Privacy Policy

The short version

The extension compares tabs on your device. whyThough does not receive, store, sell, or share your browsing history, page URLs, or page content. There are no extension accounts, advertisements, or tracking pixels.

What the extension processes

To find duplicates, AlreadyOpen! temporarily reads open-tab URLs, titles, tab and window identifiers, and top-level navigation events. This information is used only inside Chrome to compare pages, show the duplicate warning, and switch to the tab you select.

The extension does not read page text, form entries, passwords, cookies, private messages, or authentication information.

What is stored

• Your selected behavior—ask, switch, or open—and any excluded site hostnames are saved using Chrome extension storage and may sync through your browser profile.
• Temporary duplicate-warning details are kept in session storage and are removed after you decide or when the browser session ends.

Chrome and Google control any browser-profile synchronization. That processing is governed by their own settings and privacy terms.

Permissions

• Tabs: compares open tab addresses and switches to the existing tab you choose.
• Web navigation: notices when a top-level page is about to open so duplicate detection can run.
• Storage: remembers your duplicate-handling preference and short-lived warning state.

Website data

The AlreadyOpen! website has no accounts, forms, advertising cookies, or product analytics. Firebase Hosting may process limited technical request information as needed to deliver and secure the website under Google’s applicable terms and privacy policy.

Chrome Web Store Limited Use

AlreadyOpen!’s use of information obtained through Chrome APIs complies with the Chrome Web Store User Data Policy, including its Limited Use requirements. Browser information is used only to provide the user-facing duplicate-tab feature. It is not sold, used for advertising, transferred to data brokers, or made available for human review.

You can review the official Chrome Web Store Limited Use policy.

External links

Links to whyThough, Ko-fi, Chrome, Google, or other websites are governed by the privacy practices of those services once you leave this site.

Changes and contact

This policy may be updated when the product or its data practices change. The effective date above will be updated with material revisions.

For privacy questions, contact whyThough through the whyThough portfolio.