Private Browser Privacy Statement

Private Browser Privacy Statement

Last updated: March 22,2023

1.Introduction

This privacy statement describes how we use data in our Private Browser app. Some of the data we use is considered "personal data" under applicable law. However, even when we use personal data, we generally have no way of actually identifying you as an individual, and our users are essentially anonymous to us.

The specific categories of data that we collect, use, or otherwise process can vary based on your usage of the app. This privacy statement sets out when, how, and why we process your data (including but not limited to personal data), as well as your rights under applicable law.

2.Definitions

First, let's define some key terms.

Personal data: "any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person" as defined by applicable law. This includes data such as your IP address, device IDs, advertising IDs, and location. Below where we describe how we process personal data, we also list the specific purpose for doing so, as well as our legal basis for processing.

Data controller: The person or company that decides whether and how to process personal data.

Data processor: Someone who processes personal data on behalf of a data controller.

Legal basis: The specific legal grounds we use for processing personal data. We ensure that we comply with the relevant legal framework for data protection and privacy in each region where we operate.

Consent: When we process personal data based on your consent, that means you've expressly given us permission to do so.

Legitimate interest: When we process personal data based on legitimate interest, that means we have some use for the personal data (such as monetization or improving the app's functionality) which is in balance with your right to privacy.

Legal compliance: In some instances, it is necessary for us to process personal data in order to fulfill other obligations under the law, such as detecting fraud or complying with law enforcement requests.

Private Browser: Our mobile app, which provides private and secure browsing services.

Monetization: Making money. Our Private Browser app is free to download and use, so we monetize our product through targeted advertising within the app. However, we never sell our users' personal data to anyone.

Purpose: The specific reason or reasons we have for processing personal data.

Process or processing: Collecting or using personal data. We use this term to describe any activity we undertake with personal data, such as storing or sharing it.

Retention / Retain: The time period for which we will continue to store data. In general, we do not process or store personal data longer than needed and therefore delete it after a certain period of time.

Transfer: Personal data is "transferred" when it is sent or made permanently available to someone or some company outside the relevant jurisdiction.

3.Data Processing for Private Browser

The kinds of data (including personal data) that we process vary depending on your usage of the Private Browser app. You can read more about how our app processes data below.

4.Data Controller & Internal Processing

Private Browser is developed by Privacy Fab, a company registered under the laws of the relevant jurisdiction. Therefore Privacy Fab acts as the primary data controller for the Private Browser app and services.

5.Disclosure and Sharing of Your Information

At Private Browser, we understand the importance of your privacy and take great care in protecting your personal information. We will only share your Personal Data with third parties under the following circumstances:

Affiliated Company

We may share your Personal Data with our affiliated companies to improve the quality of our service. We will ensure that their processing of your Personal Data is in compliance with the purposes and requirements of this Policy. We will obtain your prior consent again if affiliated companies intend to use your Personal Data for other purposes than set forth in this Policy.

Incognito Browsing

Private Browser offers an Incognito Browsing feature that allows you to browse the internet without leaving any traces. We will not collect any information related to your browsing activities in this mode.

Fun Quizzes

We offer fun and interactive quizzes to make your browsing experience more enjoyable. We may collect your quiz answers to provide you with personalized quiz results and to improve the quality of our service.

Log Data

We want to inform you that whenever you use Private Browser, in a case of an error in the app, we collect data and information (through third party products) on your device called Log Data. This Log Data may include information such as your device Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, device name, operating system version, the configuration of the app when utilizing Private Browser, the time and date of your use of the Service, and other statistics. We will only use this information to improve the quality of our service and will not share it with any third parties without your consent.

Junk Clean

Private Browser will read the application information, file storage information, application cache, and multimedia file information installed in your mobile, to help you clear unnecessary files, such as empty folders, temporary files, and other files. In this way, we can remove unnecessary files to release more storage space by scanning and cleaning.

Process Manage 

Manage the processes running on your device with ease using our app's process management feature. We collect information on the names and resource usage of the processes currently running on your device to provide this feature.Your privacy is of utmost importance to us, and we assure you that we do not collect any personally identifiable information in the process, nor do we share it with any third parties. Our sole purpose for collecting this information is to improve our app's functionality and provide you with the ability to manage processes on your device.It is worth noting that while our app allows you to manage processes, we highly recommend avoiding terminating any process without a valid reason. Doing so could potentially result in device malfunction or even render it unusable. Please exercise caution when utilizing this feature.

Battery Status

To help you better understand the battery status of your device and maintain it more effectively, we will read the information of the apps installed on your device, the running apps, and the apps that start automatically. We can access battery information and display it to you in a more intuitive way, and we will also give you some suggestions to maintain the battery. 

6.Use of Cookies

We use cookies in our app to improve user experience, such as storing user preferences and sign-in credentials for faster login. We may also use third-party cookies to serve targeted advertising.

Collection and Use of Data

We collect and use data to provide and improve the Private Browser app and services, including to customize content and advertising, and to measure performance. This includes the following data:

• Device information, such as device type and operating system

• Usage information, such as pages visited and searches made

• Location information, such as the country where the app is being used

Use of Cookies

We use cookies on our websites for session management and retaining your settings or preferences. We may also use cookies and similar technologies to collect information about your browsing activities on our websites, such as the pages you visit, the links you click, and the time you spend on our websites. We use this information to personalize your browsing experience, to understand how our websites are used, and to improve our websites.

7.Third-Party Services

We may use third-party services to help us analyze how our applications are used, such as Google Analytics. These third-party services may collect information about your use of our applications, including your IP address, device information, and browsing activity. We use this information to improve our applications and services.

We may also include third-party content or links in our applications, such as advertisements, which may collect information about your use of our applications or other websites or applications. These third-party services are governed by their own privacy policies and we are not responsible for their privacy practices.

• Google Admob & Firebase

https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

• Facebook Audience Network & Facebook Analytics

https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy

• Mopub

https://www.mopub.com/en/legal/privacy

• AdMob

https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

• Adjust

https://www.adjust.com/terms/privacy-policy

• Google Play Services

https://google-play-services.en.uptodown.com/android/download

• Google Analytics for Firebase

https://firebase.google.com/?hl=zh-cn

• Firebase Crashlytics

https://firebase.google.com/docs/crashlytics?hl=zh-cn

8.Data Retention

We retain personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including to provide you with our services, comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. We may also retain certain information for a longer period of time for legitimate business purposes, such as maintaining business records or analyzing trends in our user base.

9.Data Transfers

We may transfer personal data to countries outside of the United States and the European Economic Area for processing and storage. When we transfer personal data to other countries, we take steps to ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect the data, such as using standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission.

10.Aggregate and/or De-identified Data

In an ongoing effort to better understand our Website and users, we may analyze information in aggregate and/or de-identified form to operate, maintain, manage, and improve the Website. This data, in aggregated and/or de-identified form, does not personally identify individuals. We may share this information with our service providers, affiliates, agents, business partners, and other third parties. Additionally, we may disclose aggregated and/or de-identified user statistics to current and prospective business partners and other third parties for lawful purposes.

11.Your Rights

You have certain rights with respect to your personal data, including the right to access, correct, delete, or restrict processing of your personal data. You may also have the right to object to processing of your personal data, and to receive your personal data in a structured, machine-readable format. You can exercise these rights by contacting us using the contact information provided below.

12.Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy practices, please contact us at privacy_fab@outlook.com