What is PrivacyCheck?

PrivacyCheck focuses on understanding lengthy website privacy policies and assessing their potential risks. It is catalogued under Website firewall, bot & spam protection on PulseGate.

Who is PrivacyCheck for?

PrivacyCheck is a consumer product built for privacy-conscious web users.

Is PrivacyCheck free?

Yes — PrivacyCheck is free to use.

What platforms does PrivacyCheck run on?

PrivacyCheck runs on the web and embeddable surfaces.

Is PrivacyCheck still active?

Unverified. PrivacyCheck has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.

What projects are similar to PrivacyCheck?

Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Privacy Inspector, IP Check, and Website Safety Checker.

Who makes PrivacyCheck?

PrivacyCheck is developed by Haoran Niu / Center For Identity, UT, based in the United States.

How long has PrivacyCheck been around?

PrivacyCheck first shipped in 2017.

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PrivacyCheck

Name: PrivacyCheck
Author: Haoran Niu / Center For Identity, UT

mozilla.orgWebsite firewall, bot & spam protection🇺🇸

PrivacyCheck is a Firefox extension that automatically summarizes privacy policies on webpages. It presents safety indicators for different privacy factors and provides detailed explanations when users hover over the colored icons.

FreeWebEmbeddable

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Overview

5 features

PrivacyCheck sits in PulseGate's Website firewall, bot & spam protection category. It focuses on understanding lengthy website privacy policies and assessing their potential risks. PrivacyCheck is a consumer product aimed at privacy-conscious web users. It is available for free. It ships for the web and embeddable surfaces.

Haoran Niu / Center For Identity, UT builds and maintains PrivacyCheck, and it first shipped in 2017. Among its 5 catalogued features are policy summarization, safety indicators, and risk explanations. The interface is available in 32 languages, including Czech, German, and Greek.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.

Policy summarization
Safety indicators
Risk explanations
Browser tab access
Website scanning

Built with & integrations

Runs on

BrowserEmbeddable

Trust & compliance

Verified signals

HTTPSPrivacy Policy Terms of ServiceFree tierMulti-languageStore-verified publisher

Legal

Indexing history

What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

Indexed16 Sep · 08:05 UTC
PrivacyCheck verified via Firefox Add-ons
Source: Firefox Add-ons · Open

Frequently asked questions about PrivacyCheck

What is PrivacyCheck?: PrivacyCheck focuses on understanding lengthy website privacy policies and assessing their potential risks. It is catalogued under Website firewall, bot & spam protection on PulseGate.
Who is PrivacyCheck for?: PrivacyCheck is a consumer product built for privacy-conscious web users.
Is PrivacyCheck free?: Yes — PrivacyCheck is free to use.
What platforms does PrivacyCheck run on?: PrivacyCheck runs on the web and embeddable surfaces.
Is PrivacyCheck still active?: Unverified. PrivacyCheck has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.
What projects are similar to PrivacyCheck?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Privacy Inspector, IP Check, and Website Safety Checker.Privacy Inspector IP Check Website Safety Checker
Who makes PrivacyCheck?: PrivacyCheck is developed by Haoran Niu / Center For Identity, UT, based in the United States.
How long has PrivacyCheck been around?: PrivacyCheck first shipped in 2017.

At a glance

Pricing: Free
Platforms: Web
First seen: 16 Sep 2026
Built for: privacy-conscious web users
Model: B2C
Solves: Understanding lengthy website privacy policies and assessing their potential risks.

Registered as

Firefox Add-ons: privacycheck2-1

Developer

🇺🇸Haoran Niu / Center For Identity, UT

Index record

Indexed: 16 Sep 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
First seen: Sep 2026
Last seen: 16 Sep 2026

Identity audit (13)

Slug: privacycheck-mozilla-org
Lifecycle state recorded: 16 Sep 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 16 Sep 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology (no inferred launch/funding milestones).
Name from: Derived from the project's own page and URL.
Category from: Assigned by a language model.
Summary from: Written by a language model from public pages.
Languages from: Detected by a language model, checked against the page's own declaration.
Last updated: 16 Sep 2026
Canonical URL: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacycheck2-1

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