Last updated: March 2026
Fake Lag does not collect, store, transmit, or share any user data whatsoever. No analytics. No tracking. No server. This page exists because Google requires it — not because there's anything to disclose.
Fake Lag is a Google Chrome extension that intercepts click and keypress events on web pages and delays them by a configurable amount before firing. Its sole purpose is entertainment — specifically, pranking a friend by making their browser feel broken.
Fake Lag does not collect any of the following:
No personal information — no names, email addresses, or identifiers of any kind.
No browsing data — no URLs visited, page content, or web history.
No click data — clicks are delayed and re-fired locally. Nothing is logged or recorded.
No financial or authentication data — the extension has no access to passwords, payment info, or credentials.
No location data — no IP addresses or geographic information are collected.
No usage analytics — there are no analytics libraries, trackers, or telemetry of any kind.
The only data Fake Lag touches is your own extension settings — delay amount, delay mode, and spinner preference. These are stored using chrome.storage.sync and chrome.storage.local, which are Chrome's own built-in storage APIs.
This data never leaves your browser. It is not transmitted to any server, not accessible to any website, and not shared with any third party. It exists solely so your settings persist between browser sessions.
Fake Lag requests access to all URLs (<all_urls>) because it needs to run on every website to function as a prank tool. This permission allows the extension to attach a click-delay listener to any page — nothing more. No page content is read, extracted, or transmitted.
This is the same type of permission used by ad blockers, dark mode extensions, and password managers. The Chrome install dialog describes it broadly, but the actual use is narrow: intercept a click, wait, re-fire it.
Fake Lag has no backend, no server, and no third-party integrations. No data is sold, rented, or shared with any third party under any circumstances. There are no advertising networks, analytics providers, or data brokers involved.
Fake Lag does not collect data from anyone, including children under the age of 13. Since no data is collected at all, the extension complies fully with COPPA and similar regulations by default.
If this privacy policy ever changes, the updated version will be posted at this URL with a revised date. Since the extension collects no data, meaningful changes to this policy are unlikely.
Questions about this privacy policy? Reach out at hello@fakelag.app. Replace this with your actual email before publishing.