Privacy Policy

Herd Tab Organizer — Last updated June 2025

Herd does not collect, transmit, or sell any user data. Everything stays on your device.

What Herd stores

Data	Where	Purpose
Tab grouping rules	chrome.storage.local	Organize tabs by URL patterns
Herd names & notes	chrome.storage.local	Let you label your tab groups
Tab thumbnails	chrome.storage.local	Visual context recovery
Extension preferences	chrome.storage.local	Remember your settings

What Herd does NOT do

No analytics or telemetry
No data sent to external servers
No third-party SDKs or trackers
No account or sign-in required
No browsing history collected beyond active tab metadata

Optional AI bridge

If you install the optional local AI bridge, it runs a localhost-only server on your machine. No data leaves your device — it communicates only between the extension and a local process over 127.0.0.1.

Permissions explained

Permission	Why
tabs	Read tab titles/URLs to organize and search them
tabGroups	Create and manage Chrome tab groups (“herds”)
storage	Save your rules, notes, and thumbnails locally
scripting	Inject the search overlay into the active tab
activeTab	Capture thumbnail of the tab you just left
alarms	Schedule periodic auto-organization
contextMenus	Right-click “Move to herd” menu
nativeMessaging	Connect to optional local AI bridge