Is Norton Safe Search safe?
Shows Norton site safety ratings while you search, shop, and browse online.
This extension changes the browser’s search setting to searchsafe.norton.com to provide Norton Safe Search results. It can read and change data on sites to add safety markup to search results, use web requests to obtain search terms from the address bar, and store extension settings. The description says it sends critical error and feature usage information to Google Analytics using Measurement Protocol with IP obfuscation parameters.
Who publishes itGen Digital - 12 other listings from the same operator, 1 of them carrying a finding
Gen Digital - 12 other listings from the same operator, 1 of them carrying a finding
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Same operator - 12 listings
Published under a different store account, but sharing the registered address, contact or declared legal entity this one gave the store.
Shared hosts - 14 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.
AI-generated. Findings may contain errors. Those marked Verified have been manually reviewed.
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Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Norton Safe Search 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.
- searchsafe.norton.com
Norton Safe Search sends data to searchsafe.norton.com. One other extension we have analysed sends data here.
- Google Analytics
Norton Safe Search sends data to Google Analytics. Named as a recipient by 11 other extensions we have analysed.
- NortonLifeLock
Norton Safe Search sends data to NortonLifeLock. Named as a recipient by 1 other extensions we have analysed.