Short version: LinkLens collects nothing. All crawling and analysis runs entirely inside your browser. No data is ever sent to our servers — because we don't have any servers receiving your data.
1 What we collect
We collect nothing. LinkLens does not collect, transmit, store, or share any personal information, browsing data, crawl results, or usage analytics.
There are no servers, no databases, and no backend that receives data from you.
2 How crawl data is stored
When you run a crawl, the results are saved exclusively to chrome.storage.local — a sandboxed storage area that exists only on your device inside Chrome.
- No crawl results are uploaded anywhere.
- No results are synced via chrome.storage.sync.
- Uninstalling the extension permanently and automatically deletes all stored data.
- You can also clear data at any time from the extension's settings.
3 Network requests
The only network requests LinkLens makes are the ones you explicitly trigger: fetching pages of the site you've chosen to crawl. These requests:
- Go directly from your browser to the target site — not through any proxy or intermediary.
- Are identical to what your browser would send if you visited those pages normally.
- Respect the target site's robots.txt by default.
LinkLens never contacts our servers, third-party analytics services, or any external API.
4 Telemetry & analytics
There is no telemetry, no crash reporting, and no usage analytics of any kind. We do not use Google Analytics, Sentry, Mixpanel, or any other tracking service. We have no way of knowing how many times you've used the extension or which sites you've audited.
5 Exports
When you export a CSV or PDF report, the file is generated locally in your browser and downloaded directly to your device. Nothing is uploaded as part of the export process.
6 Third-party sites you crawl
LinkLens is a tool for auditing sites. When you choose to crawl a site, you are responsible for ensuring you have permission to do so. We recommend only auditing sites you own or manage. LinkLens respects robots.txt by default.
7 Changes to this policy
If we ever change this policy in a meaningful way, we will update the version number in the extension and note the date of change at the top of this page.
8 Contact
Questions about privacy? Reach out to the BitPixel Coders team via the Support page.