Privacy Policy
Last updated: 15 October 2026 · Publisher: Zocab (zocab.app)
Social Warden is a browser extension that helps you review, clean up, and protect your own online accounts — Facebook, YouTube and TikTok. It is designed to keep your data on your own device. This policy explains exactly what happens to your data, and the disclaimer below explains what you are responsible for when you use the YouTube and TikTok tools.
What data we collect
The browser extension does not collect or sell your personal data. Your lists never leave your device, and the extension itself runs no analytics or tracking. The optional web app at this site has an account system and a paid plan — what that involves is set out under "Accounts and the web app" below.
The extension processes the following on your device only:
- Your Facebook lists — the names, profile links, handles, and IDs of your friends, followed Pages, joined groups, friend requests, and the people Facebook suggests to you, loaded so you can search, select, and act on them.
- A saved copy of your friend list — kept so the "Who Unfriended Me" screen can compare today's list with the last one and show you who is no longer in it. This is the one thing we keep a history of rather than just the current version, and it stays on your device like everything else.
- Your action history — a local log of what you did here: friends removed, groups left, Pages unfollowed, requests accepted or declined, friend requests sent, and suggestions dismissed.
- Your settings — pacing preferences, display language, privacy toggles, and which on-site tools (YouTube, TikTok) are switched on.
- YouTube — the list of channels you subscribe to, read from your own subscriptions page while you use the tool, and your keep-list (channels you marked to never unsubscribe).
- TikTok — the videos and photo posts TikTok has loaded on the page you are viewing (kept in memory only, and cleared when you move to another channel), plus a list of the video IDs you have already downloaded so they can be marked "saved". Files you download are saved to your own Downloads folder.
How data is stored
All of the above is stored locally in your browser, separately for each Facebook account you use. It stays on your device, is not synced to any server by us, and is not shared with us or anyone else. It is removed when you clear it in the app or uninstall the extension. The saved friend-list copy behind "Who Unfriended Me" is included in that — clearing that list, or uninstalling, deletes it.
How data is used
Each item exists only to power a feature you trigger:
- Your lists are shown so you can search and select who to unfriend / unfollow / leave.
- The actions you confirm are carried out on Facebook, using your own logged-in session — the same as doing them by hand. That includes actions that add as well as remove: accepting a friend request, or sending one to somebody Facebook suggested. Nothing is ever sent without you selecting those people and confirming. We send those requests to Facebook on your behalf; we do not receive or store the results ourselves.
- The saved copy of your friend list is compared with the current one to work out who is no longer there. The comparison happens on your device and the result is never sent to us.
- History and settings personalize the app between sessions.
Third-party services
- Facebook — the extension acts on your own account, through your existing session, only for actions you confirm.
- YouTube — on your subscriptions page, the extension clicks YouTube's own Unsubscribe buttons for the channels you selected and confirmed, using your existing YouTube session.
- TikTok — on tiktok.com, the extension reads the video lists TikTok already loads in your browser and downloads the files you choose, using your existing session. Nothing is uploaded or posted.
- VirusTotal — only when you choose "Scan link with VirusTotal" from the right-click menu, the extension opens VirusTotal with the link you selected. The link is shared with VirusTotal solely because you asked to scan it.
We run no advertising and sell nothing to data brokers. The extension sends us nothing at all; the web app uses the services listed under "Accounts and the web app" below.
Accounts and the web app
Using the web dashboard is optional, and browsing it needs no account. Signing in — required only to run bulk actions or to buy Pro — means we store the following on our servers:
- Your email address — from the Google account you sign in with. It identifies your account and links a purchase to it.
- Your plan and free usage — whether you are on Pro, and a count of the bulk actions you have used, so the free allowance can be applied.
- An identifier for the social account you are working in — the numeric account id your browser is already signed in to, recorded when you run a bulk action. We use it only to detect abuse of the free allowance, such as one person creating many accounts to get many free allowances. It is never shown to other users, never published, and never sold.
- When you first opened a time-limited feature — a date, per feature, so a free trial period (such as the one on "Who Unfriended Me") runs from when you actually started using it. It records only the feature name and the date, never anything about the people in your lists.
- Anything you send us on purpose — a problem report you write, or a screenshot you upload to claim bonus free actions.
- Usage analytics for the web app only — page views and feature events, so we can see what breaks and what gets used. This never includes your lists or the names of the people in them.
None of this applies to the extension on its own. If you never sign in, we store nothing about you.
Disclaimer — YouTube and TikTok tools
Social Warden is an independent tool. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by YouTube or Google, or TikTok or ByteDance. All product names and trademarks belong to their owners.
These tools work through the websites, not official APIs. They use the same pages and web requests your browser already uses on youtube.com and tiktok.com. Those sites can change at any time, which may stop a tool from working or make it show incomplete information until we update it. Automated or bulk use may not be allowed by a site's terms. You are responsible for following the terms of service of each site and for any action taken on your account. The tools pace their requests to stay gentle, but we cannot guarantee a site will not limit or restrict an account.
TikTok downloads. Only download content you have the right to save, such as your own videos or content whose creator allows it. Videos and photos belong to their creators and are protected by copyright. Do not re-upload, redistribute or use other people's content commercially without permission. Social Warden does not host, store, or distribute any TikTok content: files go straight from TikTok to your own Downloads folder.
YouTube unsubscribe. Unsubscribing cannot be undone automatically. Export a backup of your subscriptions and use the keep-list before running a bulk unsubscribe.
These tools are provided "as is", without warranty of any kind. To the extent the law allows, Zocab is not liable for any loss arising from their use, including lost subscriptions, account restrictions, or decisions made based on the statistics. You can switch the YouTube and TikTok tools off at any time in the extension's side panel.
Data retention and deletion
Your lists, history and settings stay on your device until you remove them. You can clear your history from the History screen, reload a list to replace the stored one, or uninstall the extension to delete all locally stored data.
Account data held on our servers — your email, plan, usage count, account identifier, trial start dates, and anything you sent us — is kept while your account exists. Email us and we will delete it.
Permissions
The extension requests only the permissions its features need: access to Facebook (to read your lists and perform your requested actions); access to youtube.com and tiktok.com (for the YouTube and TikTok tools described above); local storage; a side panel; a right-click menu (for the VirusTotal scan); downloads (to save the TikTok files you choose); and a network-rule capability used for the optional "Block Facebook Pixel" toggle and to keep requests to these sites working. It does not read the content of other websites you visit.
Changes to this policy
If our data practices change, we will update this page and its "Last updated" date.
Contact
Questions about privacy? Contact support@zocab.app or visit zocab.app.
Social Warden is not affiliated with or endorsed by Meta / Facebook, Google / YouTube, or ByteDance / TikTok.