What ReviewGuard does
ReviewGuard reads reviews already rendered on supported Amazon pages and computes a heuristic sample grade and summary inside your browser. Its purpose is to help you inspect review patterns before deciding what to buy; it does not verify the authenticity of individual reviews.
Automatic data collection
The extension does not upload, sell or share your browsing data, review text or analysis results. It does not use analytics, telemetry, crash-reporting or advertising SDKs, and it requires no account or registration.
The extension does not access your email account, payment information, location or cookies. Version 1.1.2 includes no billing or paid account, and it does not keep a browsing-history archive.
What ReviewGuard reads, and where it stays
On supported Amazon pages, ReviewGuard reads review ratings, verified-purchase status, review text, dates and helpfulness votes already present on the page. It also reads the product title and page URL to label the sample and avoid displaying a result from a different page. This processing uses JavaScript shipped inside the extension; ReviewGuard does not upload it.
The latest analysis result and its page URL are temporarily held per tab in chrome.storage.session so the toolbar can display the current result. Tab results are cleared on navigation or tab closure and do not persist after the browser session ends.
Your minimized-card preference is saved in chrome.storage.local so it persists across pages, tabs and browser restarts. This setting stays on your device. You can change it with the card controls or the toolbar's minimize checkbox.
Optional feedback and external links
If you choose a feedback or Pro-interest email link, your email app opens a draft. Nothing is sent unless you send it yourself. A message you choose to send includes your email address and whatever content you provide; the developer receives it to respond to your request. Do not include passwords, payment details or sensitive information in feedback.
The optional store-review link opens the Chrome Web Store. Google handles activity on that site under its own policies. Merely opening the Pro-interest section does not subscribe you, create an account or charge you.
Permissions this extension requests, and why
- storage: holds temporary per-tab results and the persistent minimized-card preference locally.
- Host access to amazon.com and supported regional sites: amazon.co.uk, amazon.ca, amazon.de, amazon.in and amazon.com.au. This allows ReviewGuard to read rendered reviews and detect navigation on those sites.
ReviewGuard does not request access to all websites, browser history or cookies. Opening an optional external link is a user action, not background access to that service.
Remote code
ReviewGuard does not download or execute remote code. Every script used for analysis ships inside the extension package submitted to the Chrome Web Store.
Children's privacy
ReviewGuard's extension does not automatically collect personal information from users, including children. Feedback is optional; children should not send personal information in feedback messages.
Changes to this policy
If a future feature changes data handling, this policy will be updated before that feature takes effect. Any future billing or cloud features would need their own accurate disclosures; they are not included in version 1.1.2.
Contact
Questions about this policy can be sent to the developer contact address shown on ReviewGuard's Chrome Web Store listing. Optional support correspondence is separate from the local-only analysis performed by the extension.