Privacy policy

Last updated 12 August 2026 · Number Desk 1.4.0

What the extension stores

When you scan a page or paste text, Number Desk saves the following in Chrome's local extension storage on your own device:

• The phone number, normalised to international format
• The mobile network the prefix belongs to
• How many times that number has been seen
• The title of the page or the source it came from
• The time it was first added

If you use the message queue, it also stores your message template, and a record of which numbers you marked as sent, with the timestamp and message text.

What it deliberately does not collect

Number Desk reads phone numbers and nothing else from a page. Text surrounding a number — names, addresses, email addresses, prices, any other content — is not extracted and not stored. This is a design decision, not a setting: the code that read surrounding text was removed rather than disabled.

It does not collect your browsing history, the pages you visit, your identity, your IP address, cookies, or any analytics of any kind. There is no telemetry, no crash reporting, and no usage tracking.

Where the data goes

Nowhere. The extension requests no host permissions and no network permissions in its manifest, so it has no technical ability to transmit data. All parsing runs as JavaScript inside your browser. The Inter typeface is bundled inside the extension rather than loaded from a font service, so even that produces no request.

Chrome may sync extension storage between your own signed-in Chrome installations if you have that turned on in Chrome's own settings. That is a Chrome feature operating between your devices under your Google account, not a transfer to us.

When pages are read

The extension uses the activeTab permission. A page can only be read at the moment you press Scan this page, or when you right-click a selection and choose to find numbers in it. It has no standing access to any website and cannot read pages in the background or while you browse.

Chrome does not permit any extension to read chrome:// pages, the Chrome Web Store, or PDF viewer tabs.

Opening WhatsApp

The Chat button and the message queue open standard wa.me links in a normal browser tab, exactly as clicking such a link on any website would. The extension does not connect to WhatsApp's servers, does not read your WhatsApp account or messages, and does not send anything on your behalf — you press send yourself, in WhatsApp.

Files you export

CSV and vCard exports are generated in your browser and saved straight to your computer by Chrome's normal download mechanism. They are not uploaded anywhere. Once a file is on your device it is yours to manage, and this policy no longer governs it.

Deleting your data

The Clear button in the extension deletes every number it has stored. Removing the extension from Chrome deletes its storage entirely. There is no account to close and no copy held elsewhere, because no copy was ever made.

Children

Number Desk is a business productivity tool and is not directed at children. It collects no personal information about anyone who uses it.

Your responsibilities

Phone numbers are personal data in most jurisdictions, including under the GDPR and similar laws. Number Desk is a tool; how you use the numbers it finds is your responsibility. Contact people who would reasonably expect to hear from you, honour requests to stop, and follow the marketing and data-protection rules that apply where you and your recipients are.

Changes

If this policy changes, the date at the top of this page changes with it, and the version it applies to is named alongside. Material changes will be noted in the extension's changelog.

Contact

Questions about this policy or about the extension: bemaazsaeed@gmail.com