PrivacySpy

PrivacySpy

Grading privacy policies for convenience and accountability.

What is PrivacySpy?
PrivacySpy is a Chrome extension that grades privacy policies to make them relevant. It ensures data transparency, allowing users to make informed choices. The extension downloads a full summary of the PrivacySpy database locally to check visited pages.
Merlin
Stats
Users: 453 ▼ -1
Rating: 5.00 (4)
Version: 2.0.1 (Last updated: 2020-06-30)
Creation date: 2020-06-29
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • storage
Size: 1.47M
URLs: Website
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Summary

PrivacySpy is helping to make privacy policies relevant. Privacy policies should be more than just a box to check; they are fundamental to ensuring data transparency and allowing users to make informed choices.

Please note that this browser extension DOES NOT send your browsing activity to our servers. It works by downloading a full summary of the PrivacySpy database on startup (or every 24 hours, whichever is more infrequent), and then locally checking the pages you visit against that local database.

PrivacySpy is fully open source and licensed under Version 3 of the General Public License (GPLv3). The source code is available at https://github.com/Politiwatch/PrivacySpy-Extension.

User reviews
It is a must-have extension, it is an extremely user-friendly way to see the quality of each website's privacy policy upfront.
by Eddy Torres Eddy Torres, 2020-01-19

Highly recommend this extension -- it makes privacy policies really accessible.
by Ihor Barakaiev Ihor Barakaiev, 2019-09-01
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Safety
Risk impact

PrivacySpy may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.

Risk likelihood

PrivacySpy has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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