Is Hola VPN - Your Website Unblocker 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
• Financial and payment information such as transactions, card numbers or credit history
• Authentication information such as passwords, credentials or PIN codes
• Personal communications such as emails, texts or chat messages
• Location such as region, IP address or GPS coordinates
• Web history the list of pages you visit
• User activity such as clicks, scrolling, keystrokes or network monitoring

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
• Read your browsing history
• Block content on any page

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

Every site you visit. This extension can read and change the content of any page you open.

Reaches your browsing data or every site

• Read and change cookies on the sites it can access cookies
• Change which proxy your browser connects through proxy
• See the address and title of every tab you have open tabs
• Watch the network requests your browser makes webRequest

Worth knowing

• Block or redirect requests by rules it declares in advance declarativeNetRequest
• Run its own code on the pages it can access scripting
• See when you navigate between pages webNavigation

Routine for an extension

• Store data in your browser storage
• Declares webRequestAuthProvider

Who uses it and how it is kept up

4.0M users

• Last updated in the store 5 days ago, on 2026-09-29.
• We have seen 2 new versions 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.
• 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.

Versions we have seen

1. 2026-09-30Version 1.259.785
2. 2026-09-04Version 1.258.557

Who publishes it

Hola VPN LTD.. This listing has been in the store since 2012-12-04 and was last updated on 2026-09-29.

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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 Hola VPN - Your Website Unblocker access?

Every site you visit. This extension can read and change the content of any page you open. It declares 9 browser permissions.

What data does Hola VPN - Your Website Unblocker collect?

The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data: Personally identifiable information, Financial and payment information, Authentication information, Personal communications, Location, Web history, User activity. This is the developer's own declaration in the Chrome Web Store. We cannot check it against what the extension does.

Has Hola VPN - Your Website Unblocker asked for more permissions over time?

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

Does Hola VPN - Your Website Unblocker publish a privacy policy?

Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.