Add-ons/Reviewers/Guide/Review Decision: Difference between revisions

| The add-on uses means such as webRequest to circumvent the permission prompts for new tab page, homepage or search engine changes. || Reject Immediately

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| The add-on unexpectedly makes use of redirection to block the user from visiting certain sites without providing the user an option to circumvent the redirection. The add-on is violating the [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/AMO/Policy/Reviews#No_Surprises no surprises policy]. ||  Reject Immediately

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| The add-on describes itself as e.g. “VPN Service”, while at the same time it also provides something completely unrelated to the add-on’s core function, such as altering the new tab page and providing affiliate search results.<br /><br />The additional features are not stated in the description, and there is no opt-in for the additional feature, violating the [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/AMO/Policy/Reviews#No_Surprises no surprises requirements]. || Reject Immediately

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| An add-on makes use of an “unexpected” feature as per no-surprises policy, but fails to indicate so in the add-on description. || Delayed Reject

| The add-on’s code, functionality or service used indicates that payment is required to use the core functionality of the add-on but the developer has not selected this option in the listing. || Delayed Reject

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| The add-on listing is well described, but requires knowledge of the specific system being used in combination with the add-on. || Approve

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| The add-on requests additional permissions that are not required for the add-on to function. || Delayed Reject

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| The add-on requests additional permissions that are not required for the add-on to function. The developer argues they will need them in a future update. || Delayed Reject

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| The add-on uses a http channel to exchange information, while it is possible for the developer to use https.<br/><br/>If the developer has control over the remote infrastructure and can enable servers to use https, you can reject as they need to take this step. If the choice of http is outside of the developers hands, you may approve. || Reject Immediately

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| On a quick skim, the privacy policy seems to be about a website more than it is about the add-on. || Delayed Reject

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| The add-on makes use of native messaging, but does not explain the data exchanged with this application in the privacy policy. || Delayed Reject

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| The add-on exchanges data with a native application via native messaging, but the data being exchanged is not summarized in the description nor mentioned in the privacy policy. || Delayed Reject

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| The add-on provides a search box for Google, Bing, Amazon etc. and search requests go through another website. || Reject Immediately

| The add-on collects personal data, technical data, or user interaction data, and does not have a consent prompt when the add-on is first run (e.g. installed). || Reject Immediately

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| The main purpose of the add-on is to collect and analyze form data. Therefore, the add-on collects personal data such as the name and email of the user and sends the data to the service, but without an opt-in for personal data. || Reject Immediately

| An add-on collects all visited browser URLs without notice, as part of a feature that does not relate to the primary functionality of the add-on. || Reject Immediately

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| The add-on includes a crypto-mining function that mines coins in the background for the profit of the developer. || Reject Immediately

| The add-on makes use of remote CSS scripts, which can cause security vulnerabilities in combination with libraries such as React and Angular. || Reject Immediately

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