Last Updated: May 2026
Vulture is a browser extension that provides regulatory and safety intelligence for medicines displayed on supported pharmacy websites, including PharmEasy, 1mg, and Netmeds.
This Privacy Policy explains what information Vulture processes and how that information is used.
Vulture reads the medicine name displayed on supported pharmacy product pages in order to generate a safety and regulatory analysis.
The extension may transmit the detected medicine name to the Vulture backend service for processing and retrieval of regulatory information.
Examples of processed information include:
Medicine names
Drug product names
Publicly visible product information necessary to identify a medicine
Vulture does not collect, store, sell, or share:
Names
Email addresses
Phone numbers
Physical addresses
Financial or payment information
Authentication credentials
Medical records
Diagnoses
Treatment history
Location information
Browsing history
Personal communications
Vulture does not create user accounts and does not require user registration.
Information processed by Vulture is used solely to:
Identify medicines on supported pharmacy websites
Retrieve regulatory approval information
Retrieve safety warnings and recall information
Retrieve adverse event summaries
Generate risk assessments and regulatory comparisons
Information is not used for advertising, profiling, marketing, credit evaluation, lending decisions, or user tracking.
Vulture does not sell user data.
Vulture does not transfer user data to third parties except as necessary to provide the core functionality of the extension, including communication with the Vulture backend service and public regulatory data sources.
Vulture is designed to minimize data collection.
Any operational logs maintained for service reliability, security, or debugging purposes are retained only as necessary and are not used to identify individual users.
Reasonable technical and organizational measures are used to protect the systems that support Vulture.
However, no internet-based service can guarantee absolute security.
Vulture may use information obtained from publicly available regulatory and safety databases, including:
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
OpenFDA
European Medicines Agency (EMA)
Swissmedic
Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO)
These sources are used solely to provide regulatory intelligence and safety information.
Vulture is an informational tool and does not provide medical advice.
Users should consult qualified healthcare professionals before making any medical, treatment, or medication decisions.
This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically. Updates will be reflected by revising the "Last Updated" date above.
For questions regarding this Privacy Policy, contact:
Abhinav Gupta
Email: itzabhinavgupta@gmail.com