Last updated: June 30, 2021
Introduction
This is the privacy statement of the Cave Browser.
As a general rule, users of our software applications and services are anonymous to us, and we have no feasible ways to identify you. However certain categories of data may be collected while using our applications and services. The exact categories of data we collect, why we collect it, and your opt-out choices depend on the application or service you use, as is more fully described below.
When we post changes to this privacy statement, we will include the date when the statement was last updated. We encourage you to review this statement periodically.
Anonymous Usage Statistics
We may collect this identifier, as well as your device ID and hardware specification, operating system and environment configuration, and feature usage data.
We use this information for certain legitimate business purposes, namely:
- To understand better how people interact with our applications and services;
- To enhance, modify, customize or otherwise improve our applications and services;
- To detect, debug and fix crashes in our applications and services;
- To prevent security breaches and abuse.
In short, this information helps us to improve our products and services. We have no practical way to use this information to identify you personally.
News
To provide you with more relevant news content in certain countries and languages, app stores some information about the articles you read in the application’s native news feed, and your general location within the application and we do not collect any of that in our servers.
Login Information
We do not need or ask any login information in order to access the app. Please be careful when you share your personal information & credentials with third party websites. Check secure connection before providing any information. The use of your personal information by your visited websites will be your responsibility.
Location
We do not store or share location information in to our servers but when you are browsing the third party websites in our browser app, Third party websites might ask you for to allow location access. The shared information with third party websites while browsing internet is sole responsibility of yours. Please only share your data & information with the websites you trust.Personalized Ads
Based on advertising IDs and your general location, some of our mobile applications may serve targeted ads. These ads are provided by our monetization partners. You can always adjust your personalized ad choices in the application’s “Settings” menu or through your operating system’s settings.
Crash Reports and Logs
If an Cave Browser application crashes, we collect a log that includes some information about your browser’s version, your operating system, platform and some memory data related to the crash. We collect this data with the sole purpose of improving our products and services.
Feature-specific Data Points
Browser VPN. When you use our built-in VPN service, we do not log any information related to your browsing activity and originating network address.
Default Search Engines. When visiting some search engine websites, the website may query if it is set as the default search engine in the application’s settings, and suggest to set itself as the default search engine.
Malicious-site Check. We use a fraud prevention framework and check the URLs you visit against lists of known, malicious websites to protect you online. We don’t store or share this data.
Children’s Privacy
There are no guarantees that children cannot enter our websites or use our applications without parental consent or notification. Therefore, We require children to include their parents in the download process, and we encourage parents to read this privacy statement before allowing their children to use our applications and services.
Third Parties
Our applications and services include third-party technology or code, some of which may use your data in different ways. When such third-party technologies use previously collected data, they typically act as data processors for us. When they collect data on their own, they typically act as