DotPoweredMyBookmarks Privacy Policy
Applies to version 1.0 and later (the Firefox parts to version 1.1 and later). Last updated: 9 November 2026.
The short version
MyBookmarks keeps everything on your computer. It has no account, no servers, no analytics and no tracking. The only things that ever use the internet are the optional Weather widget and, in Firefox, website icons — each only after you allow it; the browser blocks every other connection.
What the extension stores
Your bookmarks, folders, workspaces, sections (including Quick Access), custom icons, sticky notes, widgets (and what you put in them, such as to-dos and countdowns), themes and background pictures you choose, layout settings, Recycle Bin and recovery points, and website icons kept from pages you add or bookmark files you import. All of it is stored only inside your browser profile on your computer.
What leaves your computer
Nothing, unless you do it yourself:
- Backup files are created only when you click “Back up now”, and saved where you choose. You can protect them with a password.
- HTML export is created only when you ask.
The developer never receives any of your data.
Permissions and why
| Permission | Why | When |
|---|---|---|
| Replace the New Tab page | The bookmark manager is your New Tab page. | Always |
Website icons (favicon) |
Shows icons your browser has already saved for sites you visit. No website is contacted. | Always |
Side panel (sidePanel) |
Shows MyBookmarks in the browser’s side panel. | When you open the panel |
Right-click menu (contextMenus) |
Adds “Add this page to MyBookmarks” to the menu you get when right-clicking a page. | Always (the menu item only) |
Current page on request (activeTab) |
Reads the address and title of the one page you right-click or press Alt+Shift+S on, so it can be added. Nothing else on the page, and no other tab. | Only at that moment, for that page |
Wake-up alarms (alarms) |
Wakes the extension when a timer or focus timer you started ends, so its alarm can ring even if no New Tab page is open. Nothing else is scheduled. | Only while a timer you started is running |
Alarm sound (offscreen) |
Plays the alarm of a timer or focus timer you started while no MyBookmarks page is open (a hidden page with no content). | Only while an alarm rings |
Bookmarks (bookmarks, optional) |
Shows your browser’s own bookmarks and lets you import copies. The extension never changes them. | Only after you choose to view or import them; you can turn it off at any time |
Open tabs (tabs, optional) |
“Save open tabs” reads the addresses and titles of the tabs in the current window so you can save them as a section, and closes them if you ask. Your browser describes this permission as “Read your browsing history”; the extension does not read your history. | Only after you first choose “Save open tabs” and allow it; you can turn it off at any time |
The extension does not read your browsing history, cookies, passwords or the content of websites.
The Weather widget
Only if you add a Weather widget and click Allow, it gets forecasts from Open-Meteo (open-meteo.com), a free weather service with no accounts. It sends the town name or ZIP code you type, once, to find it, and then only that place’s position, rounded to about 1 km, at most every 30 minutes while the widget is on screen. No cookies, no account and nothing else are sent. Like any website, Open-Meteo can see your internet address. Delete the widget and nothing more is sent. Weather data by Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0). The extension can connect to these two Open-Meteo addresses only; everything else is blocked.
Website icons in Firefox
Only if you click Show icons (or turn on View → Show website icons) and allow it in Firefox’s own
prompt. Firefox doesn’t share the icons it has saved with extensions, so each bookmark’s icon is loaded
straight from that bookmark’s own website (its standard /favicon.ico), never through
anyone else. Each website can therefore see that its icon was shown, and your internet address, as when you visit it;
no other information is sent, not even which page asked. You can turn this off at any time in View, or in Firefox’s
add-on settings. Icons kept from pages you add or from a bookmarks file you import need no internet at all. Chrome and
other Chromium browsers never do this: they show the icons the browser has already saved.
Data collection
None by the developer. No personal data, usage statistics or crash reports are collected, and the developer never receives anything. (The Weather widget’s place is sent to Open-Meteo only to get its forecast, and in Firefox website icons are loaded from the websites themselves, each only if you allow it, as described above.)
Deleting your data
Remove the extension from your browser. This deletes everything it stored, including recovery points. Backup files you saved yourself are not affected.
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Contact
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