Privacy Policy

TabFort Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 22 August 2026
Last Updated: 29 August 2026

1. Introduction

TabFort is a browser tab-management extension designed to help users organize, group, search, snooze, automate, save, restore and recover browser tabs and browsing sessions.

TabFort includes features such as:

Automatic tab organization by website, domain, subdomain or category
Native browser tab grouping
Organize & Group
Group Builder
Zen Mode
Smart Rules
Smart Automation
Auto Sleep
Auto Group New Tabs
Duplicate Guard
Duplicate Cleaner
Tab Search
Tab Explorer
Unused Tab detection
Snooze and Memory Saver
RAM Monitor
Saved Sessions
Workspaces
Session import and export
Automatic browser snapshots
Snooze recovery backups
Recovery tools
Undo functionality

TabFort's Snooze feature can significantly reduce the memory used by inactive browser tabs.

In a real test involving 577 tabs, approximately 90% reduction in Chrome memory usage was observed, with approximately 11.5 GB more system RAM becoming available after snoozing.

Actual results vary depending on websites, browser workload, system configuration, installed extensions, browser caching and other applications running on the device.

TabFort is designed to operate primarily locally within your browser.

TabFort does not require a user account and does not operate a developer-controlled server that collects users' browsing history, saved sessions, workspaces or tab information.

2. Information TabFort May Access

To provide its browser tab-management features, TabFort may access information associated with browser tabs and windows.

This may include:

Tab titles
Website URLs
Website domain names
Website subdomains
Website favicons
Tab group membership
Tab group names
Tab group colours
Whether a group is collapsed or expanded
Whether a tab is pinned
Tab position and order
Browser-window information
Whether a tab is active
Whether a tab is playing audio or media
Tab activity or last-accessed timestamps
Saved session information
Workspace information
Snoozed-tab recovery information
Smart Rule configuration
Automation configuration
Auto Sleep information
Auto Group information
Duplicate Guard information
Local browser snapshot information
User-selected Tab Explorer preferences

This information is used only to provide TabFort's user-facing browser tab-management functionality.

3. How Tab Information Is Used

TabFort may process browser tab information for:

Organizing tabs by domain
Organizing tabs by subdomain
Organizing tabs by category
Creating native browser tab groups
Renaming groups
Recolouring groups
Collapsing or expanding supported groups
Ungrouping tabs
Moving tabs between groups
Group Builder functionality
Searching open tabs
Searching saved collections
Detecting duplicate tabs
Preventing duplicate tabs when Duplicate Guard is enabled
Identifying unused tabs
Snoozing inactive tabs
Waking snoozed tabs
Auto Sleep
Automatically grouping new tabs when enabled
Smart Rules
Protecting selected tabs from automatic actions
Running Zen Mode
Temporarily focusing browser activity during Zen Mode
Restoring supported browser state after Zen Mode
Saving browsing sessions
Restoring browsing sessions
Creating Workspaces
Opening selected tabs or groups into Workspaces
Reconstructing saved browser groups
Preserving tab order
Preserving pinned status
Preserving group names and colours
Session import and export
Creating local browser snapshots
Snooze recovery
Undo functionality
Displaying website favicons
Displaying and managing tabs through Tab Explorer

TabFort does not use this information for:

Advertising
Behavioral advertising
Marketing profiles
Selling user data
Credit scoring
Lending decisions
Employment decisions
Insurance decisions
Unrelated user profiling

4. Snooze & Memory Saver

TabFort can place eligible browser tabs into a lightweight sleeping state to reduce memory usage.

When a tab is snoozed, TabFort may locally store information needed to restore that tab.

This may include:

Original URL
Page title
Favicon
Tab position
Browser window information
Group information
Group name
Group colour
Pinned status
Snooze timestamp
Recovery identifier

This information allows TabFort to restore the original webpage when the user wakes the tab.

Snoozed tabs remain available until the user chooses to wake, close or otherwise manage them.

TabFort does not transmit snoozed-tab recovery information to a TabFort server.

5. Memory Saving

TabFort's Snooze feature is designed to reduce the memory consumed by inactive browser tabs.

During a real-world test involving 577 tabs, approximately 90% reduction in Chrome memory usage was observed.

The same test showed approximately 11.5 GB more system RAM available after snoozing.

