Privacy Policy
Effective March 17, 2025
This Privacy Policy describes Check Out My Budget’s information practices for its browser extension and website hosted tools. Check Out My Budget provides a Chrome extension that allows users to view their budget, which they manage by a separate website, while browsing on other websites. Check Out My Budget takes your privacy seriously and want you to understand what information is stored by the extension and what it is used for.
We are not affiliated, associated, or in any way officially connected with YNAB, or any of its subsidiaries or its affiliates. We are users of YNAB and created the extension and tools in order to help others like us gain control over our online spending. The official YNAB website can be found at https://www.ynab.com. The names YNAB and You Need A Budget as well as related names, marks, emblems and images are registered trademarks of YNAB.
Check Out My Budget Chrome Extension
What does Check Out My Budget chrome extension store?
Check Out My Budget stores your budget categories locally, in the browser extension’s reserved storage area after authenticating with YNAB. This information does not leave your device. The information stored locally includes:
- The budget information pulled from YNAB including the budget name, budget category names, and their balance.
- Your preference for which budget items to display and how to display them per website.
- Account information needed to request updated budget information from YNAB, called the OAuth access token.
How do we use the information stored?
The information stored locally is only used for the updated display of budget information on the user chosen set of websites.
Check Out My Budget Tools
This section refers to all the tools at https://checkoutmybudget.com/tools/ including
- Fresh Start Transaction Copier for You Need A Budget (YNAB)
What do the Check Out My Budget tools store?
Check Out My Budget tools do not store any of your information remotely. Locally the tools store the minimum amount of information needed to communicate with YNAB. This information does not leave your device. The information stored locally includes:
- Account information needed to communicate with YNAB called the OAuth token.
How do we use the information stored?
The information stored locally is only used for communicating with YNAB.
Information Sharing
Check Out My Budget Tools will not share your information with any third parties with the following exceptions:
- With your explicit consent
- When required by law
Contact Us
Contact us if you have any questions about this privacy policy by emailing [email protected]