Privacy Policy
Last updated: 3 October 2026
The short version: your browsing stays on your device. Safe View never sends the websites you visit, your keywords, your lists, or anything you type. It sends only anonymous usage counts, which you can turn off in Settings.
What Safe View stores on your device
Safe View keeps the following in your browser's local extension storage. None of it is sent to us.
- Your blocklist and whitelist, including any websites and keywords you add.
- Your daily activity, such as time on sites, blocked attempts, and clean-day streaks, kept for up to 365 days.
- The answers you gave during setup, including your reasons and triggers.
- Trigger check-ins you record on the blocked page.
- Your accountability partner's name, phone and email, if you add them. This is used only to build a message that you send yourself.
- A random identifier used for anonymous usage counts, and your analytics choice.
What we never collect
- The websites you visit or their addresses.
- Your blocklist or whitelist entries.
- The keywords that trigger a block.
- Your setup answers, reasons, or trigger check-ins.
- Anything you type on a web page.
- Your name, email address, or account details. Safe View has no accounts.
Anonymous usage counts
To improve Safe View, we collect anonymous usage counts. These include which screens and features are used, and coarse counts such as streak ranges. The events use fixed categories, not free text, so they cannot contain a website address or anything you typed.
Usage counts are on by default. You can turn them off at any time in Settings in the dashboard. Turning them off stops all usage events from being sent. The setup screen explains this before you choose.
Usage counts are sent to PostHog, a product analytics service, and are associated with a random identifier, not with your identity. We don't attempt to identify you.
Permissions
- Read and change data on all websites: needed to check each page against your rules and to block adult content before it loads.
- Storage: to save your lists, activity, and settings on your device.
- Idle state: to pause time tracking when you step away from your computer.
Safe View uses these permissions only for the purposes above.
Accountability partner messages
The Reach out tool opens a message in your own messaging or email app with a short, non-sensitive note filled in. You review and send it yourself. Safe View does not send messages on your behalf.
Children
Safe View is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect information from them.
Changes to this policy
If we change how Safe View handles data, we will update this page and the date above. Any change that adds new kinds of data will be shown in the extension's setup or settings before it takes effect.
Contact
Questions about this policy can be sent to the developer through the Chrome Web Store listing for Safe View.