Privacy Policy - Search Bookmarks

Last updated: November 28, 2025

Introduction

Search Bookmarks (hereinafter "the Extension") is a browser extension designed to help you quickly search through your bookmarks. We take your privacy very seriously.

Data Collection

The Extension does NOT collect ANY personal data.

Specifically:

❌ No data is collected
❌ No data is transmitted to external servers
❌ No data is sold or shared with third parties
❌ No trackers or analytics systems are used
❌ No cookies are created or used

Permissions Used

The Extension requests the following permissions:

"bookmarks" Permission

Why? To read your bookmarks and enable searching
How? Read-only access to your favorites list locally
Where? All data remains in your browser
Modifications? The Extension never modifies your bookmarks

Data Processing

All Extension operations happen locally in your browser:

Reading bookmarks: Your favorites are read directly from your browser
Search: Search is performed locally using JavaScript
Display: Results are shown only in the Extension popup
Navigation: Clicking a result simply opens the URL in a new tab

No data leaves your device.

Favicons

The Extension displays favicons (site icons) using Google's public service:

https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=[domain]

This request contains only the domain name (not the bookmark title or full URL). This is a standard feature used by many extensions.

If you prefer not to use this service, you can modify the Extension's source code.

Local Storage

The Extension does not use any storage system (localStorage, chrome.storage, etc.). All data is loaded on demand from the browser's Bookmarks API.

Updates

This privacy policy may be updated occasionally. Any changes will be reflected in the "Last updated" date at the top of this document.

Source Code

The Extension is open-source and its code can be inspected at any time:

Via your browser's developer tools
By viewing the Extension files in brave://extensions/
On GitHub: https://github.com/xgarreau/searchbookmarks

GDPR Compliance

The Extension is GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) compliant because:

No personal data is collected
No data processing occurs outside your device
You maintain full control over your data

Contact

If you have questions about this privacy policy, you can:

Leave a review on the Extension page
Open an issue on GitHub

Summary

In brief:

✅ Everything works locally
✅ No data collection
✅ No network transmission (except favicons)
✅ Verifiable code
✅ Respects your privacy

You can use Search Bookmarks with confidence.

Policy version: 1.0
Date: November 28, 2025