Privacy Policy — Wayback Checker

Last updated: 29 July 2026

Short version: Wayback Checker does not collect, store, or sell any personal data. The only thing it reads is the URL of your active browser tab, which it sends directly to archive.org and archive.ph to check archive status — never to the developer's own servers, because there are none.

What data we access

The extension reads the URL of your currently active browser tab. This is the only piece of information it accesses. It does not read page content, form data, cookies, browsing history, or any personal information.

What data we send, and to whom

When you open the side panel (or use the right-click menu), the active tab's URL is sent as a query parameter to these public, third-party archival services, solely to check or create an archive snapshot:

archive.org — Wayback Machine Availability API and CDX Index API
web.archive.org — Wayback Machine snapshot and save endpoints
archive.ph — archive.today Memento TimeMap and save endpoint

These requests go directly from your browser to those services. Wayback Checker itself has no server, and the developer never receives, logs, or stores this data anywhere.

What we store

Nothing. The extension does not use chrome.storage, localStorage, cookies, or any other persistent storage. No browsing history is retained by the extension. Each time you switch tabs or open the panel, the check is performed fresh and nothing is saved afterward.

Analytics and advertising

None. Wayback Checker contains no analytics, tracking pixels, or advertising code of any kind.

Permissions used

tabs — to read the URL of the active tab so the side panel can show (and auto-refresh) its archive status as you browse.
contextMenus — to add the right-click "Check on Wayback Machine" and "Save to Wayback Machine" menu items.
sidePanel — to display the extension's interface in Chrome's side panel.
Host permissions (archive.org, web.archive.org, archive.ph) — to make the archive-status requests described above.

Third-party services

Wayback Checker relies on the Internet Archive (archive.org / Wayback Machine) and archive.today (archive.ph). Your use of those services through this extension is subject to their own respective privacy policies and terms, which the developer of Wayback Checker does not control.

Children's privacy

Wayback Checker does not knowingly collect data from anyone, including children, because it does not collect or store data at all.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted at this same URL with a revised "Last updated" date.

Contact

Faiz Azizan — faizazizan.com