Privacy Policy

Last updated: September 7, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Sole Proprietor Markov Oleksandr Ivanovych, Ukraine ("we", "us", "our"), the operator of BlockDistraction, handles information in connection with the BlockDistraction browser extensions for supported browsers (collectively, the "Extension") and the website https://blockdistraction.com (the "Site").

BlockDistraction is developed and published under the developer name MarkAlexI.

BlockDistraction is designed to perform its core blocking functions on your device. We do not sell Extension data, use it for advertising, or send your browsing history and blocking rules to our servers.

Limited information may be processed when you use a BlockDistraction account, activate Pro, contact support, make a purchase, visit the Site, or choose to share optional technical analytics. The sections below explain these activities and the choices available to you.

This policy also describes rights that may apply under privacy laws such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act / California Privacy Rights Act (CCPA / CPRA).

1. Data Processed by the Browser Extension

Blocking rules and settings: Your blocked website rules, redirect rules, schedules, categories, Focus Session settings, whitelist entries, password-related settings, and other Extension preferences are processed locally. Some preferences may also be synchronized through your browser's built-in synchronization service, such as Chrome Sync or an equivalent service. We do not operate or have access to these browser-managed synchronization systems.

Browsing activity: BlockDistraction needs to examine website addresses in your browser to provide blocking, redirect, Daily Limit, and Focus Session features. This processing occurs locally. We do not send your browsing history, visited addresses, blocked addresses, rule contents, redirect URLs, page titles, search queries, or website content to our analytics server.

Pro license verification: When you activate Pro or the Extension checks an existing Pro license, it sends the saved license key securely to our server. The key is used only to verify and maintain your Pro access. The server may return the license status, associated account email, and subscription expiry or Lifetime status. The Extension stores this license information locally. On supported Firefox versions, Firefox may ask for permission before license information is transmitted.

License verification requests may also generate normal service information such as request time, IP address, and User-Agent in hosting, security, rate-limiting, and operational logs.

Uninstall feedback: When the Extension is removed, your browser may open our optional feedback page. Depending on the browser, this page may receive limited product information such as the Extension version, installation date, access category, and number of stored rules. Firefox does not send Extension-generated uninstall context.

Uninstall information never includes blocked addresses, rule contents, redirect URLs, browsing history, license keys, or passwords. If you are signed in when the page opens, the feedback record may be associated with your BlockDistraction account. This feedback flow is separate from optional Extension analytics.

2. Optional Technical Analytics and Error Reports

BlockDistraction includes optional technical analytics that help us understand whether features work correctly across supported browsers and platforms.

Technical analytics are disabled by default. The Extension does not create or transmit telemetry until you explicitly enable the "Share technical analytics and error reports" option. You can disable it at any time in the Extension settings.

When enabled, technical analytics may include:

• Extension version, browser family, major browser version, platform category, and interface locale.
• Free, Pro, or legacy access category, without including your account identity or license key.
• Approximate installation age expressed as a broad range.
• Aggregated counts showing how Extension features are used, such as rules, Rule Packs, Rule Lists, Daily Limits, Focus Sessions, and diagnostic reports.
• Aggregated outcomes such as completed actions, duplicate entries, conflicts, unchanged imports, or reaching the Free rule limit.
• Privacy-safe technical error identifiers used to investigate reliability and compatibility problems.

Technical analytics do not include:

• Browsing history or visited website addresses.
• Blocked addresses, rules, whitelist contents, or redirect URLs.
• Page titles, website content, or search queries.
• Email addresses, account identifiers, or license keys.
• Passwords or password hashes.
• Raw error messages or stack traces.
• A permanent telemetry installation identifier.

Technical information is aggregated locally before transmission. Identical errors are combined into counters instead of being stored as separate detailed reports.

Queued telemetry is retained locally for no more than 7 days. Successfully delivered batches are removed from the local queue. Disabling technical analytics immediately clears the local telemetry queue and its delivery state.

Raw anonymous telemetry batches received by our server are retained for up to 90 days for reliability analysis. They may then be deleted or converted into longer-term aggregate statistics.

Our telemetry records do not intentionally contain IP addresses or User-Agent strings. As with other HTTPS services, network and hosting providers may process this information separately in infrastructure, security, and operational logs.

3. Diagnostic Reports and Debug Mode

The Extension can generate a local diagnostic report containing technical information such as the Extension version, permission state, rule counts, browser blocking status, Focus Session state, and telemetry delivery status.

Generating, copying, or exporting a diagnostic report does not send it to us. The report remains on your device unless you choose to share it, for example when contacting support.

Pro users may enable Debug Mode, which can retain a limited local history of structured diagnostic events. This history remains on the device and is separate from optional technical analytics. Enabling Debug Mode does not enable telemetry.

4. Account and Website Data

• Account Information: When you create a BlockDistraction account, we process your email address and the authentication information required to provide the account service.
• Subscription and License Information: We store records needed to provide Pro access, including the license key, plan, subscription status, and relevant billing-period information.
• Support Requests: If you contact support, we process the information you choose to provide, such as your name, email address, message, and any diagnostic details you include.
• Transaction Data: Payments are processed by Paddle as our Merchant of Record. We may receive transaction and subscription details such as payment status, plan, billing date, currency, amount, country, and Paddle identifiers. We do not receive or store your full payment card number.
• Website Analytics: The Site may use Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity to understand traffic and website usage through information such as page views, clicks, taps, scrolling, navigation, session recordings, and heatmaps. Optional analytics cookies and storage are used according to your consent choices where required.

5. How We Use Information

We use information only to provide, maintain, secure, support, and improve BlockDistraction and its related services.

