SimpleTimer Privacy Policy
For the SimpleTimer by Total Workspace browser extension in the Chrome Web Store and Microsoft Edge Add-ons.
Lees in het NederlandsIn short: SimpleTimer does not collect any personal data. Everything the extension records stays on your own device and is never sent to us or to anyone else.
Who we are
SimpleTimer is made by Total Workspace, the Google Workspace team of Cloud Captains in the Netherlands. Questions about this policy can be sent to contact@totalworkspace.nl or through our contact form.
What the extension stores
To work, SimpleTimer keeps the following, only locally in your browser storage (chrome.storage.local):
- your sessions: start and end time, active and idle minutes per day;
- the labels you give to sessions yourself, and a list of your recent labels;
- your settings, such as sound, daily goal, focus reminder, idle threshold and language.
This data never leaves your device. There is no account, no server and no sync. History is limited to the last 500 sessions.
What the extension does not do
- No network traffic: the extension does not connect to the internet.
- No analytics, tracking, advertising or cookies.
- No access to websites, tabs or your browsing history.
- No selling or sharing of data with third parties.
The extension contains links to totalworkspace.nl. They only open when you click them yourself; the website privacy policy then applies.
Why the permissions are needed
| Permission | Why |
|---|---|
| alarms | Keep the timer counting every minute, even when the popup is closed. |
| idle | Detect whether you are active, away or have locked your screen, so that time counts as idle. Only the state is read, not what you are doing. |
| storage | Keep your sessions and settings locally. |
| offscreen | Play the short bundled sounds when you start, pause and finish a focus block. |
| notifications | Show a notification when a focus block is done. Only when you turn on the focus reminder. |
Viewing and deleting your data
You can see all your data on the overview page of the extension and export it as CSV or delete it there. When you remove the extension, your browser also deletes all stored data.
Changes
If anything changes in how SimpleTimer works that affects your privacy, we will update this policy.