Angry Goose — Privacy Policy

Last updated: 28 October 2026

The short version: Angry Goose does not collect, transmit, sell or share any data about you. Everything it stores stays in your browser. It has no accounts, no analytics, no ads, no tracking and no servers.

What Angry Goose does

Angry Goose is a Chrome extension that shows an animated goose on websites you choose, and makes her angrier the longer you stay. To do that it needs to know which sites to watch, how long you have been on them, and how you like it configured.

What is stored, and where

All of this is stored by Chrome on your own device, using Chrome's built-in extension storage. None of it is sent to us or to anyone else.

Where	What	Why
`chrome.storage.sync`	Your settings: whether the goose is on, your list of watched sites, personality, sound / cursor-chase / strict-mode switches, work schedule, and whether you finished the welcome screens	So the goose behaves the way you configured her
`chrome.storage.local`	Your stats and badges: number of "honks" (times she appeared) in total, per day and per site, escapes, highest level reached, time spent at the top level, install date, daily snooze count, and sites you switched off for today	So the popup can show your streaks and badges
`chrome.storage.session`	Temporary per-site state: when your last "give me a break" ends and how long you have been on a site	So escalation survives a page reload. Chrome clears this when you close the browser

Chrome Sync. If you are signed in to Chrome with sync turned on, Chrome itself may copy the settings in the first row (storage.sync) between your own devices through your Google account. That is a Chrome feature, governed by Google's privacy policy and your Chrome sync settings. We never receive that data.

What the extension can see on a page

Angry Goose runs only on the sites in your list (the built-in defaults, plus any you add and grant access to). On those pages it:

reads the hostname of the page (for example youtube.com) to know it should be active;
finds <video> elements so it can pause them or change their playback speed at higher anger levels;
adds styles and its own on-screen elements (the goose, blur, floating geese) that it removes again when she leaves.

It does not read the text of pages, form fields, passwords, cookies, your browsing history or the content of anything you type, and it does not record or transmit what you watch or read.

Permissions

storage — to save the data in the table above.
scripting — to put the goose on sites you add yourself, including tabs you already have open.
Access to websites — the built-in list of default sites is declared in the extension. For any other site you add, Chrome asks you for permission first; you can revoke it at any time in chrome://extensions. Without that access, the goose cannot appear there.

Things that happen only when you click

Share. The Share button opens a new tab to https://x.com/intent/post with a pre-filled message (your honk count, streak and personality name). Nothing is posted unless you press Post on X. X (Twitter) then handles that data under its own privacy policy.
Meet her now. In the welcome screens this opens one of your chosen sites in a new tab.
Export / Copy. Downloads or copies a settings backup to your own device. It contains your settings only (not your stats), and it is never uploaded anywhere.

What we do not do

We do not run servers, analytics, crash reporting or advertising, and the extension makes no network requests of its own.
We do not use third-party code or services. The extension contains no remote code and loads nothing from the internet.
We do not sell, rent or share data, and we do not use it for anything other than making the extension work.

Your control

Turn the goose off at any time with the switch at the top of the popup.
Change or remove sites and settings in the popup.
Delete everything: remove the extension from chrome://extensions. Chrome then deletes all of the data listed above. (Settings that Chrome Sync copied to your other devices are removed when you remove the extension there too, or via your Google account's sync controls.)

Children

Angry Goose is a general-audience productivity tool and is not directed at children under 13. It collects no personal information from anyone.

Changes to this policy

If the extension ever changes what it stores or sends, this policy will be updated before that version is released, and the "Last updated" date above will change.

Contact

Questions about this policy: hello@angrygoose.si