Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 8, 2026

Juice (“Juice”, “the extension”, “we”) is a free ad blocker for Chromium-based browsers. This policy explains what data the extension accesses, how it is used, and — most importantly — what we do not do with it. It is written to comply with the Chrome Web Store User Data Policy, including its Limited Use requirements.

1. Data we collect

We do not collect any personal data. Juice has no servers that receive your information, no analytics or telemetry, and no third-party tracking of any kind. We never see your browsing history, the pages you visit, your IP address, or your identity.

2. Data the extension processes on your device

To block ads, the extension necessarily interacts with the pages you view and the network requests they make. This processing happens entirely locally, inside your browser, and the information never leaves your device:

• Web page content. Juice inspects the current page’s structure to hide leftover ad containers and sponsored elements. It reads the page only to decide what to hide; it does not record, copy, or transmit page content.
• Network requests. Juice compares outgoing requests against public ad-filter lists (EasyList and uBlock filters) and blocks known ad and tracker requests using the browser’s built-in declarativeNetRequest engine. Matching happens in the browser engine; Juice does not log the requests.

3. Settings stored locally

Juice saves a small amount of preference data using the browser’s local storage (chrome.storage.local). This stays on your device and is never sent anywhere. It consists of:

• Whether blocking is on or off for each site you choose to pause (your “paused sites” list of hostnames).
• Your preference for the ad-removal shrink animation.
• A local, best-effort counter of how many requests have been blocked (a number shown in the toolbar and popup).

You can clear this at any time by removing the extension.

4. Permissions and why they are needed

Juice requests only the permissions required to block ads:

• Host access to the sites you visit (<all_urls>) — so blocking works on any page you open. Access is used solely to filter ads on that page, locally.
• declarativeNetRequest — to block ad and tracker network requests using filter lists.
• declarativeNetRequestFeedback — to show the count of items blocked on the current tab.
• scripting and activeTab — to apply the element-hiding rules that remove on-page ads.
• storage — to save the local preferences described in Section 3.

5. Limited Use

Juice’s use of any information obtained through the extension is limited to providing and improving its ad-blocking features, in accordance with the Chrome Web Store Limited Use policy. Specifically, we do not:

• transfer or sell your data to third parties;
• use your data for advertising, profiling, or credit purposes;
• allow humans to read your data.

Because nothing leaves your device, there is no data to transfer, sell, or read in the first place.

6. Third parties

Juice does not share data with any third party, because it does not collect or transmit data. The public filter lists it uses (EasyList and uBlock filters) are bundled with the extension; using them does not send anything to their authors.

7. Children’s privacy

Juice does not knowingly collect any data from anyone, including children under 13.

8. Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, we will update the “Last updated” date above and post the revised version on this page.

9. Contact

Questions about this policy or Juice’s privacy practices? Email sterorx@gmail.com.