Privacy Policy - Boring Loading
Last Updated: October 20, 2025
Single Purpose
Boring Loading is a Chrome extension designed for a single purpose: to display entertaining and humorous loading messages as an overlay when webpages are loading. The extension aims to make the web browsing experience more enjoyable by showing amusing text during page load times.
Permission Justification
1. Storage Permission
Purpose: Store funny loading text messages locally on the user's device
Justification: The extension downloads collections of humorous loading messages from our server and caches them locally in Chrome's storage. This allows the extension to:
- Display random funny messages even when offline
- Reduce network requests and bandwidth usage
- Provide instant access to loading texts
Important: No user data, browsing history, or personal information is ever stored. Only the loading text messages are cached locally.
2. Alarms Permission
Purpose: Schedule periodic updates of loading text messages
Justification: The extension checks once every 24 hours to fetch new funny loading messages from our server. This ensures:
- Users receive fresh, entertaining content regularly
- Content updates happen automatically without manual intervention
- Background synchronization occurs efficiently
The alarm only triggers text synchronization - no other background activity occurs.
3. Host Permission (https://boring-loading.pages.dev/*)
Purpose: Fetch funny loading text collections from our content server
Justification: The extension needs to download JSON files containing humorous loading messages from our dedicated content delivery server.
Key Points:
- This is the only external domain the extension communicates with
- Communication is one-way only (downloads only, no uploads)
- Only text content files are downloaded
- No data is ever transmitted to any server
Data Collection
What We DO NOT Collect
This extension does NOT collect, store, transmit, or share any of the following:
- Browsing history
- Visited URLs
- Personal information
- Cookies or session data
- User activity or behavior
- Analytics or tracking data
- Form data or inputs
- Search queries
- Download history
- Passwords or credentials
- IP addresses
- Device information
- Location data
What We Store Locally
The only data stored locally on your device:
- Collection of funny loading text messages (for display purposes)
- Timestamp of last synchronization (to manage update schedule)
This data:
- Remains on your device only
- Is never transmitted anywhere
- Contains no personal information
- Can be cleared by uninstalling the extension
Third-Party Services
- No third-party analytics services are used
- No third-party tracking services are used
- No advertising networks are integrated
- No data brokers are involved
- No external scripts from other domains
The only external connection is to https://boring-loading.pages.dev/ for downloading text content files.
Data Security
- All communications use HTTPS encryption
- No server-side data storage of user information
- No user accounts or login required
- No authentication or identification mechanisms
- No cookies set by the extension
User Rights
You have complete control over this extension:
- Uninstall at any time to remove all local data
- Disable temporarily without losing stored texts
- Review the source code (open source if applicable)
- Contact us with privacy concerns
Children's Privacy
This extension does not knowingly collect any information from children or any users. The extension displays humorous text content suitable for general audiences.
Changes to This Policy
We will notify users of any material changes to this privacy policy through:
- Chrome Web Store listing updates
- Extension update notifications
- Version notes
Continued use of the extension after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
Open Source
This extension's code may be reviewed to verify our privacy claims. We encourage users to examine the source code to confirm:
- No data collection mechanisms
- No tracking or analytics
- Transparent operation
Contact Information
For questions, concerns, or requests regarding this privacy policy:
- Chrome Web Store: Use the support link on the extension's store page
- Issues: Report privacy concerns through our support channels
Compliance
This extension complies with:
- Chrome Web Store Developer Program Policies
- General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
- California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)
- Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)
Summary
In Plain English:
This extension shows funny loading messages. It downloads text files from our server and stores them on your device. That's it. No tracking, no data collection, no personal information - just funny text to entertain you while pages load.