Guardia Privacy Policy

Last updated: May 22, 2025

Introduction

This Privacy Policy explains how the Guardia Extension for Firefox ("Extension") collects, uses, and shares your information. Privacy is fundamental to our mission of creating a tool that helps users maintain accountability in their online activities while respecting their digital rights and personal data.

Information We Collect

The Guardia Extension collects the following information:
- Browsing Data: URLs of websites you visit, but only to check if they match your blocklist.
- Device Information: Browser type, version, and basic device information for functionality and compatibility purposes.
- Account Information: Your Guardia account information, including email address, when you sign in to the extension.
- Extension Settings: Your personalized settings, such as blocklists and notification preferences.
- Usage Data: Information about how you interact with the extension, including sites blocked and accountability features used.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:
- Provide the core functionality of the Extension, including blocking harmful sites and sending accountability notifications.
- Sync your settings across devices when you're signed in to your Guardia account.
- Improve the Extension's performance and features.
- Communicate with you about your account, the Extension, or in response to your inquiries.
- Create aggregated, de-identified data for analytics purposes.

Data Sharing with Accountability Partners

The Guardia Extension is designed to share specific information with your designated accountability partners. This sharing is a core functionality of our service and includes:
- Notification when you attempt to access blocked websites.
- Basic information about the blocked content (URL and category).
- Time and date of access attempts.

Important: You control who your accountability partners are. Information is only shared with the partners you have explicitly approved in your Guardia account settings.

Data Storage and Security

Your extension settings and blocklists are stored locally on your device and, when you sign in, synced with your Guardia account on our servers.

We implement appropriate security measures to protect your personal information. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Your Choices and Rights

You have several rights regarding your personal information:
- Access: You can access most of your personal information through your Guardia account settings.
- Correction: You can correct inaccurate information through your account settings.
- Deletion: You can delete your account and associated data through the Guardia website.
- Objection: You can object to certain types of processing by contacting us.

Information Specific to Firefox for Android

The Firefox for Android version of our extension includes the same privacy protections as the desktop version. Additional considerations for mobile users include:
- Location data is never collected, even when using the extension on a mobile device.
- Battery-saving features monitor device power status but do not collect or transmit this information.
- The mobile-optimized interface doesn't introduce any additional data collection practices.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on the Guardia website and updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at: privacy@guardia.app