Privacy Policy for AdBlocker Diamond

Introduction

AdBlocker Diamond ("we," "our," or "us") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard information when you use our browser extension.

Information We Collect

Automatically Collected Information

• Usage Statistics: We collect data about blocked advertisements and tracking requests to improve our blocking effectiveness
• Performance Metrics: Information about extension performance and error rates to ensure optimal functionality
• Browser Information: Basic browser type and version for compatibility purposes

Information You Provide

• Settings and Preferences: Your extension settings, whitelisted domains, and custom blocking rules
• Feedback: Any feedback, bug reports, or suggestions you voluntarily provide
• Contact us: where you decide to contact us for any reason we will collect your contact information

How We Use Information

We use collected information solely to:

• Improve Blocking Effectiveness: Analyze blocking statistics to enhance our ad and tracker detection
• Maintain Extension Performance: Monitor and improve extension stability and speed
• Provide Customer Support: Respond to user inquiries and technical issues
• Update Blocking Rules: Keep our blocking rules current and effective
• Our legal basis for such processing is executing our contract with you or our legitimate interest, as applicable.

Data Storage and Security

We will store your personal data for as long as necessary in order to provide you with the AdBlocker Diamond or otherwise fulfil the purposes as described above, unless further storage is required in order to establish, exercise or defend a legal claim or to comply with applicable law, including accounting rules.

Sharing of data

We may share your personal data with the following categories of third parties:

• Service providers: We may share your personal data with third-party service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as data processing, hosting, customer support, and marketing. Our service providers are contractually obligated to protect the confidentiality and security of your personal data and to use it only for the purposes for which we have disclosed it to them.
• Business partners: We may share your personal data with our business partners, such as co-branding partners, joint venture partners, and marketing partners. Our business partners are contractually obligated to protect the confidentiality and security of your personal data and to use it only for the purposes for which we have disclosed it to them.
• Affiliates: We may share your personal data with our affiliates, which are entities that are controlled by, or under common control with, us. Our affiliates are contractually obligated to protect the confidentiality and security of your personal data and to use it only for the purposes for which we have disclosed it to them.
• Ad Blocking: We may use third-party ad blocking lists (such as EasyList) to enhance blocking effectiveness third-party ad blocking lists are contractually obligated to protect the confidentiality and security of your personal data and to use it only for the purposes for which we have disclosed it to them.
• Government and law enforcement agencies: We may share your personal data with government and law enforcement agencies if we are required to do so by law or if we believe that it is necessary to protect the rights, property, or safety of our business, our customers, or others.

Your Rights and Choices

Data Control

• Settings Management: You can modify or delete your extension settings at any time
• Data Clearing: You can clear all local extension data through browser settings

Extension Permissions

• Active Tab: Only used to apply ad blocking on the current webpage
• Storage: Only used to save your preferences locally on your device
• Declarative Net Request: Only used to block ads and trackers as configured

Children's Privacy

AdBlocker Diamond does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. The extension is designed to protect privacy and does not require personal information from users of any age.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify users of significant changes by:

• Updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy
• Displaying a notification in the extension for major changes
• Posting updates on our website

Data Processing Legal Basis (GDPR)

For users in the European Economic Area, our legal basis for processing personal data includes:

• Legitimate Interest: To provide and improve our ad blocking service
• Consent: When you voluntarily provide feedback or enable optional features
• Contract Performance: To deliver the extension functionality you requested

Your Rights

Depending on your location and the applicable regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA), you have several rights regarding your personal information:

• Access: You have the right to request access to the personal information we hold about you.
• Erasure: You may request the deletion of your data if it is no longer needed for the purposes for which it was collected, or if you withdraw consent.
• Portability: You can request a copy of your data in a commonly used, machine-readable format to transfer to another service provider.
• Objection and Restriction: You can object to processing based on legitimate interests or restrict processing if you believe it is not lawful.
• Consent Withdrawal: You have the right to withdraw your consent for data processing at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

To exercise these rights, contact us using the information provided at the end of this policy. We will respond to your request within the timeframe required by law.

This privacy policy applies specifically to the AdBlocker Diamond browser extension and does not cover other websites or services that may be linked from our extension or website.