Focus Redirect Privacy Policy

Effective date: April 13, 2026

Focus Redirect is a browser extension and Safari companion app that blocks websites you choose, redirects those visits to a focus page, and shows your goals plus a simple daily attempt count. Focus Redirect does not run a backend service, does not require an account, and does not sell or share personal data.

What Focus Redirect accesses

• Active tab and website URL information, so the extension can tell which host you are on and whether it is blocked.
• Navigation events, so the extension can redirect blocked visits and keep a local attempt count.
• Your blocked-host list and your goals, so the product can remember your settings across sessions.

How that information is used

• To block the exact host you selected, plus its www. variant.
• To redirect blocked visits to Focus Redirect's blocked page.
• To show how many times you attempted to open a blocked host today versus yesterday.
• To display the goals you entered on the blocked page and settings screen.

What is stored

• chrome.storage.sync / browser sync storage: blocked hosts and your goals.
• chrome.storage.local / browser local storage: local daily attempt counts and Safari fallback state needed for the blocker to work.
• chrome.storage.session / browser session storage: temporary per-tab context used while redirecting to the blocked page.
• Safari container app / extension storage: the Safari build uses the same on-device model through Safari Web Extension storage APIs.

What is not collected

• No account information is required.
• No browsing data is sent to a remote server.
• No analytics, advertising, or tracking SDKs are included in v1.
• No payment, health, contacts, location, or sensitive personal data is requested.

Data sharing and sale

Focus Redirect does not sell personal information, does not share personal information with data brokers, and does not use your browsing activity for advertising.

Chrome Web Store Limited Use disclosure

Focus Redirect uses extension permissions and locally stored browsing-related data only to provide its single purpose: blocking user-selected hosts, redirecting blocked visits, and showing local attempt counts and goals. Focus Redirect does not transfer this data to third parties, does not use it for advertising, and does not allow humans to read user data.

Permissions explanation

• host_permissions and site access are required so the extension can block sites you choose.
• tabs is required to determine the active host from the popup.
• webNavigation is required to detect blocked top-level navigations.
• declarativeNetRequest is required to redirect blocked pages to the Focus Redirect page.
• storage is required to remember your blocked hosts, goals, and local attempt counts.

Retention

Attempt counters are kept locally in short rolling history so the product can compare today and yesterday. Older local buckets are pruned automatically by the extension logic.

Changes to this policy

If the product adds analytics, accounts, remote sync, or any server-side processing in a future version, this policy will be updated before that new behavior ships.

Support

For support or privacy questions, use the repository issue tracker: github.com/rinat-akhmetov/focus-redirect/issues