1. Who we are
VarLabs is an independent software publisher that builds small, single-purpose browser extensions. We are the data controller for the limited processing described below. You can reach us at any time at support@varlabs.dev.
2. What we collect
Nothing that identifies you. Our extensions do not ask you to create an account, sign in, or hand over an email address. We do not operate a user database, and we do not receive any personal identifier from the extension — no name, email, phone number, precise location, health data, financial data, authentication credentials, personal communications, or web browsing history.
We do not use cookies, pixels, device fingerprints, or any other identification technique for advertising, profiling or analytics purposes.
3. What stays inside your browser
Some extensions remember your own preferences — for example, a theme choice, a recent calculation, or the
fields you selected on a page. That information is stored locally by Chrome on your own device
(chrome.storage) and is used only to make the extension behave the way you set it up.
- It is never uploaded to us or to anyone else.
- It is not readable by websites you visit.
- It disappears when you clear the extension's data or uninstall the extension.
4. The one case where a request leaves your browser
Some VarLabs extensions offer an AI-assisted feature (for example, GoGenie's scraping and summarisation). These features only ever run when you ask for them.
- When you trigger an AI feature, the text or page content needed to answer your request is sent to the third-party AI service that performs the analysis. It is used to produce your result and nothing else.
- We do not store that content on our own servers, we do not build a history of it, and we do not use it to train models.
- That service processes the request under its own privacy policy, which is worth reading if you work with sensitive material.
- If you never use an AI feature, no page content ever leaves your device.
Please avoid sending content you are not permitted to share — for example other people's confidential data or material covered by a confidentiality agreement.
5. Permissions and why we ask for them
Every extension requests the least access it can work with, and each permission is declared openly on its Chrome Web Store page before you install it. Nothing is requested speculatively.
- None at all — Simple Calculator runs entirely inside its own popup. It reads no page, no tab and no cookie.
- Storage — so the extension can remember your own settings locally, as described above.
- Active tab / scripting on request — so an extension can act on the page in front of you when you click it, rather than reading pages in the background.
- Host access to a site you choose — required by tools that work with page content, such as GoGenie's scraper or SafeTap's link check. Access is used only while the feature is doing its job.
We do not inject ads, we do not modify pages to insert tracking, and we do not resell access to any site.
6. What we will never do
- Sell, rent, or trade your data to any third party.
- Use or transfer your data for purposes unrelated to the extension's single, stated purpose.
- Use your data to determine creditworthiness, or for lending or insurance decisions.
- Run remote code, or load scripts from outside the extension package after review.
- Send you marketing email, notifications, or offers — we do not have your address.
7. Security
Because we hold no central store of user data, there is no database of yours to breach. All extension code is bundled and reviewed before it ships, and where a request must travel to an AI provider it goes over an encrypted connection.
8. Safe for everyone
Our extensions are suitable for general audiences, including younger users. They contain no advertising, no tracking, no profiling, no social features, no in-app purchases, and no mature content. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone, and we have no mechanism that could collect it from a child.
9. Your rights
Privacy laws such as the GDPR and CCPA give you rights of access, correction, deletion and objection over personal data held about you. We hold none, so there is nothing for us to look up, change or erase — but if you have any question, write to us and we will answer honestly. Removing an extension from Chrome removes everything it stored locally, immediately.
10. Third-party links and services
Extensions may open external pages, for example the Chrome Web Store or a site you asked to visit. Once you leave our extension, the privacy policy of that site applies. We have no control over, and take no responsibility for, the practices of external sites.
11. Changes to this policy
If an extension ever needs a new permission or introduces data handling that is not described here, this page will be updated first and the "last updated" date above will change. Because we have no way to email you, this page is the authoritative record — bookmark it if you want to keep an eye on it.
12. Contact
Questions, concerns, or a correction request: support@varlabs.dev. We read everything and reply as a human, not a bot.