Policy
Privacy Policy
This policy explains what Halo Tab handles, why it is used, how Chrome permissions work, and how you can control, access or delete your data.
1. Overview
Halo Tab is a Chrome new tab extension that provides search, quick links, bookmarks, history views, website recommendations, wallpapers, notes, todos, settings and optional account sync.
We design the product to be local-first. Many features work inside your browser storage without sending workspace data to Halo Tab servers. Data is sent to Halo Tab services only when a feature needs it, such as login, sync, account status, support or subscription handling.
Short version: you can use Halo Tab locally, sign in only when you want account features, and contact us if you need account data access, export or deletion.
2. Data we handle
Depending on what you use, Halo Tab may handle the following categories of information:
- Local workspace data: settings, theme choices, quick links, notes, todos, wallpaper preferences, selected uploads and feature state saved in browser storage.
- Account data: email address, login verification state, profile state, subscription plan and sync status when you create or use an account.
- Synced workspace data: selected settings, quick links, notes, todos and preferences that you choose to use with your signed-in account.
- Browser feature data: top sites, favicons, tabs, bookmarks or history entries when Chrome provides them to the extension for visible product features.
- Support and diagnostics: support messages, error context and information you choose to send when asking for help.
- Payment records: subscription status, billing portal state and purchase references from the payment provider. Halo Tab does not store full card numbers.
| Stored locally | Theme, layout, quick links, notes, todos, wallpaper preferences and extension settings. |
|---|---|
| Sent only when needed | Login details, sync requests, subscription status, support messages and checkout or billing events. |
| Synced if signed in | Account email, sync status and selected workspace data such as settings, quick links, notes and todos. |
| Not collected by Halo Tab | Full payment card numbers, passwords, precise location, unrelated page contents and private files outside selected uploads. |
3. Chrome permissions
Halo Tab requests Chrome permissions to provide the features you see in the interface. Required permissions may include storage, top sites, favicons and identity. Optional permissions such as tabs, bookmarks and history are used only for their matching product features.
These permissions are not blanket permission for unrelated use. For example, bookmarks and history are used to display or manage the related Halo Tab views, and tab access is used for user-facing tab features. If you do not enable an optional permission, the related feature may be unavailable or reduced, but the rest of the workspace can continue to work.
You can review, disable or revoke extension permissions in Chrome extension settings. Some browser data may remain stored locally by Chrome or by Halo Tab until you clear local data, reset the extension or uninstall it.
4. Search and recommendations
Search queries are sent to the search provider you choose in the product or browser, not to Halo Tab for unrelated advertising use. The selected search provider may process those queries under its own privacy policy.
Halo Tab may show default links, quick links, popular sites or website recommendations to help you navigate. When you open a third-party website, that website receives the normal information involved in a web visit and is responsible for its own privacy practices.
If Halo Tab introduces sponsored, affiliate or paid-placement links, we will label or disclose them in the product or this policy. We do not sell personal information to create advertising profiles.
5. Accounts and sync
When you sign in, Halo Tab may sync settings, quick links, notes and todos so they can follow your account. The sync service uses your account identity to store and retrieve your workspace data.
Login may use email verification and, if you choose it, Google authentication. Authentication providers process the data needed to sign you in, such as your email address and basic profile information returned by the provider.
You can use Halo Tab without signing in. In that case, account sync is not active and your workspace data remains local to the browser unless you export it, enable another connected feature or send it to support yourself.
6. Payments
Paid plan checkout, subscription management and billing portal features may be handled by Paddle or the payment provider shown at checkout. The payment provider processes payment details under its own terms and privacy policy.
Halo Tab receives limited billing information needed to activate and support your subscription, such as customer identifiers, plan status, renewal state, invoice or order references and transaction status. Halo Tab does not receive or store full payment card numbers.
9. Security and retention
We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect account and sync data. No internet service can guarantee absolute security, so you should also protect your browser profile, device and account access.
Local browser data remains in your browser until you delete it, clear local extension data, reset the extension or uninstall the extension. Account and sync data is retained while your account is active, then deleted or de-identified within a reasonable period unless retention is needed for billing records, security, legal compliance, dispute resolution or backup integrity.
Support messages are retained as needed to respond to the request and maintain reasonable business records. Billing records may be retained by Halo Tab and the payment provider for tax, accounting, chargeback and compliance reasons.
10. Your choices and rights
You can manage much of your data directly inside Halo Tab by editing settings, deleting quick links, removing notes or todos, clearing local data, changing permissions, exporting data where available or uninstalling the extension.
Depending on your location, you may have rights to request access, correction, deletion, export, restriction or objection for account data. We may need to verify your identity before completing certain requests, and we will respond as required by applicable law.
To make a request, email support@halotab.com from the email address associated with your Halo Tab account when possible.
11. Children
Halo Tab is not directed to children under 13, or the minimum age required by the laws in your location. If you believe a child provided account information without appropriate consent, contact us and we will review the request.
12. International processing and legal requests
Halo Tab and its service providers may process information in the countries where we or they operate. When required, we use reasonable safeguards for cross-border processing.
We may disclose information if required by law, legal process or a valid government request, or when we believe disclosure is necessary to protect users, security, rights or the operation of Halo Tab.
13. Contact and updates
For privacy questions, data requests or complaints, email support@halotab.com.
We may update this policy as the product changes or as legal requirements evolve. If an update materially changes how we handle personal information, we will provide notice in a reasonable way, such as by updating this page, posting a product notice or contacting account users when appropriate. The updated policy applies from its posted effective date.