Privacy Policy
Holdpad – Quick Notes & Notepad for Any Page · Last updated 25 September 2026
Summary
Holdpad keeps the notes you write, and the text, links and page addresses you choose to save, only on your own device. It never transmits, sells or shares any of it: the extension has no network access. It does not record the pages you visit.
What Holdpad stores
The notes you write or save (their text and formatting, and for saved selections, links and pages, the address and title of the page they came from), an unsaved draft, and your settings. All of this is kept in Chrome's local extension storage (chrome.storage.local) on your computer.
Nothing is stored on any server. Holdpad does not use sync storage, cookies, analytics, advertising or crash reporting.
No network access
The extension's content security policy blocks all network connections (connect-src 'none'). Holdpad cannot send your notes, or anything else, over the internet.
Permissions and why they are needed
| Permission | Used for |
|---|---|
storage | Saving your notes and settings on your device. |
sidePanel | Showing the notes panel where a page cannot host it. |
contextMenus | The right-click items “Save selection”, “Save link” and “Save this page”. |
activeTab, scripting | Opening the panel on the page you clicked from, and reading the text you chose to save. Only after you click the icon or a menu item. |
| Optional: access to all sites | Requested only if you turn on the quick-open button, to draw that button on pages. It reads no page content and is released when you turn the button off. |
Your control
You can export all notes at any time from Settings, delete any note, and empty the Trash. Uninstalling Holdpad removes all of its stored data from your device.
Children
Holdpad sends no information about anyone, including children, off their device.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new date.
Contact
Questions: chalapatikrishna@gmail.com