PrivacyCheck

PrivacyCheck is a data mining tool that analyzes the text of privacy policies.

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PrivacyCheck: Easy Understanding of Online Privacy Policies

PrivacyCheck is a Chrome extension designed to distill the complex language of online privacy policies into an understandable format. Using powerful data mining algorithms, it offers an 'at-a-glance' summary of how a company uses personal data. It helps users monitor changes in privacy policies, track policy trends over time, compare policies between competitors, and understand General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance. It's an efficient tool for internet users to stay informed and protect their personal information.

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Extension stats

By: https://identity.utexas.edu

Users: 880

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Rating: 3.93

(15)

Version: 3.0.1 (Last updated: 2021-05-17)

Creation date: 2020-05-23

Permissions:

activeTab

Size: 1.42M

Email: no*****@utexas.edu

URLs: Website

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 32,504 ▼ 200

Other rankings

#165 in Privacy & Security ▲ 1

#5 in data privacy keyword 31 ▲ 1

#20 in policy keyword 15 ▲ 3

#25 in privacy keyword 53 ▼ 1

#39 in provide keyword 31 ▲ 8

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Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

When it works, it is useful for understanding privacy policies without reading them entirely.
Fills a real need for privacy evaluation since reading long privacy policies is impractical.

Cons

It has stopped functioning or does not work at all on many popular sites.
The extension is apparently unsupported and has not been updated recently.
It takes a long time to analyze policies and does not run in the background when navigating away from the page.

Most mentioned

The extension has stopped working or is unsupported.
Users experience issues with it not functioning on major sites like Facebook and WhatsApp.
The extension takes a long time to process and does not operate well when switching tabs.

User reviews

Just installed, doesn't work at all. Can't read policies on big name sites like Whatsapp, Signal, Facebook or apparently any other site. Uninstalling it.

Dan Ross, 2023-04-08

Only one star because it's stopped functioning... It was good while it worked, but is apparently unsupported, and has stopped working. I tried reinstalling, but to no avail - when I try to run it, I get this message: "PrivacyCheck™ ran into a problem fetching data from the database or scraping the privacy policy from the website. Some websites include certain HTML features that makes it difficult to extract data. The PrivacyCheck™ team is working to improve this functionality. We apologize for the inconvenience." Apparently they've stopped updating... it happens. Too bad, because when it worked, it was quite useful.

Benny Rowe, 2023-02-08

It does take a while and I wish it would run in the background when you navigate away from the privacy policy page. It stops running even when you switch tabs. Otherwise, I like it.

E Dickens, 2018-12-13

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Extension safety

Risk impact

PrivacyCheck does not require any sensitive permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

Low Request access to the following domains:

Risk likelihood

We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of PrivacyCheck. Use it at your own risk.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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