Browser Extension Privacy Policy

Effective Date: July 8, 2026

1. Scope

This Policy applies only to the Faved browser extension. It does not describe the Faved web application or Faved Cloud, which are governed by our main Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service. Where the extension sends data to Faved Cloud, that data is handled under the main Privacy Policy from the moment it is received.

The Faved browser extension lets you save the page you're viewing to Faved — the open-source bookmark manager — with tags and a note.

2. The Short Version

  • The extension transmits your bookmark data to one place only: the Faved instance you have configured. That's Faved Cloud (app.faved.to) by default, or the self-hosted URL you set. The extension itself sends nothing to any other recipient.
  • The extension contains no analytics, tracking, or telemetry.
  • It reads the current page only when you open the extension popup. It does not run in the background, and it does not act on pages you have not opened the popup on.

The one exception to "one place only" is your instance setting, which your browser — not Faved — synchronizes across your devices using your browser account. See Section 6.

3. What the Extension Collects and Where It Goes

When you open the popup on a page and click Save, the extension sends the following to your configured Faved instance so it can create the bookmark:

  • The page URL and title
  • The page description (from the page's meta/Open Graph tags)
  • The preview-image URL (from the page's Open Graph/Twitter tags — a link, not the image itself)
  • The note you type
  • The tags you select

When you open the popup, before you save, the extension also:

  • Reads the current tab's URL, title, favicon, and the metadata above, to pre-fill the form.
  • Fetches your existing tags and saved items from your configured Faved instance, so it can show your tag picker and warn you if you have already saved the page. This duplicate check runs locally in your browser — the current page's URL is not transmitted for this purpose.

The extension does not send page body text, full page content, your browsing history, or your user agent. The extension has no server of its own.

4. Cloud and Self-Hosted Instances

Faved Cloud (app.faved.to). Data you save through the extension is received by Faved Cloud and handled from that point under our main Privacy Policy, including the processors and sharing described there. For this data, IE D.DVALI is the data controller.

Self-hosted. Data goes only to the instance URL you configure. IE D.DVALI does not receive it and is not a recipient of it. You operate that server, and for data held on it you are the data controller.

5. Authentication

The extension reuses the login session already present in your browser. It reads Faved's session and CSRF cookies only for your configured Faved instance, solely to authenticate your save and fetch requests. It stores no passwords and no authentication tokens.

6. What's Stored on Your Device

  • Your instance setting (Cloud or a self-hosted URL). This is stored using your browser's synchronized extension storage, which means your browser vendor — for example Google, for Chrome — synchronizes it across the devices signed in to your browser account. This synchronization is performed by your browser, not by Faved, and is subject to your browser vendor's privacy policy.
  • A local cache of your tag list and small UI-state flags (for example, whether you were signed in last time, or whether you have dismissed a tip), so the popup opens instantly.

Apart from the instance setting described above, this data is not transmitted anywhere. Changing your instance clears the per-instance cache.

7. What the Extension Does Not Do

  • No analytics, tracking pixels, telemetry, or usage reporting.
  • No background monitoring of your tabs, navigation, or browsing history.
  • No content scripts that run persistently on web pages.
  • No selling or sharing of your data. The extension has no third-party recipients.

8. Permissions

  • activeTab / scripting — to read the current tab's URL, title, and metadata when you open the popup.
  • cookies — to read your Faved session and CSRF cookie so that saves are authenticated.
  • storage — to remember your instance setting and cache your tags.
  • Access to your Faved instance — to send saves and fetch your tags and items. Access to a self-hosted instance is requested only when you configure one.

9. Legal Bases for Processing (EEA and United Kingdom)

Where the extension sends data to Faved Cloud, IE D.DVALI processes that data on the basis of performance of a contract — namely, providing the bookmark-saving functionality you have asked for by clicking Save. Where you have configured a self-hosted instance, IE D.DVALI performs no processing and is not a controller of that data.

Your rights in respect of data held by Faved Cloud, and how to exercise them, are described in Sections 6, 7, and 13 of the main Privacy Policy.

10. Data Retention and Deletion

The extension keeps no server-side data of its own. Bookmarks you save live in your Faved account; delete them there. To clear the extension's local data, remove the extension or clear its storage in your browser. Your instance setting can be changed at any time on the options page.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we will notify users through the Service or the extension listing.

12. Contact

Email: [email protected]
Address: Vakhtang Gorgasalis Street, 63, Tbilisi, Georgia 0114