Privacy Policy
What Neapolitan does, and does not do, with your data.
Neapolitan does not collect, store, transmit, or sell any personal data. There are no analytics, no telemetry, no remote servers, no advertising trackers, and no third-party data sharing of any kind. The extension runs entirely in your browser.
If that's all you wanted to know, you're done.
What data the extension handles
To do its job — switching the current page between environments — Neapolitan handles the following data, all locally:
- The URL of the active tab. Read when you click the extension icon or trigger a keyboard shortcut, so it can recognize which environment you're on and which others are available for the same site. The URL is never recorded, logged, or transmitted.
- Your environment configurations. The list of project domains and environments you set up via the options page. Stored locally using Chrome's
chrome.storage.localAPI. This data lives on your device and is not synchronized to any remote service. - Your settings. Theme choice, shortcut scheme, indicator preferences. Also stored locally via
chrome.storage.local.
What permissions the extension requests, and why
The extension requests the following Chrome permissions:
| Permission | Why it's needed |
|---|---|
| tabs | Read the URL of the active tab and navigate it when you trigger a switch. |
| storage | Persist your environment configurations and settings locally on your device. |
| <all_urls> | Recognize and switch between any sites you configure. The extension never reads page contents — only the URL bar. |
What the extension does NOT do
- Does not read or modify the contents of any web page.
- Does not record browsing history.
- Does not communicate with any remote server operated by the developer or any third party.
- Does not include any analytics, telemetry, or crash reporting SDKs.
- Does not display ads or contain affiliate links.
Open source verification
This policy describes what the code actually does — but you don't have to take my word for it. The full source is available at github.com/SteveRyherd/neapolitan under the MIT license. You can audit the codebase, build it yourself, or fork it.
Children's privacy
Neapolitan is a developer tool and is not directed at children under 13. It does not knowingly collect data from anyone — children included — because it does not collect data at all.
Changes to this policy
If the way the extension handles data ever changes (for example, if optional cloud sync is added in a future version), this policy will be updated and the change will be noted in the CHANGELOG. The current version of this policy is always available at neapolitan.page/privacy.
Contact
Questions, concerns, or corrections: open an issue at github.com/SteveRyherd/neapolitan/issues.