These figures are provided as an example of actual test performance and are not guaranteed for every user.

Memory savings may vary depending on:

Websites being snoozed
Number of tabs
Browser version
Browser caching
Installed extensions
Operating system
Available RAM
Background applications
GPU and shared browser processes
System configuration

6. RAM Monitor

TabFort includes an optional RAM Monitor.

When enabled by the user, TabFort may use browser-provided system-memory information to display information such as:

Available system memory
Used system memory
Total system memory
Memory before snoozing
Memory after snoozing
Estimated memory recovered

RAM Monitor information is processed locally.

TabFort does not transmit system-memory measurements to the developer or to a TabFort server.

The RAM Monitor reports system-level memory information and should not be interpreted as an exact per-tab memory measurement.

7. Auto Sleep

TabFort includes an optional Auto Sleep feature.

When enabled, Auto Sleep periodically checks eligible tabs and their inactivity time.

Users can choose how long a tab must remain inactive before it becomes eligible for automatic snoozing.

TabFort may use browser alarms to perform these checks.

TabFort is designed to protect certain tabs from automatic snoozing where applicable, including:

Active tabs
Pinned tabs
Media-playing tabs
Tabs protected through TabFort settings
Tabs protected through Smart Rules

Auto Sleep configuration and activity information remain local to the browser.

8. Smart Automation

TabFort includes optional automation features that users can enable or disable.

These may include:

Auto Sleep
Auto Group New Tabs
Duplicate Guard
Automatic browser snapshots
Automatic recovery backups
Smart Rules

When automation is enabled, TabFort may process locally available browser-tab information such as:

URLs
Domains
Tab titles
Tab activity
Grouping state
Pinned state
Existing open tabs

This processing is performed only to carry out the automation selected by the user.

Automation settings and processing remain local to the browser unless the user explicitly creates or exports a backup file.

9. Auto Group New Tabs

TabFort may provide an optional Auto Group feature.

When enabled, newly opened tabs may automatically be placed into supported native browser tab groups.

Grouping may be based on information such as:

Website
Domain
Category
Smart Rule configuration

Auto Group can be enabled or disabled by the user.

TabFort does not transmit Auto Group activity to a TabFort server.

10. Duplicate Guard

TabFort may provide an optional Duplicate Guard feature.

When enabled, TabFort may compare the URL of a newly opened tab with existing open tabs.

If an equivalent tab is already open, TabFort may:

Activate the existing tab
Close the newly opened duplicate tab

TabFort may normalize certain URL components when comparing tabs, such as common tracking parameters.

Duplicate Guard operates locally within the browser.

Duplicate Guard can be enabled or disabled by the user.

11. Duplicate Cleaner

TabFort can detect duplicate tabs already open in the browser.

Users may review detected duplicates before removing them.

TabFort may provide actions that:

Keep a preferred copy
Close additional duplicate copies
Jump to the retained tab

Where confirmation is presented, TabFort performs the removal only after the user approves the action.

12. Unused Tabs

TabFort may use tab activity or last-accessed timestamps to identify tabs that have not been used for a selected period.

This allows users to review tabs that may no longer be needed.

TabFort may allow the user to:

Review unused tabs
Snooze unused tabs
Select unused tabs
Close selected unused tabs after confirmation

TabFort does not use unused-tab information for advertising, profiling or unrelated tracking.

13. Zen Mode

TabFort includes a Zen Mode designed to reduce browser distractions while the user focuses on selected tabs.

Depending on the options selected by the user, Zen Mode may:

Focus on the current tab
Focus on selected tabs
Focus on a browser group
Collapse unrelated browser groups
Temporarily mute background tabs
Snooze eligible background tabs
Use a focus timer
Temporarily change supported browser-window state

Before making supported temporary changes, TabFort may locally record browser state needed to restore the user's previous configuration.

This may include:

Active tab
Tab group state
Group collapsed or expanded state
Muted-tab state
Window state
Tabs snoozed specifically by Zen Mode

When Zen Mode ends, TabFort may use this locally stored information to restore supported browser state.

Zen Mode information is not transmitted to a TabFort server.

14. Smart Rules

TabFort includes Smart Rules that allow users to create automatic tab-management instructions.

