Privacy Policy

This policy explains what SmartSave collects, how it is used, and how that applies to the SmartSave website and the SmartSave Chrome extension.

Last updated: April 24, 2026

Single Purpose
SmartSave exists to help users save, organize, and sync bookmarks and saved links across supported sources.

The SmartSave Chrome extension has one purpose: connecting a user's Chrome bookmarks with their SmartSave account so bookmarks can be imported and kept in sync.

The extension does not sell user data and does not use collected data for advertising, creditworthiness, lending, or unrelated profiling.

Information We Collect
We collect only the information required to provide SmartSave and extension sync functionality.

Account information

If you create or use a SmartSave account, SmartSave may process your email address and the authentication details needed to sign you in.

Bookmark and website content

When you connect the Chrome extension, SmartSave processes your Chrome bookmark data, including bookmark titles, URLs, folder structure, and related metadata needed to import and sync those bookmarks.

Extension local state

The extension stores local state in Chrome storage, such as authentication state, profile identifiers, folder mappings, sync status, and queued changes needed for offline retry behavior.

How We Use Information
We use collected information only to operate SmartSave and the connected extension experience.

We use information to:

  • authenticate users and connect browser profiles to SmartSave,
  • import existing Chrome bookmarks into SmartSave,
  • sync bookmark creates, edits, moves, and deletions,
  • maintain folder mappings and sync state, and
  • retry queued sync actions when the device comes back online.
Permissions Used by the Chrome Extension
The extension requests only the permissions required for bookmark sync with SmartSave.

bookmarks

Used to read bookmark data and detect bookmark changes so SmartSave can import and keep bookmarks in sync.

storage

Used to store extension state locally, including sync progress and offline queue data.

alarms

Used to run periodic background checks and retry queued sync work.

Host access

Used only for `https://smartsave.dev/*` so the extension can sign users in, call SmartSave extension API endpoints, and detect login completion on SmartSave pages.

Data Sharing and Remote Code
SmartSave limits data transfer to what is required for the product to function.

SmartSave does not sell user data to third parties. Data handled by the extension is transferred only to SmartSave services to provide authentication and bookmark sync functionality.

The extension does not execute remotely hosted code. All executable extension code is packaged with the extension itself.

Questions
If you need support or have privacy questions, use the contact channel listed on the SmartSave Chrome Web Store item or SmartSave site.

You can also return to SmartSave.