Is Scanguard Password Vault Assistant safe to install?

What data it declares

The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data:

• Personally identifiable information such as name, address, email address or age
• Authentication information such as passwords, credentials or PIN codes

The developer also certifies that your data is not sold to third parties outside approved uses, not used for purposes unrelated to the extension's core function, and not used to decide creditworthiness or lending.

The listing links to a privacy policy.

This is the developer's own declaration in the Chrome Web Store. We cannot check it against what the extension does.

What Chrome asks you to allow

When you add it, Chrome asks you to allow it to:

• Read and change all your data on all websites
• Communicate with cooperating native applications
• Read your browsing history

Derived from the manifest by Chrome's documented rules; the dialog's exact wording depends on your Chrome version and language. Chrome asks again if an update requests more.

What it can reach

No site access is declared in the manifest, so it cannot read the pages you open on its own.

Reaches your browsing data or every site

• Talk to an application installed on your computer nativeMessaging
• See the address and title of every tab you have open tabs

Routine for an extension

• Store data in your browser storage

Pages it runs its code on

It runs its own code on every page you open: the manifest declares a content script for all sites.

• http://*/* every site
• https://*/* every site
• file:///* files on your computer opened in the browser

A content script is code the extension injects into pages matching these patterns. On those pages it can read and change what you see, whether or not a host permission is listed above.

How usual this is for its category

In Productivity · Workflow, 19% of extensions ask for access to every site. This one: Runs its code on every site.

The typical extension there declares 3 browser permissions; this one declares 3 browser permissions.

• Talk to an application installed on your computer (nativeMessaging): 2% of extensions in this category ask for it.
• See the address and title of every tab you have open (tabs): 33% of extensions in this category ask for it.

Counted over the live extensions of the same category after our latest full pass of the store. A share is context, not a verdict: what is normal depends on what the extension is for.

Who uses it and how it is kept up

330 users

• Not updated in the store for over a year: the last update was on 2022-12-14.
• No new version in the last 90 days.

What the store shows

• Trader The publisher has declared itself a trader under EU rules.

The listing says it offers in-app purchases.

Has it asked for more over time?

This is the question a permission list on its own cannot answer. An extension that shipped narrow and widened later is a different proposition from one that always asked for the same thing.

The permissions this extension requests have not changed since we started watching it.

Who publishes it

Security Suite, who publishes 2 listings we track. This listing has been in the store since 2017-11-28 and was last updated on 2022-12-14.

How to check or remove it in Chrome

1. Type chrome://extensions in the address bar and find the extension in the list.
2. Open its details. The site access setting shows where it can run; set it to run only on click and it reaches a page only after you press its icon.
3. To uninstall it, choose Remove on the same page.

Questions people ask

What can Scanguard Password Vault Assistant access?

No site access is declared in the manifest, so it cannot read the pages you open on its own. It declares 3 browser permissions.

What data does Scanguard Password Vault Assistant collect?

The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data: Personally identifiable information, Authentication information. This is the developer's own declaration in the Chrome Web Store. We cannot check it against what the extension does.

Has Scanguard Password Vault Assistant asked for more permissions over time?

The permissions this extension requests have not changed since we started watching it.

Does Scanguard Password Vault Assistant publish a privacy policy?

Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.