A Smart Rule may include information such as:

Website domain
Subdomain or domain pattern
Group name
Group colour
Automatic grouping preference
Auto Snooze preference
Snooze protection
Cleanup protection

For example, a user may configure a rule that automatically places tabs from a particular website into a chosen browser group.

Smart Rules are stored locally in the browser.

TabFort does not transmit Smart Rules to a TabFort server.

15. Local Storage

TabFort uses browser extension storage to save information required for its functionality.

Locally stored information may include:

TabFort settings
Saved browsing sessions
Saved collections
Workspace names and configuration
Group configuration
Smart Rules
Website URLs contained in saved sessions
Page titles contained in saved sessions
Tab activity timestamps
Snooze recovery records
Undo history
Imported session information
Auto Sleep preferences
Auto Group preferences
Duplicate Guard preferences
Automatic snapshot preferences
Local browser snapshots
Zen Mode restoration information
RAM Monitor preferences
User-selected protection settings
Tab Explorer preferences
Appearance and text-size preferences

This information remains within the user's browser environment unless the user explicitly exports or backs up information.

TabFort does not operate a developer-controlled remote database containing users' browsing sessions, workspaces or tab-management data.

16. Browsing History and Activity

Because TabFort manages browser tabs, it may process information that Chrome or another compatible browser may classify as web history or browsing activity.

This may include:

Website URLs
Page titles
Domain names
Tab-access timestamps
Recently accessed tab information

This information is accessed only when necessary to provide TabFort's user-facing functionality.

TabFort does not create an external browsing-history database.

TabFort does not transmit users' browsing history to the developer.

TabFort does not sell browsing history.

TabFort does not use browsing history for advertising.

17. Saved Sessions

TabFort allows users to save browsing sessions.

When a user saves a session, TabFort may locally store information required to reconstruct that browser setup later.

A saved session may contain:

Website URLs
Tab titles
Tab order
Pinned status
Active-tab information
Browser-window information
Tab group membership
Group names
Group colours
Group collapsed or expanded state

Users may save:

The current browser window
Multiple browser windows
Selected collections where supported

Users may optionally give a session a custom name.

If a session name is not provided, TabFort may automatically generate a timestamped session name.

Saved sessions remain local unless the user explicitly chooses to export them.

18. Workspaces

TabFort may allow users to create named Workspaces for different activities or projects.

Examples may include:

Work
Study
Research
Shopping
Jobs
Personal projects

Workspace information may include:

Workspace name
Associated tabs
Associated saved collections
Browser-window information
Group information

Users may open selected tabs, categories or groups into a Workspace.

Where possible, TabFort may reuse an existing browser window associated with an active Workspace.

Workspace configuration is stored locally.

TabFort does not transmit Workspace information to a TabFort server.

19. Tab Explorer

TabFort includes Tab Explorer, which allows users to inspect and manage open tabs and saved collections.

Tab Explorer may display:

Tab titles
URLs
Domains
Favicons
Group information
Categories
Saved sessions
Imported collections
Workspace-related information

Users may use Tab Explorer to:

Search tabs and collections
Filter displayed tabs
Sort tabs
View tabs by website
View tabs by category
Select individual tabs
Select entire displayed groups
Open selected tabs
Open selected groups
Create native browser groups from live tabs
Open saved groups or collections into Workspaces
Export selected views where supported

Tab Explorer processing occurs locally within the browser.

20. Session Restoration

When a user chooses to restore a saved session, TabFort may recreate tabs and browser groups using the information contained in that saved session.

Restoration may include:

Opening saved URLs
Restoring tab order
Restoring groups
Restoring group names
Restoring group colours
Restoring pinned status

TabFort performs session restoration only after a user requests it or uses a user-configured feature specifically designed to restore that state.

21. Session Export and Import

TabFort allows users to export and import browsing sessions and supported collections.

Exported files may contain:

Website URLs
Tab titles
Browser group information
Group names
Group colours
Tab order
Window information
Pinned-tab information
Workspace or collection information where applicable
Other information necessary to reconstruct the saved session

Session exports may use JSON files.

Exporting occurs only through a user-facing export or backup feature.

Imported files are processed locally for the purpose of restoring, displaying or saving the contained session information.

TabFort may be able to process compatible tab/session information exported by other tab-management tools.

TabFort does not automatically upload imported or exported session files to the developer.

Exported files remain under the user's control.

