FormVault Privacy Policy

Last updated: March 2026

    The short version: FormVault stores everything locally on your device.
    We collect nothing. We transmit nothing. We have no servers.
  

What Data FormVault Stores

FormVault saves the text you type into web forms (input fields, textareas, dropdowns) so you can recover it if a page crashes, refreshes, or you navigate away. This data is stored using Chrome's built-in local storage API (chrome.storage.local) and never leaves your browser.

What FormVault Does NOT Store

Passwords
Credit card numbers, CVVs, or expiration dates
Social Security numbers
Any field with sensitive autocomplete attributes
Data from banking and financial sites (excluded by default)

Data Transmission

Your form data is never transmitted. None of it is sent to any server, API, analytics service, or third party. The extension contains no tracking code, no telemetry, and no external dependencies.

One exception worth stating plainly: the popup shows each saved form next to its site's favicon, loaded from that site's own icon URL. Opening the popup therefore causes your browser to request those icons from sites you have already visited. Nothing about you or your saved data is included in those requests, and no third party is involved, but they are network requests and FormVault causes them.

Data Retention

Saved form data is automatically deleted after a configurable retention period (default: 30 days). You can change this to 7 days, 90 days, or never in the extension settings. You can also manually delete individual entries or clear all data at any time.

Permissions Explained

storage. Used to save and retrieve your form data locally
activeTab. Used to show the badge count for the current tab
alarms. Used to schedule automatic cleanup of expired data

Third-Party Services

FormVault uses no third-party services, libraries, or APIs. It is built entirely with vanilla JavaScript and Chrome's built-in APIs.

Your Control

You have full control over your data:

Delete individual saved forms from the popup
Clear all saved data with one click
Blocklist specific domains from being saved
Disable auto-save entirely
Uninstall the extension to remove all stored data

Contact

Questions about this privacy policy? Open an issue on our GitHub repository.