scope
This policy describes how the NewTab browser extension handles information. It applies to every browser version distributed through an official browser extension store or another official channel provided by the developer. If features or permissions differ between browser versions, the disclosures for the features and permissions available in the applicable version will apply.
2. Information handled by the extension
NewTab handles only the information needed to provide its new-tab features:
- Shortcuts and bookmarks: website titles, URLs, category and folder names, and related ordering information that you create or choose to import.
- Current page information: the title and URL of the page are used only when you select the “Add Website to Category” command from the right-click menu.
- Preferences: language, selected and custom search engines, hidden search engines, wallpaper URL, shortcut size, wallpaper overlay, and similar display settings.
The extension does not request your name, email address, payment information, passwords, precise location, personal communications, or health information.
3. Local storage and retention
Shortcuts, imported bookmarks, and preferences are stored with the browser’s local extension storage. They are not uploaded to a server operated by the NewTab developer and are not synchronized through a NewTab account.
Data remains in your browser until you edit or delete it, clear the extension’s data, or uninstall the extension. Uninstalling the extension normally removes its local extension storage.
4. Browser permissions
- bookmarks: reads your browser bookmark tree only after you explicitly choose to import bookmarks. The imported titles, URLs, and folders become local NewTab shortcuts.
- contextMenus: adds a right-click command that lets you save the current page title and URL to a category you select.
- storage: saves shortcuts, categories, search-engine settings, language, wallpaper settings, and other preferences locally.
5. Requests to external services
NewTab does not send data to a developer-operated backend. The following user-facing features may contact third parties:
- Search: when you submit a search, your query is sent directly to the search engine you selected (for example, Google, Bing, or a custom provider). That provider’s privacy policy applies.
- Opening shortcuts: when you open a shortcut, your browser connects to the destination website as it normally would.
- Wallpapers: the default wallpaper is loaded from Unsplash. If you set a custom wallpaper URL, your browser requests the image from that provider. The provider may receive standard request information such as your IP address and browser details.
- Website icons: builds configured to show remote website logos may send the domain portion of a saved shortcut to logo.dev to request an icon. The full page path, bookmark title, and your other shortcuts are not included in that icon request.
NewTab does not control these third-party services. Their own privacy policies govern the information they receive.
7. Supplemental disclosure for the Chrome Web Store version
This section applies only to the version distributed through the Chrome Web Store. NewTab’s use and transfer of information received from Google APIs complies with the Chrome Web Store User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.
Information accessed through extension permissions is used only to provide or improve the extension’s single purpose and user-facing features. It is not transferred except as necessary to provide those features, comply with applicable law, protect security, or as part of a permitted business transfer. It is never used for personalized advertising, and humans are not permitted to read it except in the limited circumstances allowed by that policy.
8. Supplemental disclosure for the Microsoft Edge Add-ons version
This section applies only to the version distributed through Microsoft Edge Add-ons. Its data-handling practices are the same as those described in this policy. The extension accesses bookmarks, current-page information, and locally stored settings only to provide its disclosed, user-facing features. This information is not uploaded to a developer-operated server and is not used for advertising, analytics, sale, or purposes unrelated to the extension’s functionality.
9. Security
NewTab minimizes data handling by keeping extension data in browser-managed local storage. External resources configured by the developer use HTTPS. A custom URL you provide is subject to the security of that URL and its provider. No method of storage or transmission is completely secure, but we limit access and transmission to what the disclosed features require.
10. Children’s privacy
NewTab is a general-purpose browser tool and is not directed to children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
11. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy when the extension’s features or legal requirements change. The effective date at the top of this page will be updated when material changes are made.
12. Contact
Questions or privacy requests can be submitted through GitHub Issues. Because NewTab does not operate user accounts or a data server, we generally cannot access or recover data stored in your browser.