Google Chrome will enforce stricter privacy policy for extensions in 2021

Google has revealed that Chrome users daily download around 4 million extensions daily from the Chrome Web Store. Due to which, the company states that the developers meet the users expectations for privacy and security so that they can continue browsing the web safely. In the coming year, Google Chrome will implement a stricter privacy policy. This new policy will change how extensions access data and how permissions work when an extension is installed.

After the update, the user will get to choose which websites the extension can access while browsing the internet, rather than letting the extension make the decision. This will be an update to the puzzle icon introduced this year inside the toolbar to make extension controls more visible and granular.