PrivacyShield is a privacy-first, user-owned browser extension and web dashboard that empowers mainstream internet users to understand, control, and audit their cookie consent decisions in real-time.
By combining real-time cookie policy analysis, multi-jurisdiction compliance scoring (against 9 global data protection laws), blockchain-backed consent auditing (using zero-knowledge proofs), and smart consent management, PrivacyShield transforms cookie consent from a "click and hope" dark pattern into a transparent, user-controlled, legally-compliant system.
Target Users: Privacy-conscious internet users (mainstream, non-technical) who want clarity on what data websites collect, who it's shared with, for how long, and across which geographies, without surrendering their own privacy to us in the process.
Key Innovation: Users' consent decisions are recorded as immutable, privacy-preserving proofs on a blockchain (Polygon), making consent transparent and portable; users can revoke consent atomically across platforms, and their audit trail is entirely self-owned.