Thank you for choosing Focus Ex Beta ("We", "Our", "Us"). This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your information when you use our Chrome Extension. By using Focus Ex Beta, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
Focus Ex Beta is a research-driven extension designed to enhance the online reading experience, especially for those with low attention spans or attention deficits. This extension offers various functionalities, including customizing paragraph appearance, highlighting words or sentences, generating a table of contents for websites, hiding distracting visuals, and more. This tool is part of a PhD project researching readability and text interactivity.
Google Analytics 4 Measurement Protocol:
Purpose: This enhanced data helps us to further understand user interactions and improve the extension. Some anonymized findings may be used for academic research purposes.
Firebase Authentication:
We use Firebase for user authentication. This collects and securely stores email addresses and passwords. However, this feature is embedded from our website due to technical restrictions.
Purpose: To enable user authentication for the extension's usage.
Data Sharing: We do not share raw data with third parties. Synthesized or numeric data could be mentioned in research or marketing, ensuring no personal data or identifiers are included.
Retention: We retain collected data for a duration of 2-4 years.
Security: All data is securely stored within Google Cloud Firebase and Google Analytics. Thus, the security of this data is managed by these service providers.
As the data we collect isn't linked to user identities, it isn't feasible to provide data deletion or access upon request. To use the extension, users must allow data collection.
For any questions or concerns regarding this privacy policy or the extension, please reach out to us at hello@vatszdesign.com.
We may update this Privacy Policy as required. We advise users to review this page periodically for any changes. Any changes made will be effective immediately after they are posted on this page.
Email Collection for Beta Testers: When you sign up to participate in our beta testing, we collect your email address to send you updates and information about Focus Ex Beta. This may include new features, updates, and other relevant news related to our product.
Purpose: The purpose of collecting your email is to keep you informed about the product you are testing. We use this communication channel to provide important updates and seek feedback to improve our services.
Unsubscribe Option: You have the right to unsubscribe from these communications at any time. Every email we send will include a link to unsubscribe, allowing you to opt out of future emails. Upon opting out, your email address will be removed from our beta testers' mailing list.
Data Sharing: We do not share your email address with third parties for their marketing purposes. It is used exclusively for communication related to Focus Ex Beta.