BlockTheNoise Privacy Policy

Last updated: November 1, 2026

In short: BlockTheNoise doesn't track you or collect personal data. Your settings stay in your own browser. If you buy a license, your license key is checked with our payment provider, Dodo Payments.

What the extension stores

BlockTheNoise saves your settings with Chrome's local extension storage (chrome.storage.local) on your own device. This includes your timer lengths, your list of blocked sites, music tracks you add, your volume, the current timer state, the date you installed the extension (to count your 14-day free trial) and, if you buy one, your license key. Apart from the license check described below, this data is never sent to the developer or any third party. You can delete it at any time by removing the extension.

Purchases and license keys

BlockTheNoise is free for 14 days, then can be unlocked with a one-time purchase. Purchases are processed by Dodo Payments, which acts as the merchant of record. You pay on Dodo's checkout page, and your payment details go to Dodo, never to the extension or the developer. Dodo's own privacy policy covers the details you give it at checkout, such as your name, email address and payment information.

When you enter your license key, the extension sends it to Dodo's license service to activate it, and re-checks it about once a week to confirm it's still valid (for example, that it wasn't refunded). These requests contain only the license key, its activation ID and the label "BlockTheNoise for Chrome".

What the extension does not collect

BlockTheNoise doesn't collect personal information, browsing history, website content, location, analytics or usage statistics. It has no accounts, no ads and no tracking.

How website addresses are used

To block distracting sites, the extension checks the address of the pages you open against your block list. This check happens entirely inside your browser. Addresses are never recorded, stored or sent anywhere.

Music streams

When you play one of the built-in radio stations, your browser connects directly to that station's server (SomaFM, somafm.com) to stream the audio. If you add your own stream link, your browser connects to that server instead. Like any website, these servers can see standard connection details such as your IP address. Their own privacy policies cover that. BlockTheNoise sends them no other information. The brown and pink noise tracks are generated on your device and don't connect to anything.

Permissions

BlockTheNoise asks only for the permissions it needs to block sites, run the timer, show notifications, play audio and check your license key. Access to a website you add to your block list is requested only for that site, and only when you add it.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted on this page with a new "Last updated" date.

Contact

Questions about this policy? Contact: pranayranka45@gmail.com