From 87552f6e1dce38d982848126a04e557005adc4c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marcin Rataj Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2020 20:28:25 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs: add DNSLink lookup to Privacy Policy --- PRIVACY-POLICY.md | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/PRIVACY-POLICY.md b/PRIVACY-POLICY.md index c082e35ba..f035e338c 100644 --- a/PRIVACY-POLICY.md +++ b/PRIVACY-POLICY.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ # **IPFS Companion Privacy Policy** First Posted: 2019-02-15
-Last Update: 2020-05-08 ([change history](https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-companion/commits/master/PRIVACY-POLICY.md)) +Last Update: 2020-06-20 ([change history](https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-companion/commits/master/PRIVACY-POLICY.md)) The IPFS Companion browser extension is owned by Protocol Labs Inc. and created by the IPFS Project. We know you care about how your personal data is used and @@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ IPFS Protocols” experiments, websites will be able to detect you are running IPFS Companion. This behavior can be changed on Preferences screen by disabling mentioned experiments. +If you are using DNSLink (its lookup is enabled by default), then IPFS node +will be executing DNS queries for all domain names visited during browsing, +and those queries will use DNS resolver configured in your operating system. +To disable this behavior set "DNSLink lookup" to "Off" in Preferences. + **Will We Ever Change This Privacy Policy?** We’re constantly trying to improve IPFS Companion, so we may need to change this