Distraction Shield - Privacy Policy

Distraction Shield is a browser extension by A2Z.Tools (a product of Reliable Software Technology). Version 1.0.1.

Summary

Distraction Shield works only on six social sites, hides parts of them with a stylesheet on your device and never reads, collects or sends anything.

• No account, no sign-in.
• No analytics, no advertising, no tracking pixels, no selling or sharing of data.
• No remote code. Everything the extension runs is inside the package you install.

What the extension can access

The address (site and path) of pages on the six supported sites, to decide which of your rules apply. Page content is not read.

Where your data is stored

storage.local in this browser profile: your on/off choices per site, schedule and pause time.

Uninstalling the extension deletes this data. It is never sent to A2Z.Tools.

Network requests

None.

Retention

Until you reset the settings or remove the extension.

Permissions and why they are needed

• storage (Required): Saves which sections you chose to hide on each site, your schedule and any pause, on this device.
• alarms (Required): Clears the "paused" badge on the toolbar icon when a pause you started ends.
  Content scripts run on: https://.youtube.com/, https://.instagram.com/, https://.facebook.com/, https://x.com/, https://.x.com/, https://twitter.com/, https://.twitter.com/, https://.linkedin.com/, https://.reddit.com/. Runs only on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, X/Twitter, LinkedIn and Reddit to hide the feeds and recommendations you switched off. It adds a stylesheet; it does not read your messages, posts or account details.

Sensitive data

The extension never reads messages, posts, contacts or account data on the sites it runs on.

Contact

Questions or requests: https://a2z.tools/contact-us
Product page: https://a2z.tools/browser-extension/distraction-shield