Data Scraper is no longer in the Chrome Web Store: what it can access

What to use instead

Listings still in the store that are closest to it in what they say they do. Comparable, not endorsed.

1. Web Scraper Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 9 users
2. Web Data Scraper Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 36 users
3. Page Scraper Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 67 users
4. EzScrape Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 5 users
5. No Code Web Scraper Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 637 users ★ 5.0

All alternatives, with why each one is close →

If you still have it installed

A listing leaving the store does not by itself remove the extension from browsers that already have it. If you still have it, you can see what it can reach and remove it in a minute:

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.

What data it declares

The developer declares that it does not collect or use your data.

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 does not link 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 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

• See the address and title of every tab you have open tabs

Routine for an extension

• Act on the current tab, but only after you click it activeTab
• Store data in your browser storage
• Store data in your browser without the usual size limit unlimitedStorage

Where it runs its code

We have not read this listing's manifest since we started keeping where it embeds its code, what it may ask for later and which sites can connect to it. The next pass of the store fills this in.

How usual this is for its category

In Productivity · Tools, 21% of extensions ask for access to every site. This one: No site access.

The typical extension there declares 3 browser permissions; this one declares 4 browser permissions.

• See the address and title of every tab you have open (tabs): 29% 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

1k users

• Not updated in the store for over a year: the last update was on 2024-02-20.
• No new version in the last 90 days.

What the store shows

The listing is no longer in the store, so none of the store's badges apply to it now.

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

Mahmood A.Shakir. This listing has been in the store since 2023-02-27 and was last updated on 2024-02-20.

Similar extensions that ask for less

Listings close to this one in what they say they do, which declare less reach. Less reach is not a verdict on either: compare what each needs for the job.

1. Web Data Scraper No site access · 3 permissions 36 users
2. Easy Scraper - One-click web scraper No site access · 3 permissions 100k users ★ 5.0

Questions people ask

What can Data Scraper access?

No site access is declared in the manifest, so it cannot read the pages you open on its own. It declares 4 browser permissions.

What data does Data Scraper collect?

The developer declares that it does not collect or use your data. This is the developer's own declaration in the Chrome Web Store. We cannot check it against what the extension does.

Has Data Scraper asked for more permissions over time?

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

Does Data Scraper publish a privacy policy?

No, the store listing does not link to a privacy policy.