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Expose how websites personalize prices to you.
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Description from store
Expose how websites personalize prices to you.
The Price Comparison Tool by Volunteer Science enables you to see how corporations may be changing the prices you see based on factors like your browser cookies and user agent. Pages you visit on Amazon, Google Flights, Walmart, Home Depot, and Hotels.com will be loaded on a remote server, and the server's prices will be loaded seamlessly into your page so that you can compare them. That's pretty cool, but the best part is that you'll be helping data scientists understand this phenomenon, called "price personalization".
When you download the plugin, we ask to access your browsing history and cookies. However, we will not collect this data unless you explicitly donate it to us in the “Manage” tab in the plugin’s options. We do collect data from the results of your searches. You can opt out of this through the “Manage” tab as well. By downloading this plugin, you agree that you are over 18 years old and have read and agree to our terms of service, which may be found here: http://bit.ly/2hkUpSR.
The personalization data generated by this plugin can be used in a research study to understand online personalization. By downloading this plugin, you acknowledge the terms of service (http://bit.ly/2hkUpSR).
• You are at least 18 years old.
• Your participation is voluntary and uncompensated.
• You can stop contributing at any time.
• Your data will remain private and confidential.
• The possible risks of this research are minimal.
This study has been approved by the Northeastern University IRB (#13-03-09). If you have questions, contact [email protected]. If you have questions about your rights as a participant, contact [email protected]
Latest reviews
- (2019-12-07) Drew McCormick: Can't get it to work on Hotels.com, HomeDepot, or Walmart.
- (2019-06-25) Josh Ulrich: I downloaded this plugin after it was mentioned in a few articles today. I installed, read the instructions, reviewed the permissions, and it doesn't work. I tried the plugin on Amazon and Walmart. The plugin icon displayed "Err" each time it tried to compare prices.
- (2018-09-13) Nir Grinberg: Ever wondered if you're getting the best price for flights, amazon purchases, etc.? This extension will tell you whether you're getting a different price than an anonymous user looking at the same product at the same time.
- (2018-09-13) Kenny Joseph: Great tool for helping me understand how my prices might be personalized!
- (2017-06-23) Dan Valentine: Great concept, but the plugin uses way too much CPU. It constantly uses CPU even if you are not loading new webpages. They even animated the icon.
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3.0 (6 votes)
Last update / version
2019-10-15 / 0.1.2.6
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