Privacy policy

Last updated November 11, 2026

The short version

Glasstab does not collect, store, sell or share any personal data. There are no accounts and no ads. We only count, anonymously, how many times each link is clicked.

What stays on your device

Your settings (which columns are shown, their order, theme, background, and whether links open in a new tab) and a short-lived cache of the lists you see are saved in your browser's local storage. A background image you upload is also stored only there. None of it leaves your device, and uninstalling the extension removes it.

Network requests

To fill its columns, the extension requests public lists from Glasstab's own API (this website), which gathers them from GitHub, Hacker News, Product Hunt and StealShot. Those requests carry no identifiers, cookies or personal information. Like any web server, our hosting provider (Vercel) may briefly keep standard request logs such as IP address and time for security and reliability; we do not use them to identify anyone.

Images (product logos and video thumbnails) load directly from the services that host them. Searching from the search bar uses your browser's default search engine through Chrome's search API.

Link clicks

Since version 0.3, links in Glasstab point to glasstab.vercel.app/go/…, which counts the click and sends you on to the page, adding ref=glasstab to its address. We store only which link was clicked, on which day, and whether it came from the extension or this website. No IP address, browser details, cookie or any other identifier is stored with the count, so clicks can't be traced back to you. We use the totals to see which stories and launches people find useful.

Favorites

Items you star are saved in your browser's local storage only. They are never sent to us.

Permissions

search: sends what you type in the search bar to the search engine you chose in Chrome. That is the only permission Glasstab asks for.

Contact

Questions: ferreiro.me@gmail.com