Privacy policy
Last updated: 7 November 2026
Chime forwards notifications from your Android phone to your browser. To do that it has to handle some of your data. This page explains what Chime collects, why, how long it keeps it, and how to remove it. It covers the Chime website, the Android app and the browser extension.
In short: Chime keeps only what it needs to sync your notifications, deletes them automatically on a schedule you choose, and never sells your data or uses it for advertising.
What Chime collects
Your account
You sign in with Google. Chime receives and stores your email address and your Google account identifier, plus the date your account was created. Chime never sees your Google password.
Notifications
When you grant notification access on your phone, the Android app sends the notifications you have chosen to sync to Chime's server. For each one Chime stores:
- the app it came from (its name and package name);
- its category (message, SMS, email, call or other);
- its title and text. The title often includes the sender's name. You can turn off message text in Settings, and Chime will then store the title only;
- when it was posted and received, and whether you dismissed it.
You decide what is synced: you can pause syncing, choose which categories to include, and mute individual apps. Notifications from muted apps or disabled categories are not stored.
Notifications can contain information about other people, such as the names and messages of people who contact you. Chime processes that only to show it to you.
Devices
For each phone, browser or extension you sign in on, Chime stores a device name, its type, when it was added and when it was last seen. For Android phones it also stores a push token, which lets your desktop send links to that phone.
Links sent to your phone
When you send a link from your desktop to your phone, the link and its title are passed to Google's Firebase Cloud Messaging service for delivery. Chime does not store them.
Settings
Chime stores your preferences: whether sync is on, whether message text is included, your retention period, muted apps and enabled categories.
On your own devices
The website and extension keep your sign-in tokens and display preferences (such as light or dark theme) in your browser's local storage. Chime does not use advertising or tracking cookies.
Server logs
Like most web services, Chime's server may log technical details such as IP addresses, request times and errors. These are used to keep the service secure and working, and are not used to profile you.
How long data is kept
- Notifications are deleted automatically once they are older than your retention period. It is 7 days by default and can be set from 1 to 365 days in Settings. You can also delete any notification yourself at any time.
- Devices stay until you remove them on the Devices page.
- Your account and settings stay until you delete your account. Deleting it removes everything listed above from Chime's server straight away.
Services Chime relies on
- Google Sign-In verifies who you are.
- Firebase Cloud Messaging (Google) delivers links to your phone.
- Google Analytics for Firebase is included in the Android app and may collect anonymous app usage and device information.
These services handle data under Google's privacy policy. Chime's own server is run independently and does not share your notifications with anyone.
Security
All traffic between your devices and Chime is encrypted with HTTPS. Your data is only available to your own signed-in devices. No system is perfectly secure, so think about which apps you sync. For example, you could mute your banking app or turn off message text.
Your choices and rights
You can:
- pause syncing, mute apps or hide message text in Settings;
- delete individual notifications from your feed;
- remove devices on the Devices page;
- delete your account and all its data at any time from Settings → Delete account. Every device signed in to it is signed out;
- revoke notification access on your phone, or uninstall the app or extension, at any time.
To get a copy of your data, or if you can no longer sign in and want your account deleted, email [email protected] from the address you sign in with. Depending on where you live (for example in the EU or UK), you may also have the right to correct or restrict how your data is used, and to complain to your data protection authority.
Children
Chime is not intended for children under 13, and does not knowingly collect data from them.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted here with a new "Last updated" date. Significant changes will also be announced in the app or on the website.
Contact
Questions about privacy: [email protected].