Smart Browser Privacy Policy

Overview

Smart Browser is built around a simple idea: your browsing belongs to you. This policy explains what information the app handles, what it never collects, which permissions it requests and why, and the limited cases where a request leaves your device.

What we do not collect

Smart Browser does not collect, transmit, or sell your browsing history, search queries, bookmarks, liked pages, downloads, or any other personal data to us or to any third party. The app contains no analytics SDKs, no crash-reporting SDKs, no advertising identifiers, and no user accounts or sign-in of any kind. There is no server operated by Smart Browser that your data could be sent to.

Data stored on your device

History, bookmarks, liked pages, downloads, and settings are stored only in local, app-private storage on your device. None of this data is uploaded, synced, or backed up to any server by the app. You can review and delete this data at any time from within the app (for example, swiping away a history, download, or liked-page entry, or using "Clear browsing data" in Settings). Uninstalling the app removes everything immediately.

Incognito browsing

Pages you visit while an incognito tab is open are never written to your browsing history. Cookies and site data created during an incognito session are discarded once all incognito tabs are closed.

Tracker and ad blocking

The optional ad-blocking feature checks each web request's domain against a blocklist that ships inside the app and is never updated over the network. No domain or browsing data is sent anywhere to perform this check. A local count of blocked requests for the day is kept on-device only, to show you the "trackers blocked" figure, and is never transmitted.

Permissions we request

• Internet and network state: required to load web pages and check connectivity.
• Storage (Android 9 and below only): lets downloaded files be saved to your device's Downloads folder.
• Camera and microphone: only used when a website you visit requests them (for example, a video call site) or when you open the in-app QR scanner; each use is gated by the normal Android permission prompt and, for websites, by the page's own request.
• Location: only requested when a website asks for it through your browser, exactly as a desktop browser would prompt.
• Notifications: used solely to show download progress and completion notifications.

None of these permissions are used to collect data for us; each exists only to support the in-app feature that needs it, and you can revoke any of them at any time from Android Settings without losing core browsing functionality.

Third-party services used by the app

Smart Browser relies on three third-party network requests in normal operation:

• Site favicons are fetched from Google's public favicon service, which means the domain (not the full URL or any personal data) of a page you bookmark, like, or visit frequently may be sent to Google to retrieve its icon.
• Typed searches are sent to your selected search engine (Google by default, changeable in Settings) to perform the search, the same way any browser's address bar works.
• Using "Translate Page" from the Tools menu sends the full URL of the page you're viewing to Google Translate so it can return a translated version. This only happens when you choose that option yourself.

All three are subject to that provider's own privacy policy, not this one.

Tools menu features

"Print / Save as PDF" hands the page to Android's own system print dialog, entirely on-device with no network request involved. "Translate Page" is the one exception: see "Third-party services used by the app" above for what it sends and to whom.

Smart Page homepage option

"Smart Page" is an optional homepage you can select in Settings that loads https://irfanhabeeb.com/smart, a page we operate. Unlike a site you typed into the address bar yourself, we offer this one as a built-in default, so it carries its own privacy policy linked directly from that page, which governs anything it collects independently of this policy.

Content from the websites you visit

Websites you open in Smart Browser may set their own cookies, run their own scripts, and collect data according to their own privacy practices, just as they would in any browser. This policy covers Smart Browser itself and does not extend to the practices of external sites you choose to visit.

Data security

Because browsing data never leaves your device under normal operation, the main security boundary is your device itself, so we recommend using your device's screen lock. Files you download are saved through Android's standard storage and FileProvider mechanisms, which restrict access to apps you explicitly choose to open or share a file with.

Your choices and rights

Because no personal data is collected by us in the first place, there is no account data, profile, or server-side record to request, export, or delete from us. Everything is already under your direct control on-device. You can clear any or all stored history, bookmarks, liked pages, downloads, and cached site data at any time from Settings, or remove it all at once by uninstalling the app. This applies regardless of which country or region you're in.

Children's privacy

Smart Browser does not knowingly collect any personal information from anyone, including children, and is not directed at children under 13 (or the relevant minimum age in your region). If you believe a child has provided personal information through the app, contact us using the details below so we can address it, though since no data is collected by the app, this should not be possible in practice.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the updated version will be made available here within the app, with a revised "last updated" date above. Continued use of the app after a change constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

Contact

Questions about this policy or how Smart Browser handles data can be sent to smartwapindia@gmail.com.