Privacy Policy

Last updated: April 2026

What Swift Search does

Swift Search is a Chrome extension that allows you to highlight text on any webpage and instantly search it across your chosen websites. It stores your settings and website list locally using Chrome's built-in storage.

Data we do not collect

Swift Search does not collect, store, or have access to:

• Your browsing history or visited URLs
• The text you highlight or search
• Your name, email address, or any identifying information
• Any data from the websites you visit
• Search queries or results

What is stored locally

Swift Search stores the following data on your device only, using Chrome's storage APIs:

• Your list of saved websites and their order
• Your preferences (dark mode, display mode, open-in-current-tab)
• Site groups you have created
• Your search count (used only to display your personal stats in the popup)
• Whether you have seen the onboarding message

If Chrome Sync is enabled on your account, Chrome may sync this data across your own devices. This sync is handled entirely by Google — Swift Search has no involvement in or access to this process.

Third-party network requests

Swift Search makes the following outbound network requests, none of which transmit personal data:

• Google Favicon Service (google.com/s2/favicons) — used to load website icons in the search menu. The domain name of the website is sent to fetch its icon. No personal data is included.
• DuckDuckGo Favicon Service (icons.duckduckgo.com) — used as a fallback favicon source. Same as above.
• Website homepages — when you add a new website, Swift Search may fetch its homepage to automatically detect how to search it. This is a standard HTTP request containing no personal data.
• Search websites — when you perform a search, your browser opens the relevant website in a new tab with your search query in the URL. This is standard web browsing and is governed by the privacy policy of the website you are searching.

Permissions

Swift Search requests the following Chrome permissions, each used solely to deliver its core functionality:

• storage — to save your websites, preferences, and settings locally
• tabs — to open search results in a new tab and detect the active tab when using the keyboard shortcut
• scripting — to inject the floating search menu into web pages and to interact with AI tool interfaces (such as filling the search input on Claude, Gemini, or ChatGPT)
• alarms — to keep the extension's background service worker alive so searches feel instant
• host permissions (<all_urls>) — required so the floating search menu can appear on any webpage you visit

Children's privacy

Swift Search does not knowingly collect any data from anyone, including children under the age of 13. As no data is collected at all, the extension is safe for use by all ages.

Changes to this policy

If this privacy policy changes in a future update, the updated policy will be published at this URL and the "Last updated" date at the top will be revised. Continued use of the extension after any changes constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.

Contact

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or the extension, you can reach us via the Chrome Web Store listing page.