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docs: add DNSLink lookup to Privacy Policy #901

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# **IPFS Companion Privacy Policy**

<em>First Posted: 2019-02-15<br/>
Last Update: 2020-05-08</em> ([change history](https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-companion/commits/master/PRIVACY-POLICY.md))
Last Update: 2020-06-20</em> ([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
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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
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