Veilkeep privacy policy

Effective date: 25 September 2026 · Applies to Veilkeep version 1.0.0 and later for Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge.

Summary

Veilkeep is a content blocker. It does not collect, transmit, sell or share personal data or browsing activity. Everything Veilkeep stores stays in your browser profile on your device. Veilkeep makes no network requests of its own: no analytics, no telemetry, no advertising, and no downloads of filter lists or rules while you browse.

What Veilkeep stores on your device

Veilkeep uses the browser's extension storage (chrome.storage), which is private to the extension and removed when you uninstall it.

• Settings: whether protection is on, which filter lists are enabled, and your options (element hiding, YouTube ad assist, toolbar counter, per-site statistics).
• Allowlist: the domain names you chose to turn blocking off for, and when a temporary entry ends.
• Custom rules: the filter rules you write or import.
• Statistics: counts of blocked requests per category (ads, trackers, annoyances, malicious, your rules) and the date counting started. If you turn on per-site statistics (off by default), the domain names of sites where you opened the Veilkeep popup are stored with their counts. Turning that option off deletes them.
• Filter data: element-hiding data that ships inside the extension is copied into extension storage so pages can be filtered quickly.
• Diagnostics: a short local log of Veilkeep's own errors (web addresses are removed from error messages) and the result of the last time filtering settings were applied.

None of this data leaves your device unless you export it yourself (see below).

What Veilkeep can see, and how it is used

• Network requests: Veilkeep blocks requests with the browser's declarativeNetRequest API. The browser applies Veilkeep's rules itself; Veilkeep does not see the requests your browser makes.
• The current tab, when you open the popup: when you click the Veilkeep toolbar button, the browser temporarily grants access to the active tab (activeTab). Veilkeep reads that tab's address to show its domain name and asks the browser which Veilkeep rules matched on that page. The browser returns rule identifiers, not addresses. The counts are added to your local statistics.
• Page content, only if you allow it: element hiding requires access to web pages, which Veilkeep asks for only if you opt in, for all sites or for individual sites. With that access Veilkeep adds a style sheet that hides ad elements and, on YouTube (if YouTube ad assist is on), mutes video ads and presses YouTube's own Skip button. Veilkeep does not read, record or transmit page content, form data, keystrokes, cookies or passwords.

Problem reports and exported files

The Report a problem page creates a text report on your device. It includes the site name you enter, your description, the Veilkeep version, your browser name and version, and which lists are enabled. Veilkeep never sends the report; you decide whether to copy it and where to share it. Settings, allowlist and custom-rule exports are files saved to your device only when you choose to export them.

Sharing and selling

Veilkeep does not sell, rent, share or transfer any user data to anyone, and does not use data for advertising, profiling or creditworthiness purposes. Veilkeep has no servers that receive user data.

Your choices

• Turn protection off everywhere or for any site from the toolbar popup.
• Remove element-hiding access at any time in the dashboard (Protection) or in the browser's extension settings.
• Reset statistics, clear the error log, or reset all settings in the dashboard.
• Uninstalling Veilkeep deletes all data it stored.

Links

The dashboard contains links to filter-list homepages and, if the publisher provides one, a support page. Those sites are opened only when you click a link, and their own privacy policies apply.

Changes

If Veilkeep's data handling changes, this policy will be updated before the change is released, and the effective date above will change.

Contact

Publisher contact: Mannu Yadav, businessofwisdom.official@gmail.com.