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Privacy Policy

Session Shepherd

Last Updated: October 12, 2025

Your Privacy is Our Priority

The core philosophy of Session Shepherd is to provide a powerful tool that respects its users and their data. This policy explains what information the extension handles and what it does not.

No User Data Collection

Session Shepherd does NOT collect, transmit, or handle ANY user data.

All session information (tab URLs and titles) is stored exclusively on your local computer using Chrome's local storage. This data never leaves your device. We, the developers, have no access to your browsing sessions, history, or any other information. We do not collect, process, transmit, or sell any user data.

The Bottom Line

Session Shepherd is designed to be 100% private. All of your data is stored locally on your own computer and is never sent to any external server. We cannot see, access, or sell your session data. Period.

What Information is Stored Locally (Not Collected)

Important: Session Shepherd does NOT collect or transmit data. However, to perform its core function, the extension stores information locally on your device about browser tabs you choose to save in a session.

Local Storage Only

When you explicitly save tabs into a session, the extension stores the URL (web address) and title of each tab locally on your device only. This information is stored using Chrome's chrome.storage.local API and remains on your computer. This falls under the Chrome Web Store's definition of Web History but is never collected, transmitted, or sent anywhere.

Data Handling and Storage

Session Shepherd does NOT collect, process, or transmit user data. Here is how the extension works:

Local Storage Only

All session data (the list of URLs and titles you save) is stored exclusively on your local device using Chrome's standard chrome.storage.local API. This data remains on your computer and is never transmitted anywhere.

No Data Collection or Transmission

Session Shepherd does not collect, transmit, upload, or send data to any external server, database, third party, or the developers. We have zero access to your browsing data. No analytics, no tracking, no data collection.

Permissions Justification

Session Shepherd requests a few permissions to function correctly:

  • tabs: read URLs, titles, and favicons of open tabs so you can save sessions.
  • storage: save sessions on your local computer.
  • contextMenus: provide a right-click shortcut to open the Session Shepherd dashboard.
  • <all_urls> host permission: used only to display the favicon next to each saved tab. It is not used to read website content.

Explicit Data Collection Statement

Session Shepherd does NOT collect, process, transmit, or handle ANY user data. All data remains stored locally on your device. We do not collect analytics, telemetry, usage statistics, or any other form of user information.

Children's Privacy

Session Shepherd does not collect data from any users, including children under 13. Since no data collection occurs, there is no personally identifiable information collected from anyone.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page. You are advised to review this policy periodically for updates.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, contact information is available on mikewhob.com.