Privacy Policy
Last updated: April 2025
The short version
Yako does not collect, store, or transmit any personal data. There are no accounts, no analytics, no tracking, and no telemetry. Your settings stay on your device (or sync via your browser's built-in sync if you have it enabled).
Permissions
Yako requires only the storage permission. This allows the extension to save your
preferences (clock style, quick links, background settings, etc.) locally in your browser.
No other browser permissions are requested — Yako cannot access your tabs, history,
bookmarks, cookies, or browsing data.
Data stored locally
All data Yako stores lives entirely in your browser's local storage. This includes:
- Your preferences — layout, clock, background, quick links, and other settings
- Cached portal data — a local copy of cmd.ms commands and MSPortals.io entries, refreshed periodically
- Cached icons — favicons for your quick links, stored locally to avoid repeated fetches
- Notes — if you use the notes widget, your text is stored locally
- Greeting name — if you set a greeting, the name is stored locally and never transmitted
If you use a Chromium-based browser (Edge, Chrome) with browser sync enabled, your preferences may sync across your devices via your browser's built-in sync mechanism. This is a standard browser feature — Yako does not control or have access to this sync process.
Network requests
Yako makes a small number of read-only network requests to keep portal data and backgrounds current. No personal information, identifiers, or usage data is included in any of these requests.
| Destination | Purpose | Frequency |
|---|---|---|
raw.githubusercontent.com | Fetch cmd.ms commands and MSPortals.io portal data | Once per day (cached locally) |
api.github.com | Browse Microsoft Cloud Logos for the icon picker | On demand when browsing icons |
services.bonjourr.fr | Fetch curated background images (screen dimensions sent for image sizing, no identifiers) | When backgrounds refresh |
All requests are GET-only data fetches. No cookies, tokens, or user identifiers are sent. The only parameters included are screen dimensions (width and height) when fetching background images, so the service can return an appropriately sized photo.
Third-party services
Yako does not integrate with any analytics, advertising, or tracking services. Specifically:
- No Google Analytics, Mixpanel, Sentry, or similar services
- No advertising networks or ad trackers
- No fingerprinting or device identification
- No social media tracking pixels
Background images are sourced from a curated collection served by Bonjourr's image service, which uses Unsplash as the upstream provider.
Data you can control
- Export settings — download all your settings as a JSON file from the Settings panel
- Import settings — restore settings from a previously exported file
- Reset — clear all stored data and return Yako to its default state
- Uninstall — removing the extension deletes all locally stored data
Open source
Yako is open source under the GPL-3.0 license. You can inspect the full source code on GitHub to verify every claim on this page.
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, the update will be reflected on this page with a revised date. Since Yako has no account system or contact information, we cannot notify you directly — but as an open source project, all changes are visible in the commit history.
Contact
If you have questions about this privacy policy, you can open an issue on GitHub.