Site Blocker privacy policy
Site Blocker is a Chrome extension that blocks websites you choose. It collects no data about you and transmits nothing anywhere.
What the extension stores
One thing: the list of domains you have blocked, and the expiry time you chose for each
one. That is held in chrome.storage.sync, which is Chrome's own storage for
your profile. If you are signed into Chrome, your browser syncs it between your devices
through your Google account. It is never sent to me or to any third party.
What the extension does not do
- It does not record, store, or transmit your browsing history.
- It does not read the content of any page you visit.
- It does not inject scripts into pages.
- It contains no analytics, tracking, or telemetry.
- It has no server, no account, and makes no network requests of its own.
How blocking works
Blocking uses Chrome's declarativeNetRequest API. Your block list is turned
into rules that Chrome matches inside its own network stack. The extension is never handed
the requests it does not block, so it has no view of where you browse.
The extension requests host access for one reason: when a blocked page navigation is
stopped, the request is redirected to the extension's own Blocked page so it can tell you
which site was blocked. Redirect rules in declarativeNetRequest require that
access. Nothing is read from the page.
Removing your data
Uninstalling the extension deletes the block list along with it. There is nothing held anywhere else to delete.
Source code
The extension is open source under the MIT licence, so all of the above can be checked against the code: github.com/danieljohnmorris/site-blocker.
Contact
Questions about this policy: [email protected].