Is Motorwatch - car price tracker safe?
Motorwatch - car price tracker sends vehicle marketplace search parameters to Google Analytics with a persistent client ID.
On supported vehicle marketplace pages, Motorwatch reads the page's search query parameters and sends them as a vehicle_search analytics event. The event is posted to Google Analytics with the extension version, browser details, and a client ID stored for as long as the extension remains installed.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itMotorwatch - no other listings under this identity, 4 shared hostnames
Motorwatch - no other listings under this identity, 4 shared hostnames
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Shared hosts - 4 hostnames
Hostnames hardcoded in this extension that few other listings call. That can mean one operator behind both, and it can equally mean a small shared vendor, so it is context rather than a conclusion. Hosts that many listings call are left out: they are services, not connections.
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Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Motorwatch - car price tracker 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.
- www.google-analytics.comwidely used
Motorwatch - car price tracker sends data to www.google-analytics.com. A widely used service: 346 other extensions we have analysed send data here.