Overview
Merisora — World Clock New Tab is a Chrome extension that replaces the browser’s new-tab page with a customizable dashboard for world time, personal shortcuts, selected live information, and optional local conditions. This policy explains how the current 1.0.0 version handles information.
Merisora does not require an account. The developer does not operate a user-profile, advertising, analytics, or user-data collection server for the extension.
Information Merisora handles
Browser location, only when you grant permission
When you grant Chrome’s location permission, Merisora receives latitude and longitude from the browser. It uses the coordinates to place a location marker on the dashboard, calculate local visual context, and request place-name, weather, air-quality, UV, sunrise, and sunset information.
The extension stores a cached place name and coordinates in Chrome’s local extension storage for up to seven days to avoid repeated reverse-geocoding requests. The current product interface displays the city and the coordinates returned by the browser.
Frequently visited sites
Merisora uses Chrome’s topSites permission to display a user-facing list of frequently visited sites on the new-tab page. This information is used only to render those local convenience links. It is not sent to the developer.
User-entered shortcuts and preferences
Merisora stores personal shortcut names and URLs, selected dashboard features, cursor style, and certain data caches in Chrome’s local extension storage. These values are used to keep the dashboard personalized in the same browser. They are not sent to the developer.
Search and optional voice dictation
When you submit a web search, Merisora navigates your browser to Google Search using the query you enter. If you activate the optional voice-dictation control, your browser may send voice input to its speech-recognition service under the browser and service provider’s terms and settings. Merisora does not receive or retain a separate copy of the voice input.
Third-party services and sharing
Merisora makes requests directly from the extension to public third-party services to provide its displayed features. The developer does not receive a copy of these requests through a developer-operated server. The relevant third party may receive the request and normal network information, such as IP address, according to its own privacy policy.
| Service | Purpose | Information sent by Merisora |
|---|---|---|
OpenStreetMap Nominatimnominatim.openstreetmap.org | Converts a granted location to a place name and country. | Latitude and longitude when location permission is granted. |
Open-Meteoapi.open-meteo.com | Weather, air-quality, UV, sunrise, and sunset display. | Latitude and longitude when location permission is granted. |
Open-Meteo Air Qualityair-quality-api.open-meteo.com | Air-quality display. | Latitude and longitude when location permission is granted. |
| Google Search | Performs the search you actively submit. | The submitted search query. |
| Browser speech-recognition provider | Optional voice dictation when you activate it. | Voice input, subject to the applicable provider’s policy. |
| BBC, Polygon, Google News | Public news feeds displayed in the dashboard. | No extension user data beyond normal request metadata. |
| Nasdaq | Fixed market-watch quotes displayed in the dashboard. | No extension user data beyond normal request metadata. |
| United States Geological Survey | Public earthquake feed. | No extension user data beyond normal request metadata. |
| Apple iTunes | Public music-preview metadata. | No extension user data beyond normal request metadata. |
Merisora does not sell user data. It does not use user data for personalized, retargeted, or interest-based advertising. It does not allow people working for the developer to read user data because the developer does not receive or retain user data on a developer-operated server.
Data retention and deletion
Shortcut data, preferences, and caches remain in Chrome’s local extension storage until you change them, uninstall Merisora, or clear extension data in Chrome. Cached place-name data is refreshed after the period stated above when location information is used again. You can remove Merisora’s stored data by uninstalling the extension or using Chrome’s extension-data controls.
Security
Merisora sends third-party service requests over HTTPS. Because the extension stores its local preferences and caches through Chrome’s extension storage, data is isolated by Chrome’s extension security model. No security method can guarantee absolute security.
Children’s privacy
Merisora is not directed to children under the age at which local law requires parental consent for data processing. The extension does not knowingly collect personal information for the developer from children.
Changes to this policy
If Merisora’s data practices change, this policy will be updated before or when the corresponding extension update is released. The effective date at the top of this page will identify the latest version.
Contact
For privacy questions or data-related requests, contact alexjhdeng@gmail.com.
Chrome Web Store Limited Use disclosure
Merisora’s use of information received from Chrome permissions complies with the Chrome Web Store User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. Merisora uses permission-derived data only to provide its disclosed new-tab features, does not sell or use that data for advertising, and transfers it only when necessary to provide those features as described in this policy.