<h2 style="text-align: center;">Privacy Policy</h2>
<p style="text-align: center;">Focus Area Highlighter</p>
<p><strong>Last updated:</strong> 15 July 2026</p>
<p>This privacy policy describes how the Focus Area Highlighter browser extension ("the Extension"), created by
    SDRemthix, handles your information. Focus Area Highlighter is a productivity extension that lets you highlight a
    section of a web page and blur or dim the rest so you can focus on what matters. Please read this policy in full so
    you understand what the Extension does and does not do with your data.</p>

<h4>The short version</h4>
<p>The Extension does not collect, track, or transmit your personal information. It has no accounts, no analytics, no
    advertising, and no tracking. Your settings are stored in your browser. The only data that ever leaves your browser
    is a license key you enter yourself, and only if you choose to purchase the Pro upgrade. That key is sent to our
    payment provider to confirm your purchase, and to no one else.</p>

<h4>What information the Extension stores</h4>
<p>The Extension stores the following in your browser's built-in extension storage (<code>chrome.storage.sync</code>),
    which Chrome may synchronize across devices where you are signed in with sync enabled:</p>
<ul>
    <li>Your preferences: whether the focus area is active, the effect type (blur or dim), the intensity, and the
        rectangle color.</li>
    <li>A one-time onboarding flag so the welcome hint is not shown repeatedly.</li>
    <li>A random, anonymous identifier generated on your device. It is not linked to your name, email, or any account,
        and it is not used to track you across sites.</li>
    <li>If you purchase the Pro upgrade, the license key you enter.</li>
</ul>
<p>This information stays in your browser. We do not operate any server that receives, stores, or has access to it.</p>

<h4>What information leaves your browser</h4>
<p>The Extension makes no network requests during normal use. Highlighting, blurring, and dimming all happen locally on
    the page in front of you.</p>
<p>The single exception is the Pro upgrade. If you buy Pro and enter your license key, the Extension sends that key to
    our payment provider, Polar (polar.sh), to verify that the purchase is valid. This is the only outbound data the
    Extension sends, it happens only when you choose to validate a key, and it goes only to Polar. No usage data,
    browsing history, page content, or personal information is included in that request. Polar acts as the merchant of
    record for the purchase; their handling of payment data is governed by Polar's own privacy policy.</p>

<h4>What the Extension does not do</h4>
<ul>
    <li>It does not collect your name, email address, age, password, or any account information. There is no account and
        no registration.</li>
    <li>It does not collect or store your payment or credit card details. Payment is handled entirely by Polar; card
        details never pass through the Extension.</li>
    <li>It does not read, collect, or transmit the content of the pages you visit, your browsing history, or your IP
        address.</li>
    <li>It does not use cookies, analytics, advertising, or any third-party tracking.</li>
    <li>It does not collect location data.</li>
</ul>

<h4>Permissions the Extension uses</h4>
<p>The Extension requests only the permissions it needs to function:</p>
<ul>
    <li><strong>storage</strong>: to save your preferences and, if you purchase Pro, your license key, as described
        above.</li>
    <li><strong>activeTab</strong>: to apply the focus overlay to the tab you are currently viewing when you activate
        it.</li>
</ul>
<p>The content overlay runs on the pages you visit so it can draw the focus area, but it does not send any information
    about those pages anywhere.</p>

<h4>Your choices</h4>
<p>You can clear all stored preferences at any time by removing the Extension from your browser. Uninstalling the
    Extension removes the data it stored in your browser. Because there is no server holding your data, there is nothing
    for us to delete on our side.</p>

<h4>Children</h4>
<p>The Extension is a general-purpose productivity tool and is not directed at children. It does not knowingly collect
    any information from children, because it does not collect personal information from anyone.</p>

<h4>Changes to this policy</h4>
<p>If the Extension's data practices change, this policy will be updated and the "Last updated" date above will change.
    Continued use of the Extension after an update constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.</p>

<h4>Contact</h4>
<p>If you have any questions about this privacy policy or how the Extension handles your data, contact us at <a
        href="mailto:sdremthix@gmail.com">sdremthix@gmail.com</a>.</p>