Privacy Policy

Effective September 10, 2026

Overview

FollowerSpotter is a Chrome extension designed to compare an Instagram account's Followers and Following lists and show relationship differences. The current beta is designed so the comparison and saved scan results are handled locally in the user's browser.

Instagram account data

When a user starts a scan while signed in to Instagram, the extension makes authenticated requests from that user's browser to Instagram in order to retrieve the account's Followers and Following lists. The extension reads the Instagram ds_user_id cookie locally to identify the currently signed-in account. FollowerSpotter does not ask the user to enter their Instagram password.

Local storage

FollowerSpotter may store the most recent completed scan and related interface state in Chrome's local extension storage so results can be restored later. This data remains in the user's browser unless the user clears it or removes the extension.

Our servers

The current beta does not operate a FollowerSpotter server that receives or stores users' Instagram Followers or Following lists. If future paid-account or licensing features require server-side data, this policy will be updated before those features are launched.

Website

The public FollowerSpotter website may be hosted by infrastructure providers that necessarily process ordinary web-request information such as IP address, browser information, and request logs for security and delivery. We do not currently use the website to collect Instagram credentials.

Third parties

FollowerSpotter is an independent product and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Instagram or Meta. Use of Instagram remains subject to Instagram's own terms and policies.

Contact

Questions about this policy can be sent to support@followerspotter.com.