JotDrop - Privacy Policy

Effective date: 2026-09-12  |  Publisher: DiexarLabs  |  License: MIT

JotDrop is a Chrome extension that clips the current browser tab into a locally-running Obsidian instance. This page explains exactly what the extension does and does not do with your data.

1. Data collected externally

JotDrop never contacts any external server, cloud service, or API outside your own device. There is no analytics, no telemetry, no crash reporting, and no advertising of any kind.

2. What the extension reads from your browser

When you trigger a clip, the extension reads:

• The current tab's title and URL
• Any text you have selected on the page (if any)

This information is read on demand only - not continuously, not in the background.

3. What is stored locally

JotDrop can store two values in chrome.storage.local, and both are optional:

• A port number - the port your local Obsidian plugin listens on
• A bearer token - used to authenticate requests to that local plugin

If you never configure a token and port, nothing is stored. chrome.storage.local is stored only on this device and is never synced to your Google account or any remote service. No other data is ever written to storage.

4. Where your data goes

Your clipped data travels over two possible local transports - it never leaves your device:

• Background connection (optional): the title, URL, and selected text are sent in a single HTTP request to http://127.0.0.1 (your own computer) on the port you configured, authenticated with the bearer token. The request is received by the JotDrop companion plugin running inside your local Obsidian installation.
• Direct mode (default): the extension opens a local obsidian://jotdrop-clip protocol URL that is handled directly by the JotDrop plugin in your local Obsidian installation. This URI is processed by your operating system and Obsidian on your own computer; the bearer token is never included in it.

5. Third parties

JotDrop shares no data with any third party, period. There are no embedded SDKs, no tracking pixels, no external scripts.

6. Permissions used

The extension requests only the permissions it needs:

• activeTab - to read the title and URL of the current tab, only after you open or click the extension
• scripting - for a one-time read of the text you selected on the active tab when you open the extension
• storage - to save the optional port number and bearer token locally in chrome.storage.local
• localhost host permissions (http://127.0.0.1/*, http://localhost/*) - to send clipped data only to the JotDrop plugin running on this computer

7. Open source

JotDrop is open source under the MIT license. You can inspect every line of code to verify these claims. The source is available at the project repository linked from the Chrome Web Store listing.

8. Contact

Questions or concerns? Reach out to DiexarLabs at eric@diexar.com or open an issue on the project repository.