SpyBar Privacy Policy

1. Overview

SpyBar is a browser extension that helps users analyze websites by detecting technologies and related technical characteristics, such as platforms, frameworks, themes, plugins, and other tools.


SpyBar analyzes the currently viewed webpage in order to detect website technologies and display technology information to the extension user.


This privacy policy explains what data SpyBar processes, how it is used, and the choices available to users.

2. What data SpyBar processes

When a webpage is analyzed, the extension may process limited technical information about that website, including:

  • The URL of the currently viewed webpage or its hostname
  • The time the analysis was performed

Technical site signals, such as:

  • Hostnames and network request domains
  • Cookie names (but not cookie values)
  • Technology and tool signatures used to identify platforms, frameworks, themes, plugins, and related tools

Contact details and social links displayed on a website are processed locally in the browser and are displayed only to the user.

3. Data that SpyBar does not collect, transmit, or store

SpyBar does not collect, transmit, or store:

  • Personal information about the extension user, such as names or email addresses
  • Authentication credentials or payment information
  • Keystrokes, scrolling behavior, or interaction tracking

4. When data is processed

SpyBar analyzes webpages in order to provide technology detection results when the extension is opened.


This analysis may occur automatically when a webpage loads so results can be displayed quickly.

5. Data processing and transmission

Depending on user settings, site-level analysis data may be transmitted to SpyBar’s backend infrastructure to support website technology detection.


This processing is limited to technical analysis related to identifying and understanding website technologies, including:

  • Improving detection accuracy
  • Discovering previously unknown tools or platforms
  • Producing site-level and aggregated, non-user-specific technology insights

The data processed:

  • Relates to websites, not individual users
  • Is not used to identify the extension user
  • Is not used for advertising or user profiling

6. Anonymous identifier

SpyBar generates a random, anonymous identifier when the extension is installed.


This identifier is used solely for operational purposes such as:

  • Rate limiting
  • Abuse prevention
  • Service stability

The identifier:

  • Does not identify the extension user
  • Is not linked to personal information
  • Is not used to analyze or profile individual users’ browsing habits
  • Is not shared with third parties

7. User control

SpyBar provides a setting that allows users to disable the transmission of analysis data.


When data transmission is disabled:

  • All analysis occurs locally in the browser
  • No data is sent to SpyBar’s backend systems

8. Use of site-level and aggregated data

SpyBar may use site-level and aggregated, non-user-specific technology detection data to provide technology intelligence and discovery services, such as identifying the technologies used by particular websites or groups of websites.


This data:

  • Describes websites, not users
  • Does not identify individual users

9. What SpyBar does not do

SpyBar does not:

  • Collect, sell, or rent personal data about the extension user
  • Build, analyze or profile individual users’ browsing habits
  • Build behavioral profiles of users
  • Use data for creditworthiness, lending, or financial decision-making
  • Use collected data for purposes unrelated to website technology analysis

10. Changes to this policy

This privacy policy may be updated from time to time to reflect changes in SpyBar’s features or practices. Any updates will be published at this location.

Contact

If you have questions about this privacy policy or SpyBar’s data practices, you can contact us at:


support@gainhigherground.com