

We have been trying to directly contact Chrome Web Store team for more details, but ,unfortunately, there is no response from them and they are continuously sending the email above without additional clarifications. We have also described the usage of permissions in Chrome Web Store Developer Dashboard, but Google still declines our submission. There is the working Privacy Policy link in Chrome Web Store Developer Dashboard that contains detailed information about which data we collect, how we do that and use this information how this data transmitted and secured. The privacy policy must also accurately and fully disclose all the details pertaining to how your product collects, uses and shares user data, including the types of parties with whom the data is shared.** This includes requiring 2FA for Chrome Web Store developers and. The link must lead to a privacy policy that is owned by you. Google today announced the latest set of policy changes to limit extensions abuse and improve security of the Chrome Web Store. Provide a working link to your privacy policy in the appropriate field in the Chrome Web Store Developer Dashboard. windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10, vistaeasy - free - simple - newchrome store link. Handle the user data securely, including transmitting it via modern cryptography. If your product handles personal or sensitive user data (including personally identifiable information, financial and payment information, health information, authentication information, website content and resources, form data, web browsing activity, user-provided content and personal communications), then your product must: The Privacy Policy & Secure Transmission section requires that: **Your item did not comply with the following section of our Program Policies: It appears that Röbert's appeal was successful but we'll have to wait and see whether or not Google tries to remove similar privacy-focused extensions that alter URLs from the Chrome Web Store.We have been trying to publish the new version of the extension which is already in Chrome Web Store, but Google rejected it sending the following email: Still though, Robert made the necessary changes to his extension and appealed against its removal from the Chrome Web Store.


One of the reasons that Röbert believes his extension was removed in the first place is due to how it could potentially hurt Google's business model as the search giant uses tracking elements in URLs to help advertisers. At the time of writing though, the extension's page is back up and you can download ClearURLs here.Įven when the extension was unavailable on the Chrome Web Store, interested users could still download it for other browsers including Firefox and Microsoft Edge as well as manually for Chrome from GitHub or GitLab.

Although ClearURLs has been available on the Chrome Web Store for some time now, it was removed from the store after Google discovered several violations.
