Aura — Privacy Policy

Effective August 8, 2026 · Applies to the Aura Chrome extension (new-tab dashboard)

01Overview

Aura replaces your new-tab page with a background photo, clock, quote, to-do lists, shortcuts, weather, a timer, and a focus mode. It has no server of its own — there's no Aura account, no login, and no backend database. Almost everything you enter lives only in your browser's local extension storage, on your device.

The one exception is a small, anonymous product-analytics signal sent to PostHog, described in full below. This document explains exactly what that is and isn't.

02What stays on your device

All of the following is stored only in chrome.storage.local — Chrome's on-device extension storage. It is never transmitted anywhere, never leaves your browser, and is deleted the moment you uninstall Aura:

Your to-do lists and tasks
Shortcut labels and URLs you add
Your saved weather location
Display preferences — theme toggles, time format, timezone, temperature units
The name you optionally type into the greeting

03Analytics we send

Aura sends lightweight, anonymous usage events to PostHog so we know which features are actually used. Every event is a plain structural fact — never the content you typed. For example:

What an event looks like

todo_added — a task was added, plus the list name and task length in characters
widget_toggled — which widget, shown or hidden
search_used — which search engine, and how many characters you typed
timer_started — how many seconds the timer was set for

What's never included

The text of your tasks
Shortcut labels or URLs
What you actually searched for
Your saved city or exact location

Each install is identified by a random, anonymous ID. If you type a name into the greeting, that name becomes your analytics identifier going forward — described further in Your choices below.

04What we never collect

Aura does not collect, and has no mechanism to collect: browsing history, page content from other tabs, passwords, payment information, health information, or precise location beyond what you explicitly grant for weather (see below). There is no ad tracking, no cross-site tracking, and nothing is ever sold.

05Third-party services

Service	What it's used for	What it receives
Unsplash	Daily background photos	A standard image request; no personal data sent by Aura
Open-Meteo	Weather & city lookup	Coordinates or a city name you enter, to fetch a forecast
PostHog	Anonymous product analytics	The events described in section 03

None of these services are permitted to run code inside Aura — everything above is a plain data request, consistent with Chrome's security model for extensions.

06Permissions, explained

Storage — saves your to-dos, shortcuts, and preferences on-device.
Notifications — shows a system notification when your timer or focus session ends.
Location (browser prompt, not a listed permission) — if you allow it, used once to fetch local weather; you can decline and set a city manually instead.

07Your choices

Delete everything: uninstalling Aura removes all locally stored data immediately — there's no account to close because there's no account.
Skip location: decline the browser's location prompt and set your city manually from the weather widget instead.
Naming yourself: typing a name into the greeting links future analytics events to that name instead of an anonymous ID. Leave it blank to stay anonymous.

08Children's privacy

Aura is a general-audience productivity tool and isn't directed at children. We don't knowingly collect data from children under 13.

09Changes to this policy

If Aura's data practices change, this page will be updated and the effective date above will change accordingly.

10Contact

Questions about this policy or your data can be sent to anas@zeyaapp.com.