Privacy Policy — IP Protection

IP Protection collects nothing, sends nothing, and has no server.

The extension has no backend, makes no network requests of its own, contains no analytics or telemetry, and loads no remote code. The only information it keeps is a handful of settings that you create yourself, and those never leave your device.

None.

We — the developer of IP Protection — receive no information about you or your browsing whatsoever. There is no account, no registration, no identifier, and no mechanism in the extension that transmits data anywhere.

Specifically, the extension does not collect, transmit, sell, rent or share:

• personally identifiable information (name, address, email, age, ID numbers);
• health, financial or authentication information;
• personal communications (email, messages, chats);
• location data;
• your IP address;
• web browsing history, visited URLs, or search queries;
• page content, form input, keystrokes, mouse movement or clicks;
• device or usage analytics of any kind.

The extension stores a small amount of its own configuration using the Chrome storage API. This data stays in your browser profile on your computer. It is not synced to a Google account and it is not accessible to us or to any third party.

Stored in chrome.storage.local (persists until you remove it or uninstall):

Stored in chrome.storage.session (erased when you close the browser):

The allowlist is the only stored item that relates to browsing at all, and it exists only because you explicitly created an exception. No URLs, no hostnames of sites you merely visited, and no timestamps are ever written to storage.

To do its job, the extension must be able to tell that a page you are about to open belongs to a known IP-logging service. This happens entirely inside your browser, in memory, and nothing is retained.

• Blocking. Chrome's declarativeNetRequest engine evaluates the extension's block rules internally. The extension supplies the rules; it does not observe the requests those rules apply to.
• Warning. When a top-level navigation starts, the extension compares the hostname against its bundled blocklist. If there is no match — which is the case for virtually everything you browse — the hostname is discarded immediately and nothing further happens.
• If there is a match, the blocked address is passed to the extension's own local warning page so it can show you what was blocked and offer you a choice. That page is part of the extension and runs on your device. The address is not logged, not stored, and not sent anywhere.
• Counting. When a request is blocked, one integer is incremented. The URL, hostname, tab and time of that request are not recorded.

The blocklist itself is bundled inside the extension. It is not downloaded, never updated over the network, and no lookup is performed against any external service. Updating the list requires a new version of the extension.

The extension requests no host permissions and injects no content scripts. It is therefore technically incapable of reading the content of any web page you visit, of seeing what you type, or of accessing cookies, credentials or site data.

There are none. IP Protection contains no third-party libraries, SDKs, trackers, advertising, or remote code. No data is shared with anyone, because no data is collected.

Because nothing is transmitted, there is nothing for us to retain or delete on your behalf.

The data on your device stays there until you remove it. You are in full control:

• Clear the counter — open the popup and choose "Clear counter".
• Remove an allowlist entry — open the popup and choose "Remove" next to the domain.
• Clear temporary exceptions — close and reopen your browser.
• Erase everything — uninstall the extension. Chrome deletes its storage along with it.

IP Protection is a general-purpose privacy tool and is not directed at children. It collects no personal information from anyone, regardless of age.

These laws give you rights over personal data that an organisation holds about you — access, correction, deletion, portability, and opting out of sale or sharing.

We hold no personal data about you. We never receive it, so there is nothing to access, correct, port or delete, and nothing that could be sold or shared. We do not act as a data controller or processor in respect of your use of this extension.

The information described in section 2 is under your own control at all times, and section 6 explains how to remove it.

If the extension ever changes in a way that affects this policy, the policy will be updated and the "Last updated" date above will change. Material changes — in particular, any change that would introduce data collection — will be described in the extension's release notes. Continued use after an update means you accept the revised policy.

Questions about this policy or about how the extension works? Send an email to contact@heldit.nl.

The source code is available for inspection, so every claim in this document can be verified directly.