BarTab Privacy Policy
Complete transparency about how BarTab handles your privacy and data.
Last updated: July 2026
Our Privacy Commitment
BarTab is a browser, and what you browse is nobody's business but yours. There is no BarTab account, no analytics SDK, and no server that receives your browsing activity.
In simple terms: we don't collect, store, transmit, or analyze your browsing history, bookmarks, logins, settings, or usage patterns. Everything stays on your Mac.
What We Don't Do
No Browsing History Collection
The URLs you visit, the pages you read, and the sites you pin never leave your Mac.
No Analytics or Tracking
No analytics services, tracking pixels, or telemetry — we can't see how you use BarTab, by design.
No Personal Information
No account, no email signup, no names, and no personally identifiable information — ever.
No Third-Party Data Services
Zero third-party analytics, advertising networks, or data brokers are integrated into the app.
What Stays on Your Mac
To do its job, BarTab stores the following locally on your device — and only there:
- Bookmarks, home-screen icons, folders, and dock arrangement
- Open tabs, pinned menu-bar sites, and window positions/sizes
- Browsing data managed by Apple’s WebKit (cookies, cache, local storage) — including isolated data for separate-login sessions
- App preferences: theme, shortcuts, window size presets, opacity, ad-block settings
- Cached favicons and downloaded ad-block filter lists
Deleting the app removes this data. You can also clear browsing data from within BarTab at any time.
The Only Network Requests BarTab Makes
Websites you request
Like any browser, BarTab loads the pages you navigate to. Those requests go directly from your Mac to the website — never through our servers.
Ad-block filter updates
BarTab periodically downloads updated ad-blocking filter lists (including EasyPrivacy) so blocking stays effective. These are plain data files; the request carries no personal data or browsing history.
Purchases of the optional Pro upgrade are processed entirely by Apple through the Mac App Store. We never see your payment details. Apple's privacy policy applies to the transaction.
Questions?
If anything here is unclear, we're happy to explain.
bartab@privdev.com