Privacy Policy

Web Shield for Chrome
Effective date: 2025-11-15

Summary: Web Shield is designed to flag potentially risky search suggestions in real time to help you avoid unsafe results. We aim to collect as little data as possible.

1) What Web Shield does

Web Shield highlights potentially risky keywords inside search suggestion drop-downs. It may also set Bing as your default search engine to provide the intended search experience.

2) Data we collect

We do not collect your browsing history, the pages you visit, or the full content of your searches.
We do not sell personal data.

3) Data processed on your device

To flag risky suggestions, Web Shield may process the text of search suggestions locally on your device (for example, comparing suggestions to a list of risky terms). This processing is used only to display warning indicators.

4) Storage

Web Shield may store extension settings (e.g., toggles, language, enabled/disabled state) using Chrome extension storage. This data stays on your device unless Chrome sync is enabled in your browser.

5) Permissions

Web Shield may request permissions necessary to:

Read and modify the search suggestion dropdown UI to show warning indicators.
Store your preferences (e.g., enable/disable alerts).
Set or maintain the default search engine (Bing) as part of the extension’s functionality.

6) Third-party services

Web Shield does not require you to create an account. If the extension uses any third-party analytics or crash reporting, it will be described here. Default: none.

Optional: If you enable any telemetry feature in the future, we will update this policy before enabling it.

7) Children’s privacy

Web Shield is intended for general audiences and does not knowingly collect personal information from children.

8) Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we will update the effective date above.

9) Contact

If you have questions, contact us at: [email protected]