Privacy Policy for PaperTab

PaperTab is committed to respecting and protecting your privacy. This browser extension is designed from the ground up to be private, local-first, and honest about how it works.

1. Data Collection & Storage

No Accounts, No Tracking, No Telemetry: PaperTab has no user accounts, no analytics, no tracking scripts, and no PaperTab backend servers. We do not collect, harvest, track, or sell your personal information or browsing history.
On-Device Storage Only: Your drawings, boards, background preferences, widget layout coordinates, quick links, your task list, and your notes are stored directly on your device using the browser's chrome.storage.local API.
Local IndexedDB Asset Store: High-resolution images, thumbnails, and visual assets you import, drop, or paste onto the board are stored in your browser's local IndexedDB (papertab_assets). Your boards, drawings, notes, and visual assets are stored on your device and are never uploaded to PaperTab or anyone else.
No Cookies or Tracking: The extension does not set or track HTTP cookies or advertising identifiers.

2. Outbound Network Requests

PaperTab has no proprietary servers and does not send your data to PaperTab. It does make certain outbound requests, listed honestly:

Quick Links Favicons: To display site icons in the Quick Links shortcut tiles, domains are requested from Google's favicon service (https://www.google.com/s2/favicons). This request reveals the linked site's domain to Google. No user identifiers or personal data are attached.
Search Engine Queries: When you submit a search query through the search bar widget, your browser navigates to your chosen search engine (Google, DuckDuckGo, Bing, or Brave Search), transmitting the query you entered.
Dropped Web Images: If you drag an image from another browser tab onto the board, the extension requests that image from its original website so it can be stored locally. This is a plain browser request subject to the site's own cross-origin rules; if it is blocked, a simple link card is created instead. No other site is contacted.
Help & Support: The Help & Support link in Settings opens PaperTab's feedback portal (https://realmisadev.featurebase.app, hosted by Featurebase) in a new browser tab, only when you click it. Nothing is sent to it in the background. Bug reports or ideas you choose to post there are handled under Featurebase's own privacy policy.

Pasted or dropped links become plain link cards (title and domain) without contacting the linked site.

For an exhaustive audit of every network request, see the full list of network requests.

3. Extension Permissions

storage & unlimitedStorage: Used exclusively to store your drawings, wallpaper scenes, widget configurations, and IndexedDB assets locally on your machine so they persist reliably without arbitrary size quota limitations.
No other permissions are requested: no host permissions, no context menus, no access to your browsing history or the pages you visit.

4. Payments & Subscriptions

PaperTab is free to use today. Some features may become paid in the future (for example extra boards or template packs). Nothing you have already created is locked or deleted if that happens, and this policy will be updated before any paid feature or related network request is introduced. Payments, if introduced, would be handled by a standard payment processor; we do not store or process payment card details.

5. Contact & Support