Privacy Policy

Overview

Whiteboard Works Software LLC ("Whiteboard Works", "we", "us", "our") builds browser extensions, web applications, and other services. We respect your privacy and design our products to collect as little data as possible. This policy covers all products and services published or operated by Whiteboard Works, including FRED, Vim What, Lexis Arcana, Tab Watch, Play Faster, Clear Wisdom, and the automated @wbwSoftware account on X (Lexis Arcana Daily).

Data we collect

Most of our products do not collect personal data at all. Where data is handled, here is what applies:

• Local storage only. Preferences, settings, and progress data are stored locally on your device using browser storage APIs (such as chrome.storage.local or chrome.storage.sync). This data never leaves your browser unless you explicitly use the browser's built-in sync feature.
• No accounts or sign-ups. We do not require you to create an account or provide any personal information to use our products.
• No third-party analytics or ad tracking in extensions. Our browser extensions include no third-party analytics, advertising scripts, or tracking pixels, and we never read or sell your content. For paid and licensed features, our own servers keep anonymous, aggregate usage counts — no personal identifiers — to improve the products.

Browser permissions

Each extension requests only the permissions it needs to function. Permission details are listed on each product's Chrome Web Store or Firefox Add-ons page. We never request permissions beyond what is required for core functionality.

Third-party services

Some products may communicate with external services to provide their core functionality (for example, FRED uses an AI service to analyze content for fraud). When this happens, only the data necessary for the specific feature is transmitted — no personal identifiers are sent.

Our marketing websites use PostHog; the product sites also use Google Analytics. Between them they record pages visited, referral source, and browser and device type. On a product's welcome and farewell pages we also record which extension version you had and roughly how many days you used it.

Session replay (a recording of how a page was used) runs on this site only if you click OK on the recording prompt, and your choice is remembered in your browser. Anything you type is masked and never recorded. Click No thanks, or ignore the prompt, and no replay is recorded. fredsecurity.com also uses LogRocket for session replay, only after you accept its cookie banner.

These run on our websites only — never inside an extension. They set cookies to recognise a returning visitor, process data in the United States, and can all be blocked with your browser's tracking protection or an ad blocker. See Google's, PostHog's, and LogRocket's privacy policies.

If you clicked OK on the recording prompt and want to withdraw, use the button below. It stops session replay from starting on this browser.

Stop session recording

Messages you send us

If you use the contact form on this site, we receive the name, email address, and message you enter, and we use them only to read and reply to you. Messages stay in our inbox for as long as we need them to follow up, and are not added to any list. If you sign up for product updates, we keep your email address until you unsubscribe, which you can do from any email we send. Both are handled by our own service running on Cloudflare and delivered through Resend, our email provider, which process the data in the United States. Neither form is required to use any product.

Lexis Arcana Daily (X bot)

Lexis Arcana Daily is an automated bot that runs on our @wbwSoftware X (Twitter) account. The bot posts one Latin root a day from a curated dataset and replies to user requests. It does not use generative AI.

When you mention @wbwSoftware with a root: ___ request, the bot retrieves recent public posts that mention the account through the X API, parses the text in memory to understand your request, and replies with the relevant entry or with a not-found message that may suggest a close match. The post text is not saved. The bot stores its internal state in a state.json file committed to a private Whiteboard Works repository on GitHub: the history of posted roots and the ID of the newest mention it has processed. The state file does not contain handles, user IDs, or post text. Because the file is committed, earlier versions remain in the repository's git history. A post ID can identify a public post on X.

The bot runs on GitHub Actions. Workflow logs contain only mention IDs, the requested root, and the bot's own reply text. Logs are kept under GitHub's log retention policy (90 days by default) and are visible only to Whiteboard Works.

The bot does not read direct messages, does not use tracking or analytics, and does not sell data or use it for advertising. You can stop interacting with it at any time by not mentioning the account. Data on X itself is governed by X's privacy policy.

Data sharing

We do not sell, rent, or share your data with third parties beyond the service providers named on this page (including GitHub, which hosts the Lexis Arcana Daily bot repository and runs its workflows), who act only on our behalf. We do not use your data for advertising. We do not build user profiles.

Data retention

For browser extensions, data is stored locally on your device and you have full control over it. Uninstalling an extension removes all associated local data. You can also clear extension data at any time through your browser's settings. For services that store data externally (such as Lexis Arcana Daily), retention is described in the relevant section above.

Children's privacy

Our products are general-audience tools. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

Changes to this policy

If we make material changes to this policy, we will update the effective date at the top of this page. Continued use of our products after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

Contact

If you have questions about this privacy policy or our data practices, reach out at [email protected].