PhishGuard is built with a privacy-first approach.

Data We Do Not Collect:
This add-on never collects, stores, or transmits any personally identifiable information. It does not read your personal emails, track your browsing history, or access your contacts. The core analysis of your emails is done locally on your computer.

Opt-In Anonymous Data Collection:
To help improve phishing detection for everyone, this add-on has an optional feature to contribute to an open-source dataset of phishing patterns. If you choose to opt-in, the add-on will send completely anonymous, non-personal data to our analytics platform (PostHog). This data includes only:

The type of threat detected (e.g., "Fake Invoice").

The calculated risk score.

A timestamp.

This anonymous data helps us understand new attack trends and is used to make the add-on more effective. You can decline this data collection at any time.