Is Session Buddy - Tab & Bookmark Manager safe to install?

What data it declares

The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data:

• Personally identifiable information such as name, address, email address or age
• Financial and payment information such as transactions, card numbers or credit history
• Authentication information such as passwords, credentials or PIN codes
• Web history the list of pages you visit

The developer also certifies that your data is not sold to third parties outside approved uses, not used for purposes unrelated to the extension's core function, and not used to decide creditworthiness or lending.

The listing links to a privacy policy.

This is the developer's own declaration in the Chrome Web Store. We cannot check it against what the extension does.

What Chrome asks you to allow

When you add it, Chrome asks you to allow it to:

• Read your browsing history

Derived from the manifest by Chrome's documented rules; the dialog's exact wording depends on your Chrome version and language. Chrome asks again if an update requests more.

What it can reach

No site access is declared in the manifest, so it cannot read the pages you open on its own.

Reaches your browsing data or every site

• See the address and title of every tab you have open tabs

Routine for an extension

• Schedule work to run later alarms
• Store data in your browser storage
• Store data in your browser without the usual size limit unlimitedStorage

What it may ask for later

Not granted when you add it: Chrome asks you the moment the extension requests one of these, and you can refuse. It may later ask for access to every site.

• file:///* files on your computer opened in the browser

How usual this is for its category

In Productivity · Workflow, 19% of extensions ask for access to every site. This one: No site access.

The typical extension there declares 3 browser permissions; this one declares 4 browser permissions.

• See the address and title of every tab you have open (tabs): 33% of extensions in this category ask for it.

Counted over the live extensions of the same category after our latest full pass of the store. A share is context, not a verdict: what is normal depends on what the extension is for.

Who uses it and how it is kept up

1.0M users

• Last updated in the store 185 days ago, on 2026-04-28.
• No new version in the last 90 days.

What the store shows

• Featured The store's badge for extensions that follow its recommended practices for Chrome extensions.
• Established publisher The store's badge for publishers with a good record and no history of violations.

Has it asked for more over time?

This is the question a permission list on its own cannot answer. An extension that shipped narrow and widened later is a different proposition from one that always asked for the same thing.

The permissions this extension requests have not changed since we started watching it.

Who publishes it

Hansifer, who publishes 3 listings we track. This listing has been in the store since 2010-03-03 and was last updated on 2026-04-28.

Similar extensions that ask for less

Listings close to this one in what they say they do, which declare less reach. Less reach is not a verdict on either: compare what each needs for the job.

1. SessionTabs No site access · 2 permissions 11 users
2. TabStash No site access · 2 permissions 2 users (last published figure)
3. Tab Saver No site access · 3 permissions 3 users

How to check or remove it in Chrome

1. Type chrome://extensions in the address bar and find the extension in the list.
2. Open its details. The site access setting shows where it can run; set it to run only on click and it reaches a page only after you press its icon.
3. To uninstall it, choose Remove on the same page.

Questions people ask

What can Session Buddy - Tab & Bookmark Manager access?

No site access is declared in the manifest, so it cannot read the pages you open on its own. It declares 4 browser permissions.

What data does Session Buddy - Tab & Bookmark Manager collect?

The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data: Personally identifiable information, Financial and payment information, Authentication information, Web history. This is the developer's own declaration in the Chrome Web Store. We cannot check it against what the extension does.

Has Session Buddy - Tab & Bookmark Manager asked for more permissions over time?

The permissions this extension requests have not changed since we started watching it.

Does Session Buddy - Tab & Bookmark Manager publish a privacy policy?

Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.