Privacy

Last updated 29 October 2026

The short version: Glacier Notebook never reads, saves or sends anything from the pages you visit. Your notes are yours and stay where you put them. There is no account and no Glacier server, and nothing on this website tracks you.

Who is responsible

Karim Bekri, Sigsfeldstraße 7, 52078 Aachen, Germany, hello@glaciernotebook.com. The full details are in the Imprint.

The browser extension

Your notes

Your notes are stored where you choose, and only there:

Only in this browser: in the browser's own storage on your computer.
In a folder on this computer: as plain Markdown files in the folder you pick.
In Google Drive: your browser talks to Google directly. Glacier asks only for the narrowest Google Drive permission (drive.file), so it can see the files it made itself and nothing else in your Drive. You can sign out and take the permission back at any time in Settings or in your Google account.
On GitHub: your browser talks to GitHub directly, with a token you create and can delete at any time on GitHub. The token stays in your browser.

I never receive your notes, your Google sign-in or your GitHub token. There is no Glacier server they could go to.

The use of information received from Google APIs will adhere to the Chrome Web Store User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

The pages you visit

When you allow it, Glacier reads the title and address of the tab you are on, only so a note can belong to that page and open again when you come back. This stays in your notes. Glacier never reads the content of the pages you visit, and never sends anything about them anywhere.

The one exception is your own choice: when you select text on a page and pick Clip to Glacier in the right-click menu, that text, the page's title and its address go into a note. Nothing else.

Settings, games and codes

Your settings and an unlocked Cities pack are kept in your browser. Your top 5 in the games is kept with your notes, so it comes along where your notes sync. A code is checked inside Glacier, offline.

No tracking

Glacier Notebook has no analytics, no advertising, no tracking and no crash reports.

Permissions

Side panel and storage, "sidePanel" and "storage": to show your notebook beside the page and keep your notes and settings.
The current tab, "tabs" (asked for when you first need it): its title and address, as above. Chrome calls this "Read your browsing history".
Right-click menu and the clipped tab, "contextMenus" and "activeTab": for Clip to Glacier, as above.
Showing settings beside the sidebar, "scripting" and all sites (asked for when you first use it): to draw that panel next to the page. It draws only Glacier's own panel and reads nothing from the page.
Identity, "identity": for signing in to Google Drive, if you choose it.

Buying the Cities pack

Payments are handled by Paddle.com, the reseller and Merchant of Record for the Cities pack. Paddle processes your name, email address, country and payment details to sell to you, take payment, handle tax and send your receipt. Paddle's privacy notice: paddle.com/legal/privacy. I see the order in Paddle (your name, email, country, what you bought and when) so I can help you with it, for example to send your code again, and I use it for nothing else. I never see your card details.

This website

The website is hosted by Cloudflare. To deliver the pages, Cloudflare processes technical data such as your IP address and the time of the request, for security and to keep the site running; see Cloudflare's privacy policy. The website sets no cookies, uses no analytics and loads nothing from other sites: the fonts are on this website itself.

Your rights

Under the GDPR you have the right to access, correct and delete your personal data, to restrict or object to its use, to take it with you, and to complain to a data protection authority. Since I hold almost nothing about you, the quickest way is often to ask: hello@glaciernotebook.com. For your order data, you can also ask Paddle.

Changes

If this changes, the new version is here with a new date. If Glacier ever starts handling your data in a new way, it will say so in the app first.