Privacy Policy — For Focus

Effective Date: July 1, 2026 Last Updated: July 1, 2026

Overview

For Focus is a Chrome browser extension that helps you browse with intention and without distraction. We built it because we understand what it's like to struggle with focus, and we wanted a tool that actually respects you — including your privacy.

This policy explains what data For Focus touches, where it lives, and what we do (and don't do) with it. We've kept it plain and short on purpose.

The short version

For Focus stores your settings locally on your device using Chrome's built-in storage. It does not collect personal information. It does not send anything to a server. It does not track you. Everything stays on your machine.

What data For Focus uses

1. Your settings and preferences

What: Your configured Focus Sites list, Greyscaler timing preferences, Tab Limiter cap, Restrictor site rules and time limits, To-Do List tasks, Impulse List entries, Focus Reader settings, and your chosen theme (light or dark).

Where it lives: Stored locally on your device using the chrome.storage.local API. This data never leaves your browser.

Why: Without saving your settings, For Focus would reset to defaults every time you opened Chrome. Your preferences are yours — they stay with you.

2. Browsing activity (limited, on-device only)

What: For Focus reads the URL of your active tab when you click "Add Current Tab as Focus Site." The Greyscaler monitors which sites are in your tab and tracks elapsed active time on those pages to drive the desaturation effect. The Restrictor monitors time spent on sites you've added rules for.

Where it lives: Processed entirely within your browser, on your device. Time tracking data is stored in chrome.storage.local as part of your settings object.

Why: These are core features of the extension. The Greyscaler needs to know what site you're on and how long you've been there. The Restrictor needs the same to enforce your time limits. None of this information is transmitted anywhere.

3. Open tab information

What: When the Tab Limiter is active, For Focus queries how many tabs you have open and, if you're over your set limit, closes the most recently opened ones. When you toggle settings, the extension broadcasts those changes to your other open tabs.

Where it lives: Handled entirely in memory at the moment of the action. Tab information is not stored or logged.

Why: The Tab Limiter cannot function without knowing your tab count. Settings broadcasts ensure that every open tab immediately reflects your latest preferences without requiring a page refresh.

What For Focus does NOT do

• We do not collect personal information. No names, email addresses, accounts, or identifiers of any kind.

• We do not use analytics. No tracking scripts, no usage telemetry, no event logging sent anywhere.

• We do not send data to any server. For Focus has no backend. There is no server. Nothing leaves your device.

• We do not sell, share, or trade any data. There is nothing to sell or share.

• We do not use advertising. For Focus contains no ads and no advertising SDKs.

• We do not track you across websites. The extension reads your active tab's domain only when it needs to in order to apply an effect you've configured.

Chrome permissions explained

For Focus requests the following Chrome permissions, each for a specific, limited purpose:

• storage — To save your settings locally on your device between sessions.

• contextMenus — To add a "For Focus" option to Chrome's right-click menu so you can toggle the Focus Reader without opening the popup.

• activeTab — To read your current tab's URL when you click "Add Current Tab as Focus Site," and only at the moment you click that button.

• tabs — To enforce your Tab Limiter cap by querying and managing open tabs, and to broadcast setting changes to all open tabs instantly.

• notifications — To alert you when the Greyscaler has fully desaturated a page, or when the Tab Limiter has blocked a new tab from opening.

• Host permission (<all_urls>) — To run on any website, since you can designate any site as a Focus Site, add any site to the Restrictor, and have the Greyscaler and Focus Reader apply across any page you visit.

Data storage and security

All data For Focus stores lives in chrome.storage.local on your own device, managed by Chrome's own security model. We have no servers, no databases, and no access to anything you store. If you uninstall the extension, all stored data is removed along with it.

Children's privacy

For Focus does not knowingly collect any information from anyone, including children. Since the extension stores no personal data and communicates with no servers, there is nothing to collect regardless of age.

Changes to this policy

If we ever change this policy in a meaningful way, we will update the "Last Updated" date at the top and note what changed in the extension's update log. We will never introduce data collection or tracking without clearly communicating it.

Contact

If you have questions about this privacy policy or how For Focus handles your data, please contact: ForFocusSuite@gmail.com

For Focus is an independent Chrome extension. It is not affiliated with Google LLC or the Chrome Web Store beyond being distributed through it.