Privacy Parrot Chrome Extension
A chrome browser extension to passively scan the current site's privacy policy, classify how the site can use provided personal information, and notify the user if further investigation may be necessary.
Feel free to use http://privacyparrot.com/ to classify policies manually until this extension is complete.
Installation
- Clone this repository
- Follow the instructions here to load the extension into chrome.
How to use
Simply browse to a site's privacy policy and the extension will do the rest! An icon will appear on the right side of the address bar to indicate the privacy level the policy allows.
Disclaimer
This extension is a work in progress. I am not a lawyer, and the analysis automated analysis is meant to indicate that you may want to read a policy deeply yourself to be sure how your personal information may be used.
License
(The MIT License)
Copyright (c) 2012 Bill Ramsey
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.