Accept Guardian runs in the background as you browse. When you visit a page that contains a Terms & Conditions agreement, cookie banner, or consent form, the extension scans the text for known risky clauses — such as broad data collection, waiving legal rights, or automatic subscription renewals.

If a risk is detected, a warning badge or modal appears so you can make an informed decision before clicking "Accept."

Accept Guardian works on all websites. It automatically activates whenever it detects a consent-related element on the page. No configuration is needed — just install the extension and browse normally.

No. Accept Guardian is designed to be lightweight. Scans run locally in your browser using a pre-loaded set of rules — no network requests are made during page scanning. The only outbound network activity is an optional daily analytics summary sent in the background.

Accept Guardian collects only anonymized, non-personal usage statistics:

• A randomly generated installation ID (not linked to your identity)
• Extension version number
• Counts of scans, warnings shown, and actions taken
• Timestamp of the report

No personal data, browsing history, URLs, or page content is ever collected. See the Privacy Policy for full details.

Your analytics are tied to a randomly generated installation ID stored locally in your browser. To reset it, simply uninstall Accept Guardian from Chrome and reinstall it — a new installation ID will be generated automatically.

To uninstall: go to chrome://extensions, find Accept Guardian, and click Remove.

No. Accept Guardian only scans visible consent-related text on web pages (such as cookie banners and terms agreements). It never reads passwords, form inputs, financial information, or any other sensitive data.

Install Accept Guardian directly from the Chrome Web Store. Click Add to Chrome, then Add extension in the confirmation dialog. The extension activates automatically — no setup required.

You can uninstall the extension at any time:

• Go to chrome://extensions in your browser
• Find Accept Guardian in the list
• Click Remove, then confirm

All locally stored data will be removed when you uninstall.

If warnings are not appearing, try the following:

• Make sure the extension is enabled in chrome://extensions
• Refresh the page after installing the extension for the first time
• Check that the page actually contains a terms or cookie consent element
• Disable other extensions temporarily to check for conflicts

If the problem persists, please report a bug on GitHub.

The best way to report a bug is to open an issue on our GitHub repository. Please include:

• A description of what happened and what you expected to happen
• The URL of the page where the issue occurred (if applicable)
• Your Chrome version and operating system

You can also visit the Support page for all contact options.

Feature requests are welcome! Open a feature request on GitHub and describe what you'd like to see. Popular requests are prioritised in future releases.

Yes. The source code for Accept Guardian is available on GitHub. Contributions, bug reports, and pull requests are all welcome.