Browser Search

This Privacy Policy describes how Browser Search collects, uses, discloses and processes your personal information when you use our mobile application, and explains your rights and choices related to your personal data. We take your privacy extremely seriously, and we design all our product features around the principle of minimizing data collection to the greatest extent possible, to ensure that your browsing security and personal information confidentiality are fully protected.

1. Information We Collect

We strictly limit the scope of information collection to only the data that is necessary to provide you with complete browser functions. The information we collect falls into the following categories:

• Local Stored Content: All your browsing history, bookmarks, downloaded files, custom quick access sites, text size preferences, theme settings and other personalized configuration data are stored entirely on your local device, and we do not upload any of this content to our servers by default. This data will only be synchronized to our cloud server if you actively enable the optional cloud synchronization function, and all synchronized data will be fully encrypted before transmission and storage.
• Anonymous Usage Statistics: We may collect completely anonymous non-personal usage data to help us optimize product performance and fix potential bugs. This data includes app startup frequency, function usage frequency, page loading failure rate, device model, system version and other information that cannot be associated with any specific individual. We will never associate this anonymous statistical data with your personal identity information.
• Subscription Related Information: When you purchase a premium subscription account, we will only obtain the necessary order verification information provided by Apple App Store to confirm the validity of your subscription, and we will not obtain your payment card number, billing address or any other sensitive payment information. All payment processing is completed entirely by Apple's official payment system.
• Information You Voluntarily Provide: When you send us feedback, function suggestions or support requests through the contact email, we will collect the email address you use to send the message and the content of the feedback you submit, for the sole purpose of replying to you and solving your problem.

2. How We Use Your Information

All collected information is only used for the following clear purposes, and we will never use your personal information for any other unstated purposes:

• To provide, maintain and optimize all core browsing functions of Browser Search, including ad blocking, tracker filtering, private browsing, bookmark management, download management and other basic services.
• To verify the validity of your premium subscription, and provide you with all exclusive advanced functions corresponding to your subscription level.
• To count anonymous usage data to analyze product performance, identify abnormal crashes and bugs, and continuously improve the stability and user experience of the application.
• To reply to your support requests, feedback and questions, and provide you with timely technical support services.
• To comply with applicable legal requirements, court orders or mandatory regulatory procedures.

3. Information Sharing and Disclosure

We will never sell, trade or rent your personal information to any third party for marketing purposes. We may share your information only in the following limited circumstances:

• Trusted Service Providers: We may share necessary minimal information with third-party service providers who assist us in operating our service, such as cloud service providers for optional data synchronization, statistical analysis service providers for anonymous usage data. All these service providers are required to sign strict data protection agreements with us, and they are prohibited from using your personal information for any other purposes outside the scope agreed by us.
• Legal Requirements: We may disclose your personal information when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal processes or government mandatory requests, to protect the safety, property or rights of us, our users or the public.
• Merger or Transfer: In the event of a merger, acquisition or sale of all or part of our assets, your personal information may be transferred as part of the assets. We will notify you of any change in the controller of your personal information through a prominent notice in the application.

4. Data Security

We adopt industry-standard technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, modification, disclosure or destruction. All data transmitted between your device and our server is encrypted through TLS 1.3 protocol. All data stored on our server is encrypted at rest using AES-256 encryption algorithm. We also regularly conduct security audits and vulnerability detection on our systems to ensure that there are no potential security risks. However, please note that no data transmission or storage method on the Internet can guarantee 100% absolute security, and we will try our best to protect your personal information to the greatest extent.

5. Your Rights and Choices

You have full control over your personal information, and you can exercise the following rights at any time:

• You can view, modify or delete all your local stored data including browsing history, bookmarks, download records and personalized settings directly in the application at any time.
• You can turn off the anonymous usage statistics collection function in the application settings at any time, and after turning it off, we will no longer collect any non-personal usage data from your device.
• You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal function at any time through your Apple account settings page.
• If you want to obtain a copy of all your personal information we hold, or request us to delete all your personal data stored on our server, you can contact us through the email provided below.

6. Children's Privacy

Our application is not targeted at users under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect any personal information from children under the age of 13. If we confirm that we have accidentally collected personal information from a child under 13, we will immediately delete the relevant data from all our servers. If you believe that we may have collected information from a child under 13, please contact us immediately.

7. Third Party Links

Browser Search can help you access third-party websites through the browser function. We are not responsible for the privacy policies, content or data processing methods of any third-party websites you visit. We strongly recommend that you carefully read the privacy policy of each website you visit to understand their data processing rules.

8. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time according to product iteration or changes in relevant laws and regulations. When we make any changes to this policy, we will post the updated version on this page, and notify you through a prominent notice in the application. Your continued use of Browser Search after the effective date of the updated privacy policy will be deemed as your recognition and acceptance of the revised terms.

9. Contact Us

If you have any questions, comments or suggestions about this Privacy Policy, or need to involve any matters related to your personal information rights, please contact us through the following email address: menghuliulanqi6218@163.com. We will reply to your request within no more than 7 working days after receiving your email.