Focus Tab — Privacy Policy
Effective Date: May 17, 2026
Last Updated: May 17, 2026
Focus Tab is built to be invisible to anyone but you.
1. What we collect
Nothing. Focus Tab does not collect, store, or transmit any user data to any server operated by Gojjo Tech. There are no accounts, no telemetry, no analytics, no cookies, and no identifiers.
2. Where your data lives
Your intention text, todo list, pomodoro timer state, settings, and cached content are stored only in your browser's local extension storage (chrome.storage.local). They never leave your device.
3. Network requests
Focus Tab makes outbound requests to two third-party APIs:
| Host | Why | What we send |
|---|---|---|
hacker-news.firebaseio.com | Fetch the current top Hacker News stories | Nothing — a plain GET request with no identifiers |
api.open-meteo.com | Fetch the current weather for the location you configure | The latitude and longitude of the city you typed; nothing about you |
geocoding-api.open-meteo.com | Translate the city name you type in settings into coordinates | The city name you typed; nothing about you |
These services have their own privacy policies. Gojjo Tech is not affiliated with either, and your usage of them is subject to their terms.
If you never set a weather location, no requests are made to Open-Meteo. The Hacker News fetch runs on the interval you configure (default 30 minutes) as long as the extension is installed.
4. Third-party content
When you click a displayed Hacker News story link, you navigate directly to the URL returned by the Hacker News API (typically news.ycombinator.com or the article's host). Focus Tab does not intercept or modify that navigation.
5. Permissions Focus Tab requests, and why
storage— to persist your intention, todos, settings, and cached HN/weather data locally on your device.alarms— to refresh Hacker News and weather on a schedule, and to fire pomodoro phase transitions even when the new-tab page is closed.notifications— to show a desktop notification when a pomodoro focus or break period ends.- Host access to
hacker-news.firebaseio.comand*.open-meteo.com— the only network destinations Focus Tab is allowed to contact.
6. Changes to this policy
If we ever change what data is collected or where it's sent (we don't plan to), this document will be updated and the "Last Updated" date above will reflect it.
7. Contact
Questions about this policy? Email [email protected], or open an issue at the project's source repository.