Last updated: October 27, 2026
Overview
WantThatThing: Interesting Finds Daily! is a Chrome extension that helps users discover interesting products and articles published on WantThatThing.com.
The extension is designed to work without collecting personal information or browsing history. It stores certain extension preferences and content locally in the user’s browser to provide its features.
Information the Extension Handles
Saved articles and daily pick
The extension stores the IDs of articles saved by the user and the information needed to remember the daily featured pick. This information is stored locally using Chrome’s storage API and is not uploaded to our servers by the extension.
Cached website content
To display recent articles and categories, the extension retrieves publicly available content from WantThatThing.com. It may store a local cache of this content to improve the extension’s performance.
Website links and campaign parameters
When users click links to articles, categories, or other content on WantThatThing.com from the extension, the destination URLs may include campaign parameters identifying the visit as originating from the Chrome extension.
These parameters help us understand referral traffic to our website through our website analytics. They identify the traffic source and link placement; the extension does not use them to identify individual users.
The extension’s privacy-policy link does not receive these campaign parameters.
Information We Do Not Collect
The extension does not intentionally collect or transmit users’ names, email addresses, passwords, financial information, precise location, browsing history, or personal communications.
It does not monitor browsing activity on other websites, use content scripts to read webpage content, or record keystrokes.
How Information Is Used
The information handled by the extension is used only to provide its features, including:
- Displaying recent and featured articles.
- Remembering saved articles.
- Keeping the daily pick consistent throughout the day.
- Caching public website content.
- Understanding aggregate referral traffic to WantThatThing.com.
Data Sharing and Third Parties
The extension does not sell users’ personal data or transmit saved-article lists or local extension preferences to third parties.
When the extension retrieves content from WantThatThing.com or a user follows a link to the website, the website’s servers may receive ordinary connection information, such as an IP address and request details. Website hosting, security, and analytics services may process information according to the website’s own privacy practices.
For more information about the website’s data practices, please review the main WantThatThing.com Privacy Policy.
Data Storage, Retention, and Deletion
Saved articles, the daily-pick selection, and cached content are stored locally in Chrome. The extension does not maintain a separate account or server-side profile for users.
Users can remove this locally stored information by clearing the extension’s stored data or uninstalling the extension. Cached content may also be refreshed as the extension retrieves updated website content.
Website server logs and analytics data, if generated, are subject to the website’s applicable retention practices.
Children’s Privacy
The extension is not designed to collect personal information from children.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this policy if the extension’s functionality or data practices change. The updated policy will be published at this URL.
Contact
For questions about this extension’s privacy practices, please contact us through the contact page on WantThatThing.com.