Privopact
Privopact – Global Privacy Control extension
Privopact is a Chrome extension that sends Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals and shows an on-device assessment of how visited websites appear to recognize GPC and other privacy signals.
The extension is open source under the MIT license. Its complete source code is published at github.com/poattah/privopact, so you can verify everything described in this policy.
Information the extension handles
On websites you visit, the extension reads the page URL, hostname, title, a limited sample of visible page text and links, script hostnames, whether a privacy policy link appears, an estimate of the number of accessible cookies, and the site's response to its /.well-known/gpc.json file. It uses these signals to produce the result shown in the extension popup. It does not save page text, link samples, script hostnames, or cookie values.
The extension saves your GPC on/off preference, the hosts and URLs it has assessed, scan times, up to 40 recent activity entries, and recognition and privacy score summaries in Chrome's local extension storage on your device. These records support the popup's current-site result and sites-reached count. Site summaries remain in local storage until the extension's data is cleared or the extension is removed.
How information is used and shared
The extension uses this information only to send GPC signals and provide its on-device site assessment. It does not send browsing history, page content, or the saved summaries to Privopact's servers. It does not sell user data or use it for advertising, lending, or credit decisions.
When GPC is enabled, the extension adds a Sec-GPC: 1 header to supported requests. Its page script sets navigator.globalPrivacyControl to true. The extension requests /.well-known/gpc.json from websites it assesses. These requests go to the websites you visit as part of the extension's function.
Your choices
You can change the GPC setting in the extension popup. You can remove locally stored extension data by clearing the extension's storage or uninstalling the extension. A site's assessment is based on observable signals. It does not guarantee that a website complies with a privacy law or honors your preference.
privopact.com
This website uses Google Analytics for Firebase to count visits and see which pages are useful. Analytics collects information such as the pages you view, your approximate location, your device and browser type, and how you arrived at the site. It uses cookies or similar identifiers to do this. We use this information only to improve the site. We don't sell it or use it for advertising.
We honor your browser's privacy signals.
If your browser sends Global Privacy Control or Do Not Track, analytics never loads and no analytics cookies are set.
The site is hosted on Firebase Hosting by Google, which processes standard request information such as IP addresses to deliver pages and protect against abuse. Google's handling of this data is described in the Google Privacy Policy.
To show how many stars our open-source repository has, your browser requests public repository information from GitHub's API (api.github.com) at most once per hour per browsing session. GitHub receives your IP address and browser details as part of that request, as described in the GitHub Privacy Statement. No cookies or identifiers are sent. If your browser sends Global Privacy Control or Do Not Track, this request is never made.
Contact
For privacy questions, contact the publisher at poattah@gmail.com.