Privacy Policy
Search Browser History keeps a searchable archive on your computer. Metric Rise FZE LLC publishes the extension. Contact: info@metric-rise.com.
Your searchable archive stays on your device
The extension imports the web history Chrome still holds and saves new visits locally in your Chrome profile using IndexedDB. Each URL has one record containing its title, hostname, first and latest recorded visit times, and a visit count. This is a page search index, not a record of every individual visit. Browser-internal pages and Incognito browsing are not recorded.
Page-text capture is off by default. It requires an active paid licence and a separate site-access permission requested when you press Allow reading page text. It saves up to 200,000 characters of readable page text per page. Form controls, editable regions and hidden content are skipped. It does not monitor keystrokes. Text already published on a page can contain personal information. Exclude any sites you do not want archived before enabling capture.
Your archive, searches and page text are not uploaded to SmallHelpers, sold or used for advertising. The extension has no analytics or telemetry. Local data is protected by your computer account and browser profile; the extension does not separately encrypt its archive.
Optional automatic indexing of older pages (version 1.0.4)
This section applies when version 1.0.4 is installed. Earlier versions do not request older pages automatically.
On Chrome 142 or later, you can enable Index older pages automatically once in Settings after activating a paid licence and allowing page access. It is off by default. Page access alone does not start requests for older links. Chrome versions that do not support this feature retain ordinary page-text capture and local search.
When enabled, the extension requests eligible saved HTTPS URLs directly from their websites. The destination website receives the URL and your IP address. Requests omit login cookies and referrers. The extension does not open hidden website tabs, execute website scripts or follow redirects. Your archive, searches and retrieved content are not sent to SmallHelpers.
Excluded domains, URLs with queries or fragments, private-network addresses and suspected action URLs are skipped. These checks reduce which pages can be retrieved. Deleted pages and pages requiring a login or JavaScript may be unavailable. Ordinary visits can still capture eligible dynamic page text.
Retrieved text is labelled with its retrieval date. It is the page’s current retrievable text, not a copy of what the page said when you originally visited. A normal revisit can update saved text. Automatic indexing fills missing text; it does not periodically refetch the whole archive.
The queue resumes while Chrome is open and after a browser restart. Default limits are three requests per minute, 1,000 attempts and 100 MiB of consumed decoded response data per UTC day. HTTP overhead and data buffered by Chrome before cancellation can add traffic beyond the consumed-data limit. Further work continues after the daily limit resets. You can stop it in Settings. Progress and retrieval dates are stored locally.
Settings and licence data
Chrome stores your exclusion list, deletion settings, import progress and archive health state locally. A local log contains the last 20 internal errors. If you activate a licence, its key, activation ID and last check time are also stored locally.
Network requests and payments
The extension sends licence activation and validation requests to api.smallhelpers.com. Requests contain your licence key and, on validation, its activation ID. We validate them with Polar, our payment provider. Our endpoint sees the IP address of the request; Polar receives the licence information from our server. Neither receives your browsing history or page text. An activation attempt makes this request even if the key is invalid. An active licence is checked roughly daily; temporary connection failures do not remove paid access.
Checkout happens on Polar's website. Polar handles your email and payment details under its privacy policy. After purchase, the activation page uses the checkout ID to retrieve your licence and, when available, activate the extension. You can also paste the key in Settings. This website does not receive your full card details.
Permissions
history: read available Chrome history and record new visits in the local archive.storage: save settings and licence state on this device.unlimitedStorage: let the local archive grow beyond the usual storage quota. Your available disk space still limits storage.alarms: update the archive, resume its initial import, check database health and recheck an active licence. In version 1.0.4, also resume explicitly enabled automatic indexing within its limits.scripting: register the optional page-text capture script after licence activation and permission.offscreen(version 1.0.4): parse retrieved HTML into plain text in a bundled local document. It does not render websites or execute their scripts.- Optional access to HTTP and HTTPS sites: read text from pages you visit after licence activation and your permission. In version 1.0.4, it also permits requests for eligible saved HTTPS URLs after a separate automatic-indexing opt-in. You can turn page access off in Settings; title and URL search continues working.
Excluded sites
The default exclusion list is: mail.google.com, outlook.live.com, outlook.office.com, mail.yahoo.com, accounts.google.com, login.microsoftonline.com, id.apple.com, login.live.com, paypal.com, revolut.com, wise.com, chase.com, hsbc.com, bankofamerica.com, mychart.com, patientaccess.com, nhs.uk. Subdomains are included.
This list does not cover every sensitive site. You can edit it in Settings. Exclusions prevent future automatic recording, text capture and automatic requests for older pages. Adding a domain does not erase its existing archive records. Use Remove every page from this site to delete those. An explicit file restore can restore excluded pages from your own backup.
Deletion, backup and retention
Archived pages do not expire automatically. You can export the archive as JSON or restore a backup or compatible Google Takeout Browser History JSON file. Exports can include sensitive URLs and page text; keep them somewhere private. The current import limit is 100 MB per file.
By default, deleting Chrome history also deletes matching archive entries last visited within 80 days. Older entries are kept because Chrome does not tell extensions whether an old entry was manually removed or automatically expired. Clearing all Chrome history therefore clears only the recent archive window. Settings displays a notice about this.
Use Delete the entire archive to erase all archived pages, or remove one site including its subdomains. Automatic sweeps do not restore visits that predate these deletions. A new visit after deletion can be recorded again, and a deliberate file restore can bring back saved records. Uninstalling removes the extension's local database and settings. Exported files are not removed.
Website and support
The website has no advertising or analytics scripts. Hosting and licence services process ordinary request information, including IP address, requested endpoint and time, to operate the service. Chrome opens our uninstall page once when you remove the extension; this carries no archive data or unique identifier. If you contact support, we receive the information you choose to send.
We use data only to provide and support this extension and fulfil purchases. We do not sell personal data. Policy changes are dated here. Metric Rise FZE LLC, Ajman NuVentures Centre Free Zone, UAE. info@metric-rise.com.