Your privacy, plainly explained.

Last updated: June 2026  ·  Effective immediately

Who we are

The Tab is a creative dashboard built by Gabrielle by Design, a solo design studio based in Jamaica and operated by Stacey Nolan. You can reach us at gabriellebydesign@gmail.com.

This policy covers thetab.design (or the current domain while we're in early access) and the dashboard itself — see the “What The Tab stores” section for how that works.

What The Tab stores in your browser

Once you're using the dashboard, your preferences are saved only in your own browser — specifically in localStorage, which is like a private note your browser keeps on your device. None of this is ever sent to our servers:

• Your chosen colour theme (dark or light)
• Your font size preference
• The order you've arranged your widgets
• Anything you've typed in the Scratchpad
• Your vote in the What's Next poll (stored anonymously server-side via Upstash)

If you clear your browser data or use a different device, these preferences will reset. We have no way to recover them — they live only with you.

Third-party services we use

The Tab pulls content from a few external services to power its widgets. Here's what each one does and what (if anything) it knows about you:

• YouTube Data API (Google) — fetches public video thumbnails for the YouTube widget. No personal data is passed to Google.
• Pexels API — provides the design photography in the AI Images widget. No personal data is passed.
• Groq AI — generates the daily AI Briefing text. No personal data is included in these requests.
• Upstash Redis — stores anonymous poll vote counts. No names or emails are attached.
• Open-Meteo & OpenStreetMap — powers the Weather widget. If you allow location access in your browser, your coordinates are sent directly from your browser to these services to show accurate local weather and your city name. We never receive or store this information ourselves.

The Tab does not use Google Analytics, Meta Pixel, or any other behavioural tracking tool. There are no advertising scripts on this site.

Cookies

We do not use tracking cookies. We use browser localStorage (described above) for storing your preferences, which is different — it never leaves your device and cannot be read by other websites.

Your rights

The Tab does not currently collect any personal information from you, so there is nothing on file to request, export, or delete. If that ever changes, this policy will be updated first, and if you're in the EU or UK, you'll have the usual rights under GDPR and UK GDPR, including the right to object, restrict processing, and data portability.

Changes to this policy

If we make any meaningful changes to this policy, we'll update the “Last updated” date at the top.

Questions?

Email gabriellebydesign@gmail.com. We're a solo operation so replies may take a day or two, but we do respond to everything.