TabBOO Privacy Notice

Your links have a home. Here is where the data goes.

Effective October 10, 2026. This notice describes the current TabBOO desktop beta, the iPhone app submitted for testing, and tabboo.ai, not a promise about features we might build later. TabBOO is created by Dylan Trussell. Contact tabloid@tabboo.ai about privacy or data requests.

Browser data stored on your computer

Normal browsing creates local history, cookies, website storage, downloads, bookmarks, and any passwords you choose to save. TabBOO stores Saved Links with their titles and URLs, tab-management settings, onboarding progress, timer settings and state, and music preferences locally. Optional personal TabLOID setup stores the name, interests, publication addresses, filters, and X account links you enter, plus cached editions. Our Tab Manager reads active tab titles and addresses to show and manage them. The current application code does not upload your full browsing history, imported bookmarks, or saved passwords to a TabBOO server.

TabBOO for iPhone

The iPhone app uses Apple WebKit, not the desktop Chromium engine or desktop extensions. Active and saved link titles, addresses and folders, tab limits, tutorial progress, appearance and ADS preferences, and the focus deadline and blocked domains are stored in the app's own local preferences. WebKit stores normal website cookies, caches and site data. Device backup settings can include local app data. This version has no app account, browser import, native analytics SDK, advertising identifier, interest-profile upload or AI service.

Opening TabLOID contacts tabboo.ai and Cloudflare as described below. Typed search queries go to DuckDuckGo; other sites and their embedded services receive normal browsing requests. Website camera and microphone access is requested only when a site asks, with WebKit and iOS permission prompts; TabBOO does not automatically grant access or send recordings to a TabBOO backend. The bundled focus music plays locally. Focus blocking applies inside TabBOO only. Delete saved links in Tab Manager; uninstalling the app removes its local app container, subject to device backup behavior. This version does not yet provide a dedicated website-data clearing screen.

Importing from another browser (desktop)

Migration is optional. You choose the source browser and the data categories available in Chromium's import dialog. Supported categories vary by browser and operating system and can include bookmarks, browsing history, and saved passwords. The bookmark-file importer reads the file you select and copies bookmark titles, URLs, and folder structure into the local TabBOO bookmark library. The migration checklist stores your progress locally. Password imports use the browser's password manager; a password-export file may contain readable passwords and must be kept private. Importing does not upload that file to tabboo.ai, transfer all extensions or login sessions, or grant a background agent access to your computer.

Requests outside your computer

Browsing and searches send requests to the websites and search engine you choose. Those services can receive your IP address, request details, search terms, and their own cookies or account information. The shared TabLOID page is fetched from tabboo.ai. If you opt into a personal paper, chosen publication feeds are requested from their publishers; interest-based discovery can send your chosen interests as queries to Google News and Medium topic feeds. Opening Substack or X links goes to those services. Article-access tools may send an article title and publisher domain to Google search, or a public article URL to archive services. Ungoogled Chromium does not mean Google receives nothing when you choose a Google service or visit a page that contacts Google.

Our website and hosting

Cloudflare hosts the site, public paper, and downloads. It processes network information such as IP addresses, requested URLs, timing, and request headers to deliver and protect the service. Cloudflare's handling and retention are described in its privacy policy. The current website code does not add advertising pixels, heatmaps, session replay, a user-interest database, or a cookie-based visitor identifier. We do not claim that hosting traffic is anonymous or that every provider keeps zero logs.

Extensions and support email

Bundled or separately installed extensions can process data according to their permissions and their providers' policies. The optional 1Password extension is governed by 1Password's policy when you use it. If you email us, we receive your email address, message, and anything you attach; that correspondence is handled through our connected Gmail inbox and Cloudflare email routing. We keep correspondence as needed to respond and handle follow-up; no fixed retention period has been configured. Ask us to delete correspondence you have sent, and we will explain any limits that apply.

Control, sharing, and future changes

You can remove Saved Links and bookmarks, clear browsing data, change feed choices, and manage extension permissions in the browser. Clearing browsing data does not necessarily clear every extension setting; deleting an extension or the browser profile removes its local settings. We do not currently sell browsing history or import data or operate an advertiser-facing interest-profile service. Personalized deals and product measurement are ideas, not active data-collection features covered by this release. Before introducing them, we need to describe the actual data, choices, recipients, and retention here. We do not claim independent security-audit certification or absolute protection against all threats.