22. Automatic Browser Snapshots

TabFort may provide optional automatic browser snapshots.

When enabled, TabFort may periodically save a local representation of supported browser tab and group state.

A snapshot may contain information such as:

URLs
Tab titles
Tab order
Pinned status
Group information
Window information
Snapshot timestamp

Snapshots are designed to assist with recovery and session management.

Automatic snapshots are stored locally in extension storage unless the user explicitly exports information.

Users may disable automatic snapshots where the feature is available.

23. Snooze Recovery Backups

TabFort can create local recovery backup files to help protect snoozed tabs.

Recovery backups may contain:

Original tab URLs
Tab titles
Group information
Tab positions
Pinned status
Recovery identifiers
Snooze timestamps

Recovery backups may be stored in the user's Downloads folder.

Backup filenames may follow a pattern similar to:

tabfort_browser_snooze_date_time.json

Session backup filenames may follow a pattern similar to:

tabfort_browser_session_date_time.json

These recovery files remain under the user's control.

TabFort does not upload these files to a TabFort server.

If TabFort is removed and later reinstalled, a user may manually select an available recovery backup to restore supported recovery information.

24. Emergency Snooze Recovery

TabFort may provide an Emergency Repair function for legacy or broken snoozed tabs.

This feature is designed to help recover tabs that may have been left on an inaccessible extension page because of:

An older version of TabFort
Extension replacement
Extension removal
Extension update
Legacy Tab Hunter snooze pages

Emergency recovery may attempt to return an affected browser tab to the previous webpage using available browser history.

Emergency repair does not require uploading browsing information to a server.

25. Website Favicons

TabFort may access website favicons to:

Help users identify tabs
Display recognizable website icons
Improve tab-search interfaces
Improve Tab Explorer
Improve tab-management interfaces
Help identify browser groups
Assist with selecting suitable supported browser group colours

Favicon information is used only as part of TabFort's tab-management functionality.

Favicons may be displayed using browser-provided favicon functionality.

TabFort does not use favicons for tracking or advertising.

26. Downloads

TabFort may request browser download access for features that create local backup or export files.

This may include:

Session exports
Portable session backups
Snooze recovery backups
Tab or collection exports

TabFort uses download functionality only when required by a user-facing backup, recovery or export feature.

Files created through these features remain under the user's control.

TabFort does not automatically upload downloaded backup files to the developer.

27. Browser Alarms

TabFort may request optional browser alarm functionality.

Browser alarms may be used for features such as:

Auto Sleep checks
Automatic browser snapshots
Scheduled local maintenance
Smart Rule or automation processing where applicable

Browser alarms run within the browser environment.

They are not used to transmit browsing information to the developer.

28. Information TabFort Does Not Intentionally Collect

TabFort is not designed to intentionally collect:

Names
Home addresses
Email addresses
Telephone numbers
Government identification numbers
Passwords
Authentication credentials
Credit-card information
Banking information
Financial account information
Health information
Medical information
Personal communications
Emails
Chat messages
Precise geographic location
Biometric information

TabFort does not require a user account.

TabFort may display page titles or URLs that happen to contain user-entered information because those titles and URLs are part of the browser tab being managed. TabFort does not access them for unrelated purposes.

29. No Sale of User Data

TabFort does not:

Sell user data
Rent user data
Sell browsing history
Provide browsing history to advertisers
Provide browsing information to advertising networks
Provide browsing information to data brokers

TabFort does not monetize users' browsing information.

30. No Advertising or Tracking

TabFort does not use browser information to:

Serve personalized advertising
Build advertising profiles
Track users across unrelated websites for marketing purposes
Determine eligibility for loans
Determine creditworthiness
Make employment decisions
Make insurance decisions

TabFort does not contain advertising functionality that relies on users' browsing history.

31. Data Sharing

TabFort does not transfer user browsing information to third parties for unrelated purposes.

Information may leave the browser when a user deliberately performs an action such as:

Exporting a session
Exporting a collection
Creating a backup file
Copying an exported file
Sharing an exported file
Uploading a backup file to a service chosen by the user

Once a user independently shares an exported file, that copy is outside TabFort's control.

32. Remote Code

TabFort does not rely on remotely hosted executable application code for its core functionality.

The JavaScript and other executable application code required by TabFort is packaged with the extension.

