Privacy Policy — Bookmarks Doctor Ultimate

Bookmarks Doctor Ultimate is a Chrome extension that helps you search, organize, validate, and prune your browser bookmarks. This page explains exactly what data the extension touches, what it does with it, and what it does not do.

What we collect

Nothing. The extension does not collect, transmit, sell, or share any personal information, browsing history, analytics, telemetry, or usage data. There are no accounts, no logins, and no remote servers operated by us.

What the extension reads locally

To do its job, the extension reads the following from your browser, on your device only:

• Your bookmarks — titles, URLs, dates added, and folder structure (via the bookmarks permission).

This information is used in-memory to render, search, sort, and group your bookmarks; it never leaves your device.

URL validation feature

When you click Validate URLs, the extension issues HTTP requests directly from your browser to each bookmarked URL to check whether the page still loads. These requests:

• Go directly to the destination server — not through any proxy controlled by us.
• Use HEAD (or GET as a fallback) — the same kind of request your browser would make if you opened the bookmark.
• Are not logged or transmitted anywhere by the extension.

The destination server's own logs may record the request, exactly as if you visited the page yourself. That is outside our control.

What the extension stores

Your settings (default sort, grouping, validation parameters, etc.) are stored using chrome.storage.sync. This is Google's built-in extension storage; if you are signed into Chrome with sync enabled, Chrome may sync these settings between your own devices. We do not have access to that storage.

Permissions, and why we need them

• bookmarks — read your bookmark library so the extension can render, search, sort, group, import, and export it. The extension can also delete bookmarks when you explicitly ask it to (per-row delete, bulk delete of checked items, or after using "Select broken" to add failed URLs to the selection).
• storage — save your settings.
• tabs — open a bookmark in a new tab when you click it, and open the manage page from the popup or the icon's right-click menu.
• favicon — render the favicon next to each bookmark.
• contextMenus — add two right-click items to the toolbar icon ("Open bookmark manager" and "Settings") so you can reach those pages without opening the popup first.
• host_permissions: <all_urls> — required so that the URL validator can fetch each bookmark's URL to check whether it still works. The extension does not inject scripts into pages.

Third parties

The extension does not contact any third-party service operated by us. The only outbound link is an optional PayPal donate button on the options page, which opens PayPal in a new tab if (and only if) you click it. PayPal's own privacy policy applies to anything you do on their site.

Children

The extension is not directed at children and does not knowingly process any data from children.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted at the same URL with a new "Last updated" date.

Contact

Questions or concerns: contact the publisher email associated with the Chrome Web Store listing.