Is Interest-based advertising opt-out (by Google) safe?

Clean risk

This extension opts your browser out of Google’s DoubleClick interest-based advertising cookie.

It sets an opt-out for the DoubleClick advertising cookie used by Google to show interest-based ads on partner websites. The opt-out remains in effect after you clear browser cookies, and the extension has permission to access cookies for doubleclick.net.

0Risk

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Where it sends data

Destinations our analysis observed Interest-based advertising opt-out (by Google) contacting. Sending data somewhere is not a finding on its own - an extension that syncs your settings has to talk to its own server - but it is where your data can go, and who else it goes to.

  • doubleclick.net

    Interest-based advertising opt-out (by Google) sends data to doubleclick.net. One other extension we have analysed sends data here.

  • Googlewidely used

    Interest-based advertising opt-out (by Google) sends data to Google. Named as a recipient by 195 other extensions we have analysed.

Updated 15 October 2026amo-682881