Searchmarks privacy policy
Searchmarks keeps all of your data in your own browser. It has no servers, collects nothing for its developer, and never sends, sells or shares your data.
Last updated: 24 October 2026.
What Searchmarks reads and stores
Searchmarks records searches only after you choose Start recording my searches on its welcome screen. After that:
- Searches: the words you search for on Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Yahoo, Brave Search, Ecosia and YouTube, and when you searched. On first use it also reads these from the last 90 days of your Chrome history.
- Pages you open from a search: their address, title, and how long each was the active tab.
- What you add: categories, labels, and which pages you bookmarked.
It also shows and edits your Chrome bookmarks, and summarizes your recent Chrome history in its History tab. It reads these when you open those tabs and doesn’t keep its own copy.
Where your data is kept
In your browser’s local extension storage, on your device. It is not uploaded anywhere. If you use Chrome Sync, bookmarks you save sync like any other bookmark. Searchmarks’ own data does not sync.
Sharing
Searchmarks does not transmit your data to its developer or to any third party. It contains no analytics, advertising or tracking code, and it loads no remote code.
Your controls
- Pause or turn off recording at any time in Settings.
- Ignore sites and words you never want recorded.
- Retention: searches older than your chosen period (180 days by default) are deleted automatically.
- Export your data as a backup file, or delete all of it, from Settings.
- Uninstalling Searchmarks removes all of its stored data.
Nothing is recorded in incognito windows.
Permissions and why they are needed
history: finding your past searches and the pages you opened from them; the History tab.webNavigation,tabs: noticing a new search and the pages you click into from it, and how long each page is in front.bookmarks: saving pages as Chrome bookmarks, and the Bookmarks tab.storage,unlimitedStorage: keeping your searches and settings on your device.alarms: reading new searches from your history every 30 minutes.
Limited Use
The use of information received from Chrome APIs adheres to the Chrome Web Store User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. Searchmarks uses this information only to provide the features described above, and does not sell it, use it for advertising, or use it to determine creditworthiness.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted here with a new date. Any change to what data is collected will be shown in the extension before it takes effect.
Contact
Questions: mikeliaowei@hotmail.com