Is MeasureMinds GTM tool 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

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 your data on a number of websites
• Read your browsing history
• Know your email address

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

Specific sites only: 6 match patterns.

• https://tagmanager.google.com/* only tagmanager.google.com
• https://*.google.com/* google.com and all its subdomains
• https://*.gstatic.com/* gstatic.com and all its subdomains
• https://*.googleapis.com/* googleapis.com and all its subdomains
• https://*.sentry.io/* sentry.io and all its subdomains
• https://*.api.mailchimp.com/* api.mailchimp.com and all its subdomains

Reaches your browsing data or every site

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

Worth knowing

• Sign you in with a Google account identity
• See the email address of the signed-in Google account identity.email
• Run its own code on the pages it can access scripting

Routine for an extension

• Store data in your browser storage

How usual this is for its category

In Productivity · Developer, 30% of extensions ask for access to every site. This one: Access to specific sites only.

The typical extension there declares 3 browser permissions; this one declares 5 browser permissions.

• See the address and title of every tab you have open (tabs): 26% 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

458 users

• Not updated in the store for over a year: the last update was on 2022-02-27.
• No new version in the last 90 days.

What the store shows

• Featured The store's badge for extensions that follow its recommended practices for Chrome extensions.
• Established publisher The store's badge for publishers with a good record and no history of violations.

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

The store lists no publisher name, who publishes 2 listings we track. This listing has been in the store since 2021-11-02 and was last updated on 2022-02-27.

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. GTM JSON Extractor No permissions at all · No permissions declared 25 users ★ 2.0
2. dataLayer Digger Plus Runs its code on every site · 1 permission 188 users
3. GTM Helper No site access · 2 permissions 1k users ★ 5.0

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 MeasureMinds GTM tool access?

Specific sites only: 6 match patterns. It declares 5 browser permissions.

What data does MeasureMinds GTM tool collect?

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

Has MeasureMinds GTM tool asked for more permissions over time?

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

Does MeasureMinds GTM tool publish a privacy policy?

Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.