Privacy Policy
Focus Companion is a browser extension designed to help users improve productivity by tracking time spent on websites and providing insights about browsing habits.
This Privacy Policy explains how Focus Companion collects, uses, and protects user information.
1. Free Version Without Signup (Local Processing)
If you use Focus Companion without creating an account, tracking and analysis run locally in your browser.
The extension may locally store:
- Website domains visited
- Page-level URLs used for local categorization and history views
- Time spent on websites
- User-defined distraction lists
- Productivity statistics
This information is stored locally within the browser's extension storage mechanisms on the user's device and:
- is not transmitted to Focus Companion servers
- is not sold and is not shared with third parties for advertising or profiling by Focus Companion
Some browser-managed or infrastructure-level requests (for example extension update checks, browser security services, or content delivery/network routing) may occur as part of normal operation. These requests are not used by Focus Companion to collect browsing history for the free no-signup experience.
To display site icons in dashboard views, the extension may request favicon resources from a third-party favicon service (currently Google S2) using website domain names. This icon lookup is separate from Focus Companion tracking storage and does not upload your local browsing analytics dataset to Focus Companion servers.
Focus Companion currently does not use advertising cookies or third-party behavioral tracking technologies for the free no-signup browsing experience.
2. Account Information
If you create an account, Focus Companion may store:
- Email address
- Authentication credentials (stored securely)
- Authentication metadata
- Google identity-provider authentication metadata, including the verified email address and provider subject identifier when you choose Google sign-in
- Plan state and subscription status
- Accepted policy versions
- Related operational records
Free Plus trial records may include trial activation status, trial start date, trial end date, reminder status, expiry status, and related operational email records.
This information is used solely for:
- User authentication
- Managing subscriptions and trial access
- Providing access to premium features
Passwords are never stored in plain text and are securely hashed using industry-standard security practices.
When you choose Google sign-in, Google acts as an identity provider. Focus Companion processes your verified email address and Google provider subject identifier to authenticate or link your account. Focus Companion does not store Google access tokens or refresh tokens.
3. Free Account
If your account is on the Free plan and does not have an active Plus trial or Plus subscription, browsing activity used for tracking (visited domains, time on sites, distraction lists, and productivity metrics) remains local and is not uploaded to Focus Companion servers for analytics.
Favicon requests used for UI icon rendering may still call external favicon infrastructure with domain information, but this does not change the no-upload rule for local tracking data in the Free account tier.
4. Plus Trial or Plus Subscription (AI Insights)
Users who activate a Plus trial or subscribe to Focus Companion Plus may enable AI-powered productivity insights.
To generate these insights, authenticated browsing activity data may be sent to Focus Companion servers as part of the user's secured Plus session.
This data may include:
- Website domains visited
- Time spent on websites
- Aggregated browsing statistics
This data is used only to generate productivity insights. When sent to third-party AI processing services, data may be de-identified and processed under contractual safeguards.
The browsing activity data sent for AI analysis:
- is not intentionally retained beyond the time reasonably needed to generate insights
- may be subject to limited temporary operational logging, security monitoring, or legal retention obligations
- is not intended to directly identify individual users
5. Feedback, Support, and Historical Beta Access Requests
If users contact Focus Companion support, submit feedback, or previously requested beta access, Focus Companion may collect and store:
- Email address
- Name (if provided)
- Feedback category/type (for example: general, bug, feature, improvement)
- Feedback or support message content
- Beta request motivation text (if provided)
- Beta access preference/interest flags (for example interest in Plus)
- Beta request workflow status and review timestamps (for example pending, approved, rejected; created/updated/reviewed timestamps)
- Email ownership verification records used for secure submission flows (for example purpose, one-time code, expiration, usage status, created timestamp)
This information is used only to:
- Verify email ownership for submission and access-request security
- Respond to user inquiries and support requests
- Maintain historical beta-access request records
- Send operational messages related to submitted requests (for example verification or confirmation emails)
- Improve the service based on user feedback
6. Website Analytics
The focuscompanion.app website collects anonymous usage analytics to understand how visitors interact with the site and improve the user experience.
Analytics data collected may include:
- Pages visited and navigation paths
- Button and call-to-action clicks
- Modal and overlay opens
- Login and sign-up attempt events (outcome only - credentials are not included)
- Form field interactions (form and field names only - field values are not included)
- Additional event context where applicable (structured technical metadata, such as browser type)
Each website visit is assigned a random anonymous session identifier generated in the
browser's sessionStorage. This identifier:
- is tab-scoped and is automatically discarded when the browser tab is closed
- is not a cookie and is not accessible to other websites or browser tabs
- is not linked to any Focus Companion account, email address, or personal data
Website analytics data is processed by Focus Companion and is not shared with third-party analytics or advertising services. This analytics approach does not use cookies or persistent identifiers stored on your device. The session identifier is discarded automatically when the browser tab is closed.
7. Data Sharing
Focus Companion does not sell, rent, or trade personal information.
Data may be processed by trusted third-party services strictly necessary to operate the service, such as:
- Cloud infrastructure providers
- AI processing services used to generate productivity insights
- Payment processing providers for subscription management
- Google as an identity provider when you choose Google sign-in
- Operational services needed for security, abuse prevention, and reliable delivery
These services process data only as required to provide their functionality.
Third-party infrastructure, operational providers, and processing services may change over time as the Service evolves.
If a third-party request occurs due to product dependencies or operational safeguards, we limit data sent to the minimum needed for that request and do not intentionally include full browsing-history payloads for free users without Plus.
For feedback, support, and historical beta-access records, data may be sent to trusted operational providers only as needed to deliver verification and transactional emails and operate request processing securely.
Focus Companion uses a third-party email delivery provider to send transactional and service-related emails, such as email verification, account, trial, subscription, support, and other operational communications.
To deliver and troubleshoot these emails, the provider may process information such as the recipient's email address, message content, delivery metadata, and delivery events (for example, delivery, bounce, or spam complaint information).
Transactional email content and associated delivery activity may be temporarily retained by our email delivery provider for a limited period for delivery, troubleshooting, security, and operational purposes, after which it is deleted in accordance with the provider's applicable retention procedures. Certain limited delivery, suppression, security, or aggregated records may be retained for longer where necessary for reliable email delivery, abuse prevention, legal compliance, or service security.
8. Data Security
Focus Companion takes reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect user information against unauthorized access, disclosure, or loss.
9. User Control
Users may:
- Disable tracking at any time
- Remove the extension from their browser
- Cancel their subscription
- Request deletion of their account
10. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect product changes, legal requirements, security improvements, or operational updates.
For non-material updates (for example clarifications, formatting, or operational descriptions), posting the updated version on this page is the primary notice method. For material changes that affect how personal data is collected, used, shared, or transferred, we may provide additional notice where reasonably possible (for example in-service notice, website banner, or account email for signed-in users).
Continued use of the Service after an updated Privacy Policy becomes effective constitutes acknowledgment of the revised policy, except where additional consent is required by applicable law.
Focus Companion is actively developed, and this Privacy Policy may be updated as new features, integrations, infrastructure, or security measures are introduced. We aim to keep this policy accurate and up to date whenever our data processing practices change.
11. Privacy Rights
Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have rights regarding your personal data, including rights to access, correct, delete, restrict, or object to certain processing activities.
To submit a privacy-related request, contact: support@focuscompanion.app.
12. Contact
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you may contact: