Introduction
We believe your browser's new tab page should be personal, private, and yours. YourDynamicDashboard is built with a "Privacy First" architecture. This document outlines exactly how we handle your data.
The Short Version: YourDynamicDashboard does not collect, store, or sell your personal data. Location data and Search History are strictly local to your device.
Where is my data?
All your customizations and data are stored locally in your browser
using
localStorage and IndexedDB. This data
never leaves your computer. We do not have servers, and we cannot
see your data.
What is stored locally?
Theme colors, saved presets, personal greeting name, to-do lists, custom shortcut links, custom shortcut icons, background images, keyboard settings, and general preferences.
🔍 Search History
Your search queries are strictly stored locally on your device to provide the Quick Search History feature. They are never transmitted to us or any third-party tracking server.
Permissions & Usage
🎙️ Microphone (Voice Search)
Optional. Used only when you click the
microphone icon or press 'V'. We use your browser's native
Web Speech API. Audio is processed by your browser
vendor (e.g., Google for Chrome) to convert speech to text. We
do not record or store your voice.
📍 Geolocation
Strictly Opt-In. This extension does not track your location in the background. If you manually click "Detect Location", it triggers your browser's native, one-time permission prompt. Your coordinates are sent directly to the weather provider and saved locally. We do not store or monitor this data.
📁 Storage
Used to save your preferences so they persist every time you open a new tab.
External Services (APIs)
To provide dynamic features, the extension communicates directly with the following third-party services. While we do not send personal identifiers, please note that communicating with any web server natively exposes standard network requests (like your IP address) to that service.
Open-Meteo
Used to fetch weather data. Open-Meteo is a privacy-focused,
open-source weather API.
open-meteo.com/en/pricing
BigDataCloud
Used for "Reverse Geocoding" (converting raw GPS coordinates into a readable City Name) only when the auto-detect location feature is used.
Google Favicons
Used to fetch the small icons for the custom websites you add to your Shortcuts bar.
Picsum.photos
Used to fetch random, high-quality background images if you explicitly enable the "Random BG" feature in settings.
Open Source Transparency
We believe in "Trust, but Verify". The entire source code for YourDynamicDashboard is available publicly.
You can audit the code yourself on GitHub:
github.com/xtditom/YourDynamicDashboard