Privacy Policy – Word Shield Pro

Effective Date: July 29, 2026

Introduction

Word Shield Pro is designed to help users hide, blur, or cover webpage content containing words and phrases they choose. Protecting user privacy is a fundamental design principle of this extension.

Information Collection

Word Shield Pro does not collect, store, transmit, sell, or share any personal information.

The extension does not collect:

Personal information
Names or email addresses
Passwords
Browsing history
Website content
Financial information
Location information
Device identifiers
Analytics or usage statistics sent to external servers
Local Processing

All content filtering is performed locally within your web browser.

Filtering rules, settings, and preferences are stored only in your browser's local extension storage.

No webpage content is uploaded or transmitted to any external server.

Permissions

Word Shield Pro requests only the permissions necessary to provide its features.

Storage – Stores filtering rules and user preferences locally.
Context Menus – Allows users to add blocked words by right-clicking selected text.
Active Tab – Enables user-initiated actions from the extension popup.
Host Permissions – Allows the extension to inspect visible webpage text so that user-defined filtering rules can be applied.
Third-Party Services

Word Shield Pro does not use:

Google Analytics
Advertising networks
Remote APIs
Cloud services
Telemetry
Tracking technologies
Data Sharing

No user information is sold, rented, shared, or transferred to any third party.

Security

All processing occurs locally on the user's device. Since no personal data is transmitted or stored remotely, there is no external database containing user information.

Children's Privacy

Word Shield Pro does not knowingly collect information from children or any user.

Changes to this Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated when new features are added. Any changes will be reflected by updating the Effective Date.

Contact

For questions regarding this Privacy Policy, contact:

Developer: Word Shield Pro

Email: kasuninbest@gmail.com
https://kasunayesh.github.io/word-shield-pro/
https://kasunayesh.github.io/word-shield-pro/privacy.html