Last updated: 18 September 2026.
This Privacy Policy ("Policy") explains the information collection, use, and sharing practices of Tab Saver ("we", "us", "our") for the Tab Saver Chrome extension and the website tabsaver.app (together, the "Services"). It replaces every earlier version, including the one previously hosted on Google Docs.
The difference between them is the most important sentence on this page:
We collect only what you choose to send. There are no accounts, no purchases, and no payments. You may provide information when you: (a) rate the extension and choose to send us a comment, (b) answer the optional survey Chrome opens when you remove the extension, (c) join an email list on this website, or (d) email us. This information is limited to what you type — typically your comments, and your email address if you give it.
When you save a session, Tab Saver records, for each tab in it: the page address (URL), the page title, whether the tab was pinned, and which tab group it belonged to. It also records the session's own name and the time you saved it. That is the whole list.
All of it is written to your browser's local extension storage, on your own device. That copy is the original; everything else is a mirror of it. If you are signed in to Chrome with sync turned on, Chrome also mirrors your saved sessions into your own Google account, in the storage area Chrome reserves for this extension. Google holds that copy under Google's privacy policy; we cannot read it, and we have no account or login of our own through which we could.
Not everything fits. Chrome's synced storage area is small, and a large session, or a long list of sessions, will not fit in it. Tab Saver tells you inside the extension which sessions made it and which did not. Treat sync as a convenience that usually works, not as a guaranteed backup of everything you have saved.
Tab Saver asks Chrome one question about your account: whether you are signed in, and whether sync is on. It uses the answer only to decide what the extension is allowed to tell you about your own backup. Your email address is not stored, not sent anywhere, and not written to any log, by us or by the extension.
The saved-sessions page shows each tab's site icon. Chrome draws those icons from its own local cache, from the address already saved on your device. The page makes no request to the sites you saved, and none to any icon service.
In the extension: none. No usage data, no device information, no error logs leave your browser.
On the website: pages on tabsaver.app load PostHog, a product-analytics service, to count page views and see which pages people reach. This includes the page the extension opens once, right after you install it, to show you where the toolbar button is. PostHog records the page viewed, the referring page, your browser type and language, and an approximate location derived from your IP address. We never attach a name or an email address to any of it, and it is not present in the extension itself.
The extension sets no cookies. On the website, PostHog stores an anonymous identifier in your browser so that repeat visits are not double-counted. There are no advertising cookies and no tracking pixels on the website. Emails sent through our email list may record whether a message was opened or a link clicked, as most email services do. Browser "Do Not Track", content blockers, and clearing your browser storage all stop or reset the website analytics, and nothing on this site breaks if they do.
We do not collect information about you from third parties.
We do not sell your information, we do not use it for advertising, we do not combine it with data from other sources, and we do not use it for anything unrelated to Tab Saver's single purpose: saving and restoring your tabs. We do not use it to determine creditworthiness or for lending purposes.
If a service is not on this list, Tab Saver does not use it.
We may disclose information if required to do so by law, or where reasonably necessary to protect the rights, property, or safety of Tab Saver, our users, or the public. In practice, the only information we hold that could be disclosed is what you sent us directly.
If Tab Saver is ever transferred to a new owner, the email list and any feedback we hold would transfer with it, under this Policy. Nothing stored by the extension on your device or in your Google account is ours to transfer.
We may disclose your information to a third party if you ask us to.
To the extent the laws of your jurisdiction require us to state one, our legal grounds are: consent, for the email list and for any comment or survey answer you choose to send, which you may withdraw at any time; and legitimate interests, for aggregate website analytics and for responding to your messages, in ways that are not overridden by your rights and freedoms.
Every email we send carries an unsubscribe link, and unsubscribing takes effect immediately. You can also email support@tabsaver.app with your request.
Deleting a session inside Tab Saver removes it from your device and from the synced copy. Removing the extension from Chrome removes both as well — there is nothing left behind on our side, because nothing was ever on our side. If you want a copy first, Tab Saver can export your sessions to a JSON file before you go.
Individuals in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, and other jurisdictions have legal rights (subject to applicable exceptions) to obtain confirmation of whether we hold information about them, to access it, and to have it corrected or deleted. You may also object to or restrict our processing, and withdraw any consent you have given. To exercise these rights, email support@tabsaver.app with the nature of your request. You also have the right to go directly to your supervisory authority, but we encourage you to contact us first so we can resolve your concern promptly. One honest limit: because the website analytics identifier is anonymous, we generally cannot find your visits to delete them; clearing your browser storage severs the link on your side.
PostHog and kit.com process data in the United States; Google processes data in its own data centres worldwide. Each of these providers offers contractual safeguards for transfers out of the EEA and the UK. Nothing stored by the extension is transferred by us anywhere.
The most effective security measure we have is not holding your data: the extension keeps your sessions on your device and in your own Google account, never on a server of ours. The small amount of information we do hold — feedback, survey answers, the email list — lives with the providers named above, protected by their security measures and by access limited to the person who runs Tab Saver. No internet transmission is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee against every unauthorized attempt.
The Services are not directed at children under 13 (or under 16 where the EU GDPR sets that age), and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. Since the extension collects nothing from anyone, there is nothing to delete there; if a child has joined the email list or sent us a message, write to us and we will delete it.
The Services link to third-party sites, including the Chrome Web Store and the privacy policies quoted above. Those sites are governed by their own privacy policies, not this one. Tab Saver is an independent project and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Google.
We will post any changes here and revise the "last updated" date at the top. Material changes will also be noted on the Chrome Web Store listing.
Questions, deletion requests, or anything that looks wrong on this page: support@tabsaver.app.