• Extension Functionality: To provide website blocking, redirects, schedules, Daily Limits, Focus Sessions, settings, and other requested features.
• Pro Access: To activate licenses, verify access, and maintain the licensing system.
• Technical Reliability: When you opt in, to identify compatibility problems, investigate failures, and improve reliability.
• Account Management: To authenticate users and maintain account and subscription information.
• Billing and Order Fulfillment: To manage purchases, subscriptions, refunds, billing status, and access to paid features.
• Communication: To provide account, purchase, subscription, security, and support-related messages.
• Security: To protect our services, prevent abuse, apply reasonable rate limits, and maintain availability.

6. Data Storage and Retention

• Extension Data: Rules, schedules, categories, whitelist data, and most settings remain on your device or in browser-managed synchronization storage.
• Telemetry Queue: Optional telemetry awaiting delivery is kept locally for no more than 7 days.
• Raw Server Telemetry: Anonymous technical telemetry batches are retained for up to 90 days.
• Account and License Data: Account, subscription, and licensing records are retained as needed to provide your account and Pro access, meet legal obligations, resolve disputes, prevent abuse, and process valid deletion requests.
• Uninstall Feedback: Submitted feedback and related operational information are retained only as long as reasonably necessary to understand uninstall outcomes, improve the product, prevent abuse, and process valid deletion requests.
• Support Data: Support correspondence may be retained as needed to resolve requests, maintain service history, prevent abuse, and comply with legal obligations.
• Infrastructure Logs: Hosting, security, and network providers may retain service logs according to their operational and security practices.

7. Third-Party Services

We use service providers where necessary to operate BlockDistraction and the Site:

• Google Firebase and Google Cloud: For authentication, databases, server functions, website hosting, infrastructure, security, and storage of account and anonymous technical telemetry data.
• Paddle: As Merchant of Record for payment processing, billing, taxes, subscription management, and order fulfillment.
• Resend: For transactional and support-related email delivery.
• Google Analytics: For website traffic measurement where enabled according to applicable consent requirements.
• Microsoft Clarity: For website usage measurement, session recordings, and heatmaps according to applicable consent requirements.

These providers may process information on our behalf according to their agreements, privacy policies, and applicable legal requirements.

We do not sell personal information, telemetry, browsing information, or Extension data to data brokers or advertising platforms.

8. Browser Extension Store Requirements

BlockDistraction is distributed through marketplaces including the Chrome Web Store, Microsoft Edge Add-ons, and Mozilla Add-ons. We follow the applicable privacy and user data requirements of each platform.

Information handled by the Extension is used only to provide, maintain, secure, support, or measure BlockDistraction's disclosed functionality. We do not use or transfer Extension data for personalized advertising, unrelated profiling, creditworthiness decisions, data brokerage, or unrelated market research.

For the Chrome version of BlockDistraction, our use of information received through Chrome extension APIs complies with the Chrome Web Store User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

9. Subscription Management

You can manage your subscription, update payment methods, or cancel recurring payments through your BlockDistraction Account Dashboard or the Paddle Customer Portal.

10. Your Choices and Privacy Rights

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict, or obtain information about personal data we hold about you.

• Technical Analytics: You can enable or disable optional technical analytics at any time in the Extension settings. Disabling analytics clears locally queued telemetry.
• Firefox Permissions: Supported Firefox versions allow you to review or change optional data permissions through the browser's extension settings.
• Website Analytics: Where applicable, you can accept or decline optional analytics cookies and storage through the Site's consent controls.
• Account Access: You can review relevant account and subscription information through your Account Dashboard.
• Account Deletion: You can initiate an account deletion request through your Account Dashboard.
• Manual Requests: You may contact us at [email protected] regarding applicable privacy rights or account data.

Certain information may be retained where necessary to preserve paid access through an applicable billing period, complete transactions, resolve disputes, prevent fraud or abuse, or comply with legal obligations.

Anonymous telemetry is collected without an account identifier or permanent telemetry installation identifier. Because it cannot reasonably be linked to a specific account or installation, we generally cannot locate an individual anonymous telemetry record in response to an account deletion request.

11. Notice for California Residents

We do not sell personal information. We do not share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising. We do not use BlockDistraction Extension data or technical telemetry for personalized advertising.

California residents may have additional rights under the CCPA / CPRA, subject to applicable definitions, limitations, and exceptions. Requests may be submitted to [email protected].

12. Cookies and Website Storage

The browser Extension does not use advertising or analytics cookies for its technical telemetry system.

The Site may use cookies or similar browser storage for authentication, account functionality, consent preferences, security, and optional website analytics. Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity receive your analytics consent choice. Optional analytics cookies and storage are enabled only when you accept. If you decline, Google Analytics is disabled and Microsoft Clarity may operate in a limited cookieless mode without persistent analytics cookies.

13. Security

We use HTTPS for information transmitted between the Extension, the Site, and our servers. We also use access controls, server-side validation, rate limiting, data minimization, and other safeguards intended to reduce unauthorized access, misuse, or disclosure.

No online service can guarantee absolute security. We therefore limit the information we collect and keep browsing history, blocked addresses, rule contents, redirect URLs, passwords, and raw diagnostic reports out of optional technical analytics.

14. Children

BlockDistraction is a general-purpose productivity tool and is not specifically directed to children. We do not knowingly request personal information from children for advertising or profiling purposes.

15. Policy Updates

We may update this Privacy Policy when BlockDistraction, the Site, applicable laws, platform requirements, or our service providers change.

If an update introduces materially different data handling, we will provide additional notice or consent where required. The date at the top of this page shows when the policy was last updated.

16. Contact Us

For additional transparency, an independently generated technical overview of BlockDistraction is available for anyone interested in how the Extension works.