What information is sent to Google when I enable the Enhanced Protection Feature?
When enabled, the entire URL of the site that you’re visiting will be securely transmitted to Google for evaluation. In addition, a very condensed version of the page’s content may be sent to compare similarities between authentic and forged pages. For example, if the condensed ‘fingerprint’ of the page you are visiting matches the ‘fingerprint’ of a popular bank’s site but the page’s URL is different, that’s a good sign that the page you are on is designed to mislead users. If you disable Enhanced Protection, no information about the pages you visit will be sent to Google unless you visit a page Google Safe Browsing identifies as potentially unsafe. In this case, we will only send the action you choose to take to help refine our anti-phishing algorithms. Please note that enabling Enhanced Protection gives the Google Safe Browsing extension access to the most up-to-date fraud information about each page you visit. Please see our Privacy Notices for privacy information regarding Google
