Introduction
Welcome to Perch: Focus with Friends. Your privacy is fundamental to
our mission of building a more focused and accountable community. This policy explains how we
collect, use, and protect your information when you use our Chrome extension.
Information We Collect
To provide our focus-tracking and social accountability features, we collect the following limited
information:
- Productivity Data: While monitoring is active, we read the domain
names (e.g., youtube.com) of your visited tabs to determine if they match your productivity
lists.
- Account Information: A user-chosen nickname and an automatically
generated anonymous unique ID.
- Focus Statistics: The duration of time spent in a "focused" state
to update your statistics and group progress.
How We Use Your Data
Your data is used strictly for core application functionality:
- Maintaining your personal focus streaks and history.
- Updating the collective progress of your group's virtual pet (The Phoenix).
- Displaying your progress on group leaderboards for accountability.
- Syncing your settings and lists across your devices.
Data Sharing & Disclosure
We are not in the business of selling data. Period.
- No Third Parties: We do not sell, trade, or transfer your
personal data to outside parties.
- Group Visibility: Your nickname and focus hours are visible only
to members of the specific groups you choose to join.
- Aggregated Data: We may use anonymous, aggregated data to improve
our focus-tracking algorithms and application performance.
Security
We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your information. All data
transmitted between the extension and our servers is encrypted via Industry-Standard SSL (HTTPS).
Your Control
You have full control over your data. You can edit your productivity lists at any time, leave a group
to stop sharing your status, or contact us to request the full deletion of your account and
associated history.
Contact
If you have any questions regarding this privacy policy, you may contact us through the Perch
official repository or support channels.