Privacy policy
Last updated 20 September 2026
InertLink tells you whether a link is safe before you click it. This policy says exactly what it does with data. It is short because the extension does very little.
By default, nothing leaves your device. On a fresh install InertLink makes no network requests at all — not on install, not when you hover a link, not on a schedule. Every check runs against data bundled inside the extension.
Hovering never contacts the link
InertLink reads the address as text. It does not follow it, resolve it, prefetch it, or expand shortened links. Doing so would send a request to that site from your computer, triggered by a mouse movement you never meant as a click — which is precisely the thing a link-safety tool should not do.
What is stored, and where
All storage is local to your browser. There is no InertLink server and no account.
| Data | Where | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Your settings — sensitivity, allow and block lists, paused sites, optional API key | chrome.storage.sync |
So your preferences follow your Chrome profile |
| Cached verdicts, keyed by hostname only | chrome.storage.local |
So the same site is never looked up twice |
| A count of links seen on the current tab | That tab's memory | Shown in the popup; never written to disk, gone when the tab closes |
No browsing history is recorded. No list of the links you hovered is kept anywhere.
What is sent, only if you turn it on
Online reputation checking is off by default. If you switch it on and supply your own API key:
-
Only the hostname is sent — for example
example.com. Never the path, never the query string. Those carry session tokens, password-reset links and search terms, and none of that reaches a third party. - It is sent only when the local checks are inconclusive. A link that is clearly fine, or clearly bad, is never sent.
- A hostname on your allowlist is never sent.
- Results are cached, so a hostname is not sent twice.
- The request is made by the extension's background worker, not by the page you are viewing, and carries no cookies or credentials.
The provider is one you choose and authenticate to with your own key. Your use of that provider is governed by their privacy policy — for Google Safe Browsing, Google's.
If you also configure an optional blocklist feed URL, the extension fetches that list weekly over HTTPS. It sends no information about you when doing so.
Site access
InertLink requests no site access when you install it. It runs on a page only when you:
- click its toolbar icon — which covers that tab for that visit; or
- grant it a specific site; or
- choose to let it run on every site.
You can withdraw any of these at any time from the popup, the options page, or
chrome://extensions.
What is never done
- No data is sold or shared with third parties.
- No advertising, analytics, or tracking of any kind is included.
- No data is used for anything other than telling you whether a link is safe.
- No remote code is loaded or executed. Everything that runs ships inside the extension.
This website
This page and the rest of inertlink.aaquibjawed.com are static files. There are no cookies, no analytics, no tracking pixels, and no third-party requests — the fonts and animation library are served from this domain rather than a CDN.
Removing your data
Uninstalling the extension removes everything it stored. You can also clear cached verdicts at any time from the options page, and remove individual sites from your lists there.
Verifying any of this
InertLink is open source. Every claim above can be checked against the code at github.com/iAaquibjawed/inertlink, which is the point of publishing it.
Changes
If this policy changes, the date at the top changes with it and the previous version stays in the repository's history.