The short version
Tidybite is a browser extension that deletes cookies and site data. It runs in your browser. It does not collect, sell or share your browsing data, and it has no analytics or advertising. The only time anything leaves your browser is to check or manage a Tidybite Pro purchase, which is handled by ExtensionPay and Stripe.
Tidybite is made by Dev Persaud, an individual developer in Japan ("we", "us"). Questions: support@tidybite.app.
What stays in your browser
Tidybite stores the following only in your browser's extension storage. It is never sent to us:
- Your settings and your kept-site rules.
- The cleanup log: which sites were cleaned, when, and the names of the cookies removed. You can turn the log off or clear it.
- Counters, such as how many cookies were deleted and how many cookie banners were rejected.
- For Pro features: which sites signed you out and which sites Smart Keep kept, so it can suggest or keep them and let you undo.
To decide what to delete, Tidybite reads the addresses of your open tabs and the cookies and site data stored for those sites. It does this on your computer and does not record or transmit your browsing history.
Pro features
- Smart Keep notices on your computer when a password is submitted on a site. It never reads, stores or sends your password, user name or anything else you type. Only the fact that a sign-in happened is used, to keep that site.
- Cookie-banner rejection uses rules that ship inside the extension. Tidybite clicks the reject option on the page; nothing about the page is sent anywhere.
- Sync, if you turn it on, stores your kept-site list in your browser account's own sync storage (for example, your Google account in Chrome). It is synced by your browser, under your browser provider's privacy policy, and never through our servers.
Payments
Tidybite Pro is sold through ExtensionPay, which processes payments with Stripe.
- When you first open checkout, start a trial or restore a purchase, Tidybite creates a random identifier for your installation and stores it in your browser's sync storage. Tidybite sends this identifier to ExtensionPay to check whether your plan is active. It contains no personal information.
- If you start a trial or buy Pro, you give your email address and payment details directly to ExtensionPay and Stripe on their pages. We never see your full card details.
- We can see the email address, plan and payment status of Pro customers in ExtensionPay and Stripe, and use them only to provide Pro, handle support and refunds, and meet legal and tax obligations.
Why Tidybite asks for each permission
- Read and change data on all websites: to see and delete each site's cookies and site data, and to run the cookie-banner and Smart Keep helpers on pages. Page content is not collected or sent.
- Cookies and browsing data: to delete cookies, local storage, IndexedDB, cache and service workers.
- Tabs, web navigation and active tab: to know which sites are open, so open sites are never cleaned, to show the current site in the popup, and for Smart Keep to notice when a site you keep moves to a new address.
- Storage: to save your settings and lists in your browser.
- Alarms: to run a cleanup a few seconds after you close a tab.
- Notifications: to tell you about cleanups (if you turn that on) and what Smart Keep kept.
- Context menus: for the right-click options to keep or clean a site.
- Scripting: to run the cookie-banner helper on pages.
This website
tidybite.app sets no cookies and loads no trackers, analytics or third-party fonts. It is hosted by Cloudflare, which may process technical data such as IP addresses to deliver and protect the site.
Chrome Web Store Limited Use
Tidybite's use of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Chrome Web Store User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. We do not sell user data, use it for advertising, or transfer it for purposes unrelated to Tidybite's single purpose of cleaning cookies and site data.
Keeping and deleting your data
Everything Tidybite stores in your browser is removed when you uninstall it, or when you use "Reset" in Tidybite's settings. To ask for your payment records to be deleted, or for a copy of them, email support@tidybite.app. Some records must be kept for tax and accounting purposes as required by law.
Children
Tidybite is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect their personal information.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted here with a new effective date. Significant changes will also be announced in the extension.
Contact
Dev Persaud, support@tidybite.app