Privacy Policy  ·  Last updated June 2025
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Privacy Policy
TabBye – Auto Tab Timeout

Your privacy is not a feature.
It's the foundation.

TabBye – Auto Tab Timeout was built from day one with a simple rule: your data belongs to you — and only you. No exceptions. No asterisks.

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The TabBye Privacy Promise
Everything TabBye does happens entirely inside your browser, on your device, with your data. Nothing is ever transmitted, collected, stored externally, or seen by anyone — including us. This is not a policy loophole. This is the product.
Core guarantees
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Zero Data Collection Absolute
We collect absolutely nothing. No tab URLs, no browsing history, no page titles, no timestamps, no device info, no crash reports, no personal data of any kind is ever collected or stored anywhere outside your device. Not now, not ever.
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100% Offline — No Internet Required Always
TabBye works entirely inside your browser. No internet connection is needed for any feature. No servers. No cloud sync. No remote storage. Everything — your closed tabs, settings, stats, Graveyard history — stays on your device.
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No Login Required — Ever
No account. No email address. No password. No profile. No sign-up flow. Install and use. That's it. We don't even have an authentication system because there's nothing to authenticate against.
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No Third-Party Services Zero
No analytics. No Google Analytics. No Mixpanel. No Sentry. No ads. No ad networks. No trackers. No pixels. No beacons. No external scripts or CDN dependencies. TabBye has zero third-party code that phones home.
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You Own Your Data — Completely
All saved tab history lives in your browser's local storage. It never leaves your machine. You can view it, export it, or permanently delete it anytime from Settings → Clear Graveyard. Uninstalling the extension removes everything automatically.
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Completely Free — No Hidden Costs
No premium plan. No paid tier. No feature gates. No freemium gotchas. No subscription. Free forever. TabBye is built as a public good, not as a data business. There is nothing to monetize because there is no data to monetize.
Permissions explained
Permission
Data stays
Why it's needed
tabs
🔒 Local only
To detect idle tabs and track last-activity time for auto-close logic. Tab URLs are never stored externally.
storage
🔒 Local only
To save your settings, Graveyard history, and stats inside your browser's local storage. Nothing is synced to any external server.
alarms
🔒 Local only
To schedule the periodic idle-check that runs every minute in the background. No network access.
notifications
🔒 Local only
To alert you 5 minutes before a tab auto-closes so you can snooze or save it. Shown only on your device.
Network / Internet
✕ Not used
TabBye never makes outbound network requests. No API calls, no telemetry, no remote logging.
Where your data goes
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Browser Local Storage
Graveyard history, settings, stats, whitelist — all stored here. Accessible only by the TabBye extension on your device.
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Cloud / Remote Servers
We have none. No database, no backend, no cloud storage. TabBye has no server infrastructure whatsoever.
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Analytics & Tracking
No usage analytics, no error reporting services, no heatmaps, no session recording. Zero.
✕ Never
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Advertising Networks
No ads, no ad SDKs, no impression tracking, no retargeting pixels. TabBye is completely ad-free.
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Delete Everything Anytime
Go to Settings → Clear Graveyard to wipe all saved data instantly. Uninstalling removes everything automatically.
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Full policy
📄 Information We Collect

We collect no personal information. TabBye does not collect, transmit, or store any personally identifiable information (PII). This includes but is not limited to: names, email addresses, IP addresses, device identifiers, location data, or browsing history.

Tab URLs and titles processed during auto-close checks are evaluated entirely in memory, on your device, in real time. They are saved to your local Graveyard storage only — never sent anywhere else.

📄 How Data Is Stored

All data generated by TabBye — including Graveyard entries, user settings, focus mode preferences, whitelist rules, and usage statistics — is stored exclusively in your browser's chrome.storage.local API. This data is sandboxed to your device and is not accessible by any other extension, website, or external party.

The Graveyard stores up to 500 tab entries locally. Older entries are automatically pruned when the limit is reached. You may clear all data at any time via Settings → Clear Graveyard.

📄 Children's Privacy

TabBye does not collect data from anyone, including children under the age of 13. Since no data is collected at all, TabBye is fully compliant with COPPA and similar child privacy regulations by design.

📄 Changes to This Policy

If this privacy policy is ever updated, the new version will be included in the extension update and the "Last updated" date will be revised accordingly. Any material change that could affect your data rights will be clearly communicated in the extension's update notes.

Our core commitment will never change: no data collection, no external servers, no tracking. If that ever became impossible to maintain, we would discontinue the extension rather than compromise it.

📄 Open Source Transparency

TabBye's source code is available for review. We encourage security researchers, developers, and privacy-conscious users to audit the codebase and verify every claim made in this policy. Trust shouldn't require blind faith — it should be verifiable.

Questions or concerns
Bishnu Kartik
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Bishnu (Kartik)
Developer & Privacy-First Builder  ·  Nepal 🇳🇵
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🔄 Released Date: June 2026
📦 Extension version: v1.0.0
🌍 Applies to: All platforms
v1.0.0  ·  Auto-Close Tabs  ·  Built with ❤️ in Nepal
Privacy-First  ·  No Tracking  ·  No Data Collection  ·  100% Offline  ·  Free Forever