Privacy policy
Last updated: 6 November 2026
This is the privacy policy of the Focusium Chrome extension. For this website, see the website privacy policy.
This policy explains what Focusium ("the extension") does with information. In short: your sites, settings and focus statistics stay on your device. The extension sends nothing to us or to anyone else. Waitlists, bug reports, ideas and questions are handled on our website, and only if you choose to go there.
Who is responsible
Gersi Kereci
info@getfocusium.com
Full publisher details: www.getfocusium.com/imprint
What the extension uses, and why
Focusium works inside your browser. It uses the following information only on your device, only to provide its features:
| Information | What it is used for |
|---|---|
| Your browsing history | To suggest sites when you search for a site to allow. The history is read on your device and not stored or copied by Focusium. |
| Open tabs (addresses and titles) | To keep only your chosen sites open during focus, to limit new tabs, to allow the sites you have open when you haven't chosen any, to list muted tabs, and to note which site is on screen during focus (for the weekly review). |
| Your settings and choices | Allowed sites, focus and break lengths, daily goal and similar options. |
| Focus statistics | Minutes focused per day and per hour of the day, streak, badges, how many distractions were turned away, and, per day, the sites you focused on and the sites that were paused (only their names, like example.com, with minutes or counts), and the reasons you picked on the pause page (bored, stuck, tired, research) with the hour. They show your progress and your weekly review. |
| Text of articles you open in reader view | To show the article in a calm layout. The text is copied inside the same tab and page only while you read; it is not stored or sent anywhere. |
Focusium also changes some browser settings while you focus: it blocks website notifications and mutes background tabs. Your own settings come back when focus ends.
Focusium shows its own messages as a small card inside the page you are looking at, and offers the reader view on articles of your chosen sites. Both are drawn by the extension on top of the page; they do not read or send the page's content anywhere.
On YouTube, Reddit, X, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn, Focusium hides feeds and pauses short videos. To do that it adjusts how these pages look in your browser. It does not read, collect or send the content of these pages.
Calendar focus (not active yet)
Calendar focus is not active in this version. Focusium does not read any calendar and does not sign in to Google. When it launches, this policy will say what it reads before you can turn it on.
Waitlists, bug reports, ideas and questions (on our website)
The links in Settings open pages on getfocusium.com in a new tab: the waitlists, getfocusium.com/bugs for bugs and getfocusium.com/ideas for ideas. Opening a link sends nothing from the extension about you, your sites or your tabs. What you type on those pages goes to us only if you send it, and is covered by the website privacy policy.
Other companies involved
The extension uses no other company's service. Its icons and fonts are part of the extension, and nothing is loaded from other websites.
Where the information is stored
What stays on your device is stored in your browser's extension storage. Information about a running session is deleted when you close the browser. Your settings and statistics stay until you remove them or uninstall the extension. Statistics older than about 180 days are removed automatically.
What is not done
- The extension sends nothing to the publisher and reaches out to no server.
- No account, no tracking, no analytics, no advertising. There is only one look (dark), and no remote fonts or icons are loaded.
- No information is sold or shared.
Backups
If you use Settings → Backup, Focusium creates a file with your settings, sites and statistics and saves it where you choose. The file is encrypted so it can't be edited by hand. You decide where it is kept and who gets it.
Your rights
Most information stays on your device, so you have full control over it: you can change or delete it at any time in the extension, or remove everything by uninstalling Focusium. The publisher has no copy of it. For what you sent us on the website (a waitlist email, a report), write to the contact below and we will tell you what we hold, correct it or delete it. Under the GDPR you also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version is published with the extension and on www.getfocusium.com/privacy. The date above shows the latest change.
Contact
Questions about privacy: info@getfocusium.com