Privacy

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Octane does not require an account. Most working data stays in browser storage on your device. Some features contact external services only when they need outside information or media.

Last updated: 26 October 2026

01No Octane account

You can use the extension without registering or signing in.

02Local feature data

Tasks, notes, shortcuts, settings, focus history and blocking preferences are stored by the browser on your device.

03Feature-specific requests

Weather, images, favicons, SoundCloud and searches require requests to their respective services.

Stored data

Information Octane keeps in your browser.

Octane uses browser-managed storage, including localStorage, IndexedDB and chrome.storage.local depending on the feature. This can include your name preference, tasks, notes, shortcuts, theme settings, background choices, focus activity, custom timer settings and website-blocking preferences.

Chrome bookmarks remain part of Chrome’s own bookmark system. Octane reads or changes them only through the Bookmarks tool and Chrome’s bookmarks API.

External services

When information leaves the page.

OpenWeather: Receives latitude, longitude and unit choice when Octane requests current weather.
Unsplash: Receives a background search request when you request a new Unsplash image.
Google favicon service: Receives a website domain when Octane attempts to display a shortcut or bookmark favicon.
SoundCloud: Loads the embedded player when you use music in Focus Mode.
Your selected search provider: Receives the search terms you submit from Octane.

Chrome permissions

Why each permission exists.

Bookmarks

Displays and manages bookmarks inside Octane when you use the Bookmarks tool.

Search

Uses Chrome’s search capability to support searches from the new-tab search field.

Storage

Keeps Octane settings and feature data available between new tabs.

Website access

Applies blocking rules only for the websites you choose in Website Blocker or Focus Mode.

Website host access is optional until a blocking feature needs it. Octane uses declarative network rules supplied to Chrome rather than intercepting page content itself.

Your control

Change or remove your information.

You can edit or delete tasks, notes, shortcuts, bookmarks and blocked websites from their interfaces. You can disable individual blocking entries, remove themes and replace backgrounds. Removing the extension clears extension-managed browser storage according to Chrome’s extension data behavior.

You can review or revoke extension permissions from Chrome’s extension settings. Features that rely on a revoked permission may stop working until permission is restored.

Contact

Questions about privacy.