HandyBar Privacy Policy
Effective date: 17 October 2026
HandyBar is a Chrome extension that adds everyday browsing tools to Chrome's side panel. This policy explains what HandyBar stores, what it sends, and the choices you have.
In short: your notes, saved tabs and settings stay on your computer. If you agree, HandyBar sends anonymous statistics about which of its tools are used. It never sends the pages you visit, what you read, or anything you type. HandyBar does not sell data, show ads or track you across websites.
1. What stays on your computer
HandyBar saves the following in Chrome's local extension storage, on your device only. It is not synced to other devices or sent to us.
| What | Why |
|---|---|
| Notes and saved highlights: the text, and the address, title and icon of the page they came from | So you can read them later and jump back to the passage |
| Saved tab sessions: page addresses, titles and icons, and the names you give sessions | So you can reopen them |
| Pomodoro settings and timer state, including your list of blocked sites | To run the timer and block sites during work sessions |
| Settings and preferences (for example Dark mode, highlight button, the tour and the rating prompt) | To remember your choices |
| An anonymous random ID and your statistics choice | See section 3 |
Uninstalling HandyBar deletes all of this. You can also delete individual notes and sessions at any time.
2. How HandyBar uses page content
To provide its tools, HandyBar runs on the websites you visit. This is why Chrome says it can "read and change all your data on all websites".
- Dark mode changes the colors of pages.
- Reading mode reads the current page to show the article as clean text.
- Print, Zoom and Screenshots act on the current page. Screenshots are saved to your computer as files.
- Save to HandyBar notes reads the text you select.
- Pomodoro site blocking checks the address of pages you open against your blocked-sites list.
All of this happens on your computer. Page content, addresses and screenshots are never sent to us or to anyone else.
When the panel shows a saved page's icon, Chrome loads it from that website, as any browser would.
3. Anonymous usage statistics (only if you agree)
HandyBar asks before sending any statistics. You're asked on the welcome page after installing, where the box starts ticked, or once in the panel if you didn't see that page. Nothing is sent before you answer. You can change your answer at any time with Share anonymous usage stats at the bottom of HandyBar's Settings.
If you agree, HandyBar sends short event records like "Dark mode turned on", "Notes section opened" or "Pomodoro work session finished". They help us understand which tools are useful, where people get stuck, and what breaks.
Each record contains:
- The event name, plus simple details such as on/off, which button was used, the session length in minutes, or a rough count (for example "2–5 tabs").
- HandyBar's version number.
- The date and time.
- A random ID created by HandyBar. It identifies an installation, not a person, and isn't linked to your Google account, name or email.
- A random session ID, which groups events from the same period of use.
- If something goes wrong: which part of HandyBar failed and the type of error, never the error message.
Records never contain web addresses, page titles, website names, the content of pages, your notes or highlights, session names, your blocked-sites list, or anything you type.
Where it goes: statistics are processed by PostHog on servers in the European Union. HandyBar tells PostHog not to look up a location from your connection, and PostHog is set to discard IP addresses. PostHog acts as our processor and keeps the data for up to one year.
Legal basis (EU/UK): your consent. You can withdraw it at any time in Settings. Withdrawing stops future sending.
4. Feedback and the uninstall survey
- Send feedback in Settings opens a form hosted by Tally.
- After you uninstall HandyBar, Chrome opens a short optional survey, also hosted by Tally.
HandyBar adds only its version number to these links. Whatever you choose to write, including an email address if you'd like a reply, goes to Tally and is used only to read and answer your feedback and improve HandyBar. Both forms are optional.
Rate it opens HandyBar's page on the Chrome Web Store, which is covered by Google's privacy policy.
5. What we don't do
- We don't sell, rent or share data with advertisers or data brokers.
- We don't use data for advertising, credit decisions or anything unrelated to improving HandyBar.
- We don't collect browsing history, page content, passwords, payment details, health information, location or personal communications.
HandyBar's use of data complies with the Chrome Web Store User Data Policy, including its Limited Use requirements.
6. Your choices and rights
- Statistics: turn them on or off in HandyBar's Settings.
- Local data: delete notes and sessions in the panel, or uninstall HandyBar to remove everything.
- Access or deletion: statistics are tied only to a random ID, so we usually can't tell which records are yours. If you'd like them deleted, contact us and we'll help where we can.
- If you're in the EU or UK, you can also complain to your local data protection authority.
7. Children
HandyBar is not directed at children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect information from them.
8. Changes
If this policy changes, we'll update it here with a new effective date. If a change affects what's sent, HandyBar will ask again before sending it.
9. Contact
Sepas Haghighi, developer of HandyBar
Email: u3522270682@gmail.com