TabFort does not download and execute external scripts as part of its normal functionality.

TabFort does not use remote code to modify the extension's functionality after installation.

33. Data Retention

Locally stored TabFort information may remain until:

The user deletes a saved session
The user deletes an imported collection
The user removes a Workspace
Snooze information is removed
A sleeping tab is restored or removed where applicable
A Smart Rule is deleted
A browser snapshot is removed or replaced
Temporary information expires or is cleaned up
Extension data is cleared
Browser data is cleared
TabFort is uninstalled

Exported sessions and recovery files remain wherever the user or browser saves them.

Those files must be deleted separately by the user.

34. Deleting Your Data

Users can remove TabFort information by:

Deleting saved sessions
Removing imported sessions or collections
Removing Workspaces
Deleting Smart Rules
Waking or removing snoozed tabs
Clearing recovery information where available
Removing locally stored snapshots
Clearing extension data through browser settings
Deleting exported JSON files
Deleting Snooze recovery backup files
Uninstalling TabFort

Uninstalling TabFort generally removes locally stored extension data according to the browser's normal extension-storage behaviour.

Files previously exported to the Downloads folder or another location must be deleted separately.

35. Data Security

TabFort is designed to reduce privacy risk by performing tab-management processing locally whenever possible.

TabFort does not maintain a developer-operated database containing users' browsing histories, saved browser sessions or Workspaces.

Users should treat exported session and Snooze recovery files carefully because those files may contain website URLs and browsing-session information.

Users are responsible for protecting exported backup files stored outside the browser.

36. Third-Party Websites

TabFort manages browser tabs that may contain third-party websites.

TabFort does not control:

The privacy practices of those websites
Their security practices
Their data collection
Their cookies
Their content
Their terms of service

Each third-party website remains subject to its own privacy policy and terms.

37. Browser Platform Services

TabFort relies on browser-provided extension APIs for functionality including:

Browser tabs
Browser windows
Tab groups
Extension storage
Favicons
Browser alarms
Downloads
System memory information

The user's browser and browser provider may independently process information according to their own privacy policies.

TabFort's Privacy Policy applies only to the TabFort extension itself.

38. Permissions

TabFort requests browser permissions only where required to provide its functionality.

Depending on the browser version and features enabled, permissions may include:

Tabs

Used to read and manage open browser tabs for organization, grouping, search, duplicate detection, Snooze, session management, Workspaces, Tab Explorer and related user-facing tab-management features.

Tab Groups

Used to create, modify, restore and manage native browser tab groups.

Storage

Used to locally store settings, sessions, Workspaces, Smart Rules, recovery information, snapshots and other information required by TabFort.

Favicons

Used to display recognizable website icons within TabFort's interfaces.

System Memory

Optional permission used by the RAM Monitor to display system-memory information.

Alarms

Optional permission used for periodic features such as Auto Sleep and automatic snapshots.

Downloads

Optional permission used when TabFort creates user-requested local exports or recovery backup files.

TabFort does not request permissions for unrelated purposes.

39. Children's Privacy

TabFort is a general-purpose browser productivity and tab-management tool.

TabFort is not specifically directed toward children.

TabFort does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children.

40. Changes to This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated when TabFort's:

Features change
Permissions change
Data practices change
Browser API usage changes
Legal or policy requirements change

The Last Updated date at the top of this policy will be revised when material changes are made.

If a future version introduces functionality such as:

Cloud synchronization
User accounts
Analytics
Developer-controlled cloud storage
Cross-device synchronization
Advertising

this Privacy Policy will be updated accordingly before or when those features are introduced.

41. Chrome Web Store Limited Use

TabFort uses information obtained from browser APIs only to provide and improve its user-facing browser tab-management functionality.

TabFort does not:

Sell user data
Use browsing data for advertising
Transfer browser data for unrelated purposes
Use browsing information for lending or creditworthiness decisions
Use browsing information for employment decisions
Create unrelated user profiles
Use browser information for purposes unrelated to TabFort's tab-management functionality

TabFort's use and transfer of information received from Chrome APIs is intended to comply with the Chrome Web Store User Data Policy, including applicable Limited Use requirements.

42. Contact

For questions, concerns or privacy requests relating to TabFort:

TabFort Support
Email: emzaffar@gmail.com

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