LinkGuard Privacy Policy

Effective 15 October 2026 · Draft for the first release

Short version: LinkGuard does not log, store or send the links you open. It has no accounts, no ads, no analytics and no trackers.

What LinkGuard does

When you tap a link, Android sends it to LinkGuard. LinkGuard checks the link on your phone, then opens it in the browser you chose, or shows a warning if the link looks like a scam. You can always open the link anyway.

What we do not collect

• We do not keep a history of the links you open, on your phone or anywhere else.
• We do not send the links you open to Dwarpal Labs. We do not run a server that receives them.
• No account, name, phone number, email address, contacts or location.
• No advertising ID, no analytics, no crash-reporting service and no third-party trackers.

When LinkGuard uses the internet

Most checks run entirely on your phone. LinkGuard connects to the internet only in these cases:

• Short links. For links such as bit.ly or t.co, LinkGuard asks the short-link service where the link leads, so it can check the real destination. That service would see the same request if you opened the link without LinkGuard.
• Scam list updates. About once a day, on Wi-Fi, LinkGuard downloads an updated list of known scam websites from our public GitHub releases. The request contains no information about you or your links.
• Reputation checks (Google Play version only). LinkGuard may ask Google Safe Browsing whether a website is known to be dangerous. It sends only a short, partial fingerprint (hash prefix) of the address, never the address itself, so Google cannot tell which site you are visiting.

Settings

Your settings, such as which browser to open links in and which checks are turned on, are stored only on your phone. Uninstalling LinkGuard deletes them.

Reporting a link

If you choose Report a link, LinkGuard opens a pre-filled issue on GitHub in your browser. Nothing is sent unless you submit it yourself. GitHub issues are public, and GitHub's own privacy policy applies to them.

Children

LinkGuard collects no personal data from anyone, including children.

Open source

LinkGuard's source code is public under the Apache-2.0 licence, so anyone can check that it does what this policy says: github.com/dwarpallabs/linkguard.

Changes

If this policy changes, we will update this page and its effective date. Any change that collects more data will be announced in the app's release notes before it ships.

Contact

Questions about privacy: open an issue at github.com/dwarpallabs/linkguard/issues.