Privacy Policy

Bear It is a browser extension that blocks access to websites you choose to restrict. This page explains, plainly, what data the extension handles and what it does not.

What Bear It stores

Bear It stores the following, and only the following, information:

• The list of website domains you’ve added to your personal block list
• Whether blocking is currently turned on or paused
• Short-lived timestamps used to enforce the 60-second cool-down period when you disable blocking or remove a site

This information is stored using your browser’s built-in chrome.storage API. It stays on your device and, where Chrome sync is enabled on your browser profile, may sync across your own signed-in devices the same way your bookmarks or browser settings do. That sync channel is provided and encrypted by your browser, not by Bear It — we never receive, see, or have access to this data ourselves.

What Bear It does not do

• We do not collect, transmit, sell, or share any data with any server, company, or third party
• We do not track your browsing history beyond checking, at the moment of navigation, whether the destination matches your own block list
• We do not use analytics, tracking pixels, or advertising SDKs of any kind
• We do not collect personal information such as your name, email, or IP address
• We do not use or load any remote code — all logic ships inside the extension package itself

Permissions

Bear It requests a small set of permissions, each used strictly for blocking functionality:

• Storage — to save your block list and blocking state, locally
• Tabs and webNavigation — to check the URL a tab is navigating to against your block list, and redirect it to the block screen if it matches
• Alarms — to enforce the 60-second cool-down before disabling protection or removing a site takes effect
• Host permission (all sites) — required because you can add any website you choose to your block list; this permission lets the extension check arbitrary user-chosen domains against that list. Page content is never read, modified, or collected.

Children’s privacy

Bear It is not directed at children and does not knowingly collect information from anyone, regardless of age, since it does not collect personal data from any user.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the “last updated” date above will be revised. Material changes will be reflected here before they take effect.

Contact

Questions about this policy or how Bear It works can be sent to: keval4thanki@gmail.com

Bear It is an independent browser extension and is not affiliated with Google or Chrome.