Privacy Policy
RStartpage · Last updated 2026-09-27
Data accessed
RStartpage accesses Chrome bookmarks to provide its bookmark workspace and uses Chrome extension storage for notes, saved sessions, preferences and presentation metadata. Session Manager reads tab titles, URLs, order and pinned state when you explicitly save or update a session.
When you explicitly create a note from the toolbar popup, a bookmark, a page or selected page text, RStartpage stores the title, source URL, selected text and other content you choose to save. Link Checker makes user-initiated requests to selected bookmark URLs. Proxy features access Chrome proxy settings and authentication events to apply profiles and routing rules you configure.
Data collection and transmission
RStartpage does not operate a developer-controlled backend and does not transmit bookmark data, notes, sessions, settings, proxy profiles, browsing data or credentials to the developer, analytics services, advertising systems or trackers.
Network activity occurs only for features you use. Link Checker connects to destinations you select. Proxy mode routes browser traffic through proxy servers you configure. Chrome/Google may synchronize bookmarks, supported settings, proxy profile definitions and notes you explicitly select when Chrome Sync is enabled.
When you connect Google Drive, RStartpage requests the drive.appdata permission to synchronize notes, groups, tags and deletions automatically, and to create, list, download, restore and delete backups in its own private application-data folder. This permission does not provide access to your other Drive files. While Chrome is running, note changes are synchronized and full backups are created daily when data changes. The latest 10 automatic backups are kept; manual and pre-restore backups are not automatically pruned. Automatic and pre-restore backups exclude proxy passwords. Offline edits remain local until connection is restored.
Credentials and archives
Proxy passwords stay local by default. You may explicitly synchronize a password or include passwords in a local archive. You may also explicitly include passwords in a Google Drive backup. RStartpage archives are not encrypted. The connected account identifier/email and a generated device identifier/name are used for account isolation and backup attribution. Google OAuth access tokens are managed by Chrome and are never included in backups.
Sharing
RStartpage does not sell, rent or share user data for advertising, profiling or unrelated purposes.
Retention and deletion
Bookmarks remain in Chrome Bookmarks until you remove them. Notes, sessions, preferences and metadata remain in Chrome extension storage until changed, reset or removed. Older automatic backups are pruned after a new backup succeeds, keeping the latest 10. Manual and pre-restore backups remain until deleted. Sync deletion markers prevent old devices from restoring removed notes. A local recovery archive is saved before replacing data. Uninstalling the extension does not intentionally delete your bookmark folder or Google Drive backups.
Limited Use
The use of information received from Chrome APIs adheres to the Chrome Web Store User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.