Privacy Policy

Last updated: 22 September 2026

Your data never leaves your computer. Dwell has no account, no servers, no analytics and no ads. What it records stays on your device: it is never transmitted, sold or shared.

What the extension keeps

To show you where your time goes, Dwell saves the following, only on your device:

Websites you use and time spent on each: the site's domain name (for example youtube.com) with the total time per day and per hour. Full page addresses, titles and page content are not saved.
Click counts: how many times you click on each website. Not what you click, where on the page, or anything you type.
Files opened from your computer: the file name (for example My Notes.txt) and time spent on it. Not its contents or folder.
Each site's main address (for example https://www.youtube.com), used to show the right icon from Chrome's own icon cache.
Your settings: daily limits, site categories (Productive or Distracting), blocked and ignored sites, focus sessions, how long to keep history, the idle timeout and your theme choice.

Where it's stored

Everything is stored in your browser's local storage for this extension, on your computer. Dwell makes no network requests: nothing is sent to the developer or to anyone else. It isn't synced to other devices.

What Dwell never does

Read, collect or change the content of the pages you visit
Record keystrokes, form entries, passwords or messages
Use analytics, advertising, tracking or third-party services
Sell, share or transfer your data, or use it for anything other than showing you your own stats

How long it's kept

Browsing history (time, hours and clicks) is kept for the number of days you choose in Settings: 7, 14 (the default) or 30. Older days are deleted automatically. Your settings are kept until you change them or remove the extension.

Your control

Clear a day or a week of history from the popup.
Ignore a site in Settings. It's never tracked again, and everything already recorded for it is deleted.
Export all your data as CSV or JSON from Settings. The file is saved directly to your computer.
Uninstall the extension to delete all of its data.

Permissions and why they're needed

Permission	Used for
Tabs	Knowing which website is in the active tab, and moving tabs of a site you block to the blocked page
Storage	Saving your time, clicks and settings on your device
Idle	Pausing the count when you're away or your screen is locked
Alarms	Saving time once a minute and ending focus sessions on time
Favicon	Showing site icons from Chrome's local icon cache
Notifications	Telling you when you reach a daily limit or a focus session ends
Block content	Showing the blocked page on sites you choose to block
Access to websites	Counting clicks on each site and applying your blocks. Page content is never read.

Children

Dwell doesn't collect personal information from anyone, including children under 13.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new "Last updated" date.

Contact

Questions about privacy? Email vk7259719@gmail.com.