Summary
Notakuna is a note-taking extension for Chrome’s side panel. It does not collect, transmit, sell or share any personal data. Everything you write, attach or capture stays in your browser, on your device. The extension has no account system, no analytics, no advertising, no tracking and no servers, and it makes no network requests.
What Notakuna stores, and where
Notakuna saves the following in Chrome’s local extension storage on your computer:
- the notes you write (text and formatting);
- screenshots and images you add to notes;
- for notes you attach to a web page, that page’s address (URL) and title;
- your settings, such as appearance and whether you’ve finished the onboarding tour.
This data is never uploaded. It leaves your device only if you choose to export a note or a backup file, and from then on that file is yours to store or share as you wish. Removing the extension from Chrome, or using Reset app data in Settings, permanently deletes it.
Why Notakuna asks for each permission
Chrome shows permissions using broad wording. Here is exactly what each one is used for in Notakuna, and what it is not used for.
storage
Saves your notes, images and settings locally in chrome.storage.local, and keeps short-lived state (such as a clip waiting to be added to a note, or which note is open) in chrome.storage.session, which is cleared when the browser closes. This data is not synced to any server, including Google’s.
unlimitedStorage
Screenshots are stored with your notes and would quickly exceed Chrome’s default 10 MB extension storage limit, after which new notes could no longer be saved. This permission removes that limit. It doesn’t give Notakuna access to anything else; it only lets your own notes and screenshots take the space they need on your device. Settings shows how much space is used.
sidePanel
Displays Notakuna in Chrome’s side panel, beside the page you’re reading, and opens it when you click the toolbar icon. It gives no access to the content of the page.
contextMenus
Adds the Create a note and Add to current note items to Chrome’s right-click menu when you select text or right-click an image. Only the text or image you explicitly choose is passed to Notakuna, and only when you click the item. Notakuna doesn’t monitor what you browse.
tabs (optional)
Lets Notakuna read the address and title of the tab you’re on, so you can attach a note to a page and see your notes for that page when you return to it. This is the permission Chrome describes as “Read your browsing history”. Notakuna does not read, store or transmit your browsing history, only the current tab’s address and title, and only to match notes you attached. An attached page’s address is stored with that note, on your device.
This permission is optional: Notakuna asks for it only when you choose to attach a note to a page, and you can turn it off anytime in Settings › Security & Permissions. Without it, everything else still works.
scripting, with access to websites (optional)
Used only for screenshots. Chrome allows an extension to capture a tab only when it has access to that tab’s site, and scripting is used to show the area picker on the page when you take a partial screenshot. The capture happens only when you press the screenshot button. The picture is saved in your note, on your device. Notakuna doesn’t read the text or contents of the page, and doesn’t run any other code in it.
These permissions are optional: Notakuna asks for them together the first time you take a screenshot, and you can turn them off anytime in Settings.
What Notakuna does not do
- It does not send any data to the developer or to any third party.
- It does not use analytics, telemetry, cookies, advertising or tracking of any kind.
- It does not load remote code. Its fonts and all code are bundled with the extension, so it works offline.
- It does not read the contents of web pages, your browsing history, or your activity on websites.
- It does not sell data or use it for purposes unrelated to the extension’s single purpose of taking notes.
Your control
You can export any note as Markdown, PDF, plain text or Word, back up all your notes and screenshots from Settings › Backup & Sync, revoke the optional permissions in Settings or at chrome://extensions, and erase everything with Reset app data. A backup file is a plain copy of your notes and screenshots, so keep it somewhere safe.
Children
Notakuna collects no personal information from anyone, including children.
Changes to this policy
If Notakuna’s data practices change, for example if a new permission is added, this page will be updated and the date above changed before the new version is released.