Crypto Scam CheckerPrivacy policy
Last updated: November 7, 2026. Applies to Crypto Scam Checker version 1.0.0.
In short: the extension checks pages and messages inside your own browser. It does not collect, store, share or sell your data. The only thing it sends out is a website's domain name, to a public registry, to find out how old the website is.
What the extension reads
- The page you choose to check. When you click the toolbar icon, the extension reads that one page once: its visible text, title, links, form fields and web address. It does this only after your click, and never on other tabs or in the background.
- Text you paste. When you use the "A message" tab, the extension reads only the text you paste into it.
- A link you right-click. When you choose "Check this link", the extension reads that link's address. It never opens the link.
All of this is checked on your computer. None of it is sent to us or to anyone else, and none of it is saved after you close the popup or the link check page.
What leaves your browser
To tell you how old a website is, the extension sends the website's domain name (for example, example.com, without the rest of the address) to the public RDAP registry that manages that address ending. RDAP is the modern, official version of the WHOIS directory. The request contains no cookies, no account, no identifier and no page content.
Those registries are run by independent organizations and may keep ordinary server logs, such as the time of the request and your internet address, under their own policies. If a lookup fails, the extension simply says it could not check the age.
What is stored
The age of each domain you check is kept in the browser's session storage for up to 24 hours, so the same site is not looked up twice. Session storage is cleared when you close the browser. Page content, links and pasted messages are never stored.
What we never do
- No accounts, analytics, tracking, advertising or cookies.
- No selling or sharing of data with anyone.
- No code downloaded from the internet. Everything the extension runs is inside the package you install.
- No use of data for credit, lending or any purpose other than showing you scam warning signs.
Permissions, in plain words
- activeTab and scripting: to read the current page after you click the icon, and to highlight what was found when you ask.
- contextMenus: to add "Check this link" to the right-click menu.
- storage: to remember domain ages for the current browser session.
The extension asks for no access to your websites in advance.
Children
The extension is not directed at children and collects no information from anyone.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new date. A change that sends more data out of your browser would only come with a new version of the extension and a clear notice.
Contact
Questions about privacy: email info@cryptorenegades.co. Crypto Scam Checker is powered by Crypto Renegades.