Is The Camelizer safe to install?
The Camelizer asks for 3 browser permissions and 10 site patterns. We do not audit code and we do not judge intent; what we can show is what the listing declares and whether that has changed while we have been watching.
Chrome extension by camelcamelcamel.com · Lifestyle · Shopping
What the developer says, and 2 screenshots
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At a glance
Facts, not a score: an ad blocker needs every page and a theme needs nothing, so one number would be wrong about both. Each fact links to its detail.
- Site access
- Access to specific sites only
- Data collection
- 2 kinds of data declared
- Upkeep
- Not updated for over a year
- Publisher
- Established publisher
- Audience
- 800k users · 4.3/5
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
- Website content such as text, images or links on the pages you open
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
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: 10 match patterns.
https://*.camelcamelcamel.com/*camelcamelcamel.com and all its subdomainshttps://camelcamelcamel.com/*only camelcamelcamel.comhttps://*.amazon.com/*amazon.com and all its subdomainshttps://*.amazon.co.uk/*amazon.co.uk and all its subdomainshttps://*.amazon.fr/*amazon.fr and all its subdomainshttps://*.amazon.de/*amazon.de and all its subdomainshttps://*.amazon.es/*amazon.es and all its subdomainshttps://*.amazon.ca/*amazon.ca and all its subdomainshttps://*.amazon.it/*amazon.it and all its subdomainshttps://*.amazon.com.au/*amazon.com.au and all its subdomains
Worth knowing
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Run its own code on the pages it can access
scripting
Routine for an extension
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Act on the current tab, but only after you click it
activeTab -
Store data in your browser
storage
Who uses it and how it is kept up
800k users
- 2026-09-01800k
- 2026-09-20800k
- 2026-09-25800k
- 2026-10-03800k
- Not updated in the store for over a year: the last update was on 2024-06-07.
- No new version in the last 90 days.
What the store shows
- 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
camelcamelcamel.com. This listing has been in the store since 2010-01-11 and was last updated on 2024-06-07.
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How to check or remove it in Chrome
- Type chrome://extensions in the address bar and find the extension in the list.
- 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.
- To uninstall it, choose Remove on the same page.
Questions people ask
- What can The Camelizer access?
- Specific sites only: 10 match patterns. It declares 3 browser permissions.
- What data does The Camelizer collect?
- The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data: Personally identifiable information, Website content. This is the developer's own declaration in the Chrome Web Store. We cannot check it against what the extension does.
- Has The Camelizer asked for more permissions over time?
- The permissions this extension requests have not changed since we started watching it.
- Does The Camelizer publish a privacy policy?
- Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.
We read the public store listing once a day and keep what it declared. We do not install the extension, do not audit its code, do not judge its intent and publish no contact details for its developer. Last read on 2026-10-03.