Frequently Asked Questions


What we collect

FastForward does not collect any personally identifiable information on its users. The only information collected is what is described below, in the Auto updating and Crowd Bypass sections.

What we Share

As FastForward does not collect any personally identifiable information on its users, no personally identifiable information is shared with any third parties.

Auto-updating

This section does not apply to Firefox. In order to provide up-to-date bypasses, FastForward sends a request to Github every hour, and if a new commit is found, it will download the latest "injection script." For this, Github's privacy policy applies.

Crowd Bypass

When Crowd Bypass (Options > "Give and take the destinations of unbypassable shorteners.") is enabled, occasionally the extension will send requests to our server.

  • When you visit a known unbypassable shortener website, the URL is sent so it can check against the database if someone else has already reported its destination.
  • When you complete your visit on such a website, the URL and destination URL are sent so it can be recorded for future visitors.
  • The URL of the unbypassable shortener website and the destination are made available to other users of FastForward and applications interfacing with the FastForward Crowd Bypass Server API.
  • A hashed version of your Public IP Address is also added to the database, but is not shared. As it is hashed, it cannot be traced back to you and is only used for spam protection.

    • We store a hashed version of your IP address along with the destination to prevent spam. We may record your user-agent and other headers to analyse errors on our server. Access to this database is restricted to only those developers and administrators who require it for the purpose of maintenance. We never share this data with anyone else. We use Cloudflare to protect and improve the performance of our server. Their privacy policy applies to you as an "End User."