Privacy Policy

Last updated: April 17, 2026

Speed Dial is a browser extension developed by Ravaga Studio. This policy explains what data the extension handles and how.

What data we access

Speed Dial accesses the following browser data to provide its core functionality:

• Open tabs — titles, URLs, and favicons of your open tabs, to display them as tiles on the new tab page.
• Tab groups — group names and colors, to organize tiles by group.
• Tab screenshots — captured when you switch between tabs, stored locally as compressed thumbnails.

This data is read from browser APIs and never leaves your device unless you enable cloud sync.

Local storage

The extension stores the following data locally in your browser:

• Tab session backups (up to 100 snapshots)
• Screenshot thumbnails (up to 500, auto-cleaned after 7 days)
• Your theme preference (dark/light)
• UI state (which group tab is selected, collapsed groups)

All local data is stored via the chrome.storage.local API and is accessible only to this extension. Uninstalling the extension removes all local data.

Cloud sync (optional)

If you sign in with Google, the extension syncs your session backups and settings to a cloud server. Here's how that works:

• Authentication — We use Google OAuth 2.0 to verify your identity. We receive your email, name, and profile picture. We do not receive or store your Google password.
• Encryption at rest — Synced data is encrypted with AES-256-GCM before leaving your browser. The key is derived from your Google account ID, so an attacker who only has access to the encrypted blobs at rest (e.g. a stolen database dump) cannot read them. The sync server itself authenticates you via Google and so necessarily learns your account ID, which means a malicious or compromised server operator could derive the same key — this is encryption against passive snooping, not zero-knowledge encryption. If that distinction matters to you, do not sign in for sync.
• Server — Synced data is stored on Cloudflare Workers KV, a globally distributed key-value store. Each user's data is keyed to their Google account ID.
• What syncs — Session backups, theme preference, and tab screenshot thumbnails. Thumbnails are encrypted client-side with the same AES-256-GCM scheme (and the same operator-access caveat) before upload, and expire from the server automatically after 90 days unless your device refreshes them. Live tab state and UI preferences do not sync.
• Web dashboard previews — When a tab has no synced thumbnail, the web dashboard asks our server to fetch that page's public preview image (og:image). Only the page's address without query parameters or fragments is sent for this; results are cached at the edge for up to 30 days.
• Deletion — Use "Delete cloud data" in the extension's sync settings to remove your synced sessions and all stored thumbnails from the server. Signing out alone keeps cloud data so your other devices can still sync; it only disconnects the device. You can also request deletion by contacting us.

Cloud sync is entirely optional. The extension works fully offline without signing in.

What we don't do

• We do not collect analytics or telemetry.
• We do not track your browsing history beyond what's shown in the extension.
• We do not sell, share, or transmit your data to third parties.
• We do not serve ads.
• We do not use your data for AI training or profiling.

Permissions explained

• tabs — Read tab titles, URLs, and favicons to display tiles.
• tabGroups — Read and update tab group names and colors.
• storage — Store backups, settings, and thumbnails locally.
• alarms — Schedule automatic backups and sync.
• favicon — Fetch favicons for tabs that haven't loaded yet.
• identity — Google sign-in for cloud sync.
• host_permissions (<all_urls>) — Required for capturing tab screenshots via captureVisibleTab. This permission does not allow reading page content.

Open source

Speed Dial is open source. You can review the complete source code at github.com/PRavaga/speeddial.

Contact

For questions about this policy or data requests, contact us at studio.ravaga.com.

Legal entity

Speed Dial is published by Ravaga Studio. For our full terms and legal information, see studio.ravaga.com.