World Forum Privacy Policy
Effective date: November 13, 2026
World Forum is a Chrome extension that shows a public chat room for the web page you are viewing. Everyone using the extension on the same page shares the same room. This policy explains what the extension collects, what it does with it, and who it is shared with.
The short version
- There are no accounts. We do not ask for your name, email address or password.
- Messages you post are public and are stored on our server.
- We never receive the address of the page you are on, only a one-way fingerprint of it.
- We do not store your IP address.
- We do not sell data, show ads, or use analytics or tracking.
What is sent to our server
| Data | When | What happens to it |
|---|---|---|
| A fingerprint of the page address (a SHA-256 hash) | While the chat window is active on a public page | Used to find that page's chat room. The hash is computed on your device. The actual page address is never sent. A hash cannot be reversed, though someone who already knows a page address could compute the same hash. |
| Your screen name and message text | When you post a message | Stored with the time of posting and shown to everyone in that room. Stored until deleted by the operator. |
Your tripcode secret (optional, only if you type Name#secret) |
When you post a message | Sent over an encrypted connection and used once to compute your public tripcode. The secret itself is never stored on the server. Only the resulting tripcode is stored with your message. |
| Your IP address | With every request, as with any internet service | Not stored. When you post, it is combined with a private value and the date and turned into a one-way fingerprint used only to limit how fast one connection can post. These fingerprints are deleted after about an hour and cannot be linked across days. |
What stays on your device
The extension saves your settings in Chrome's local extension storage on your own computer: your screen name (including your tripcode secret, if you set one), whether the chat window is minimized, the window's position, the list of sites where you have turned the extension off, and the message-sound setting. These settings are not synced and are not sent to us, apart from the screen name and secret when you post.
Where the extension does not run
World Forum is designed for public pages only. It does not appear, and does not contact our server, on local or private network addresses, on a built-in list of private and logged-in services (such as webmail, document editors and banking sites), on addresses that contain sensitive-looking parameters, on pages that contain a password field, or on any site where you have turned it off. The extension does not read or collect the content of the pages you visit.
Who the data is shared with
- Other users. Messages, screen names and tripcodes are public to anyone in the same room. Do not post anything you want kept private.
- Cloudflare. Our server and database run on Cloudflare (Workers and D1). Cloudflare processes requests, including IP addresses, as our hosting provider under its own privacy policy.
- Legal requests. We may disclose stored data if required by law.
We do not sell or transfer user data to anyone else, and we do not use it for advertising, profiling, or determining creditworthiness.
Limited use
The use of information received by World Forum adheres to the Chrome Web Store User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. Data is used only to provide the chat feature and to protect it against spam and abuse.
Retention and deletion
Messages are kept until the operator deletes them. Because there are no accounts, we cannot automatically identify which messages are yours. To ask for a message to be removed, contact us with the page it was posted on, the screen name, and the approximate time. To remove your local settings, uninstall the extension.
Children
World Forum is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new effective date.
Contact
Questions or removal requests: theproject1503@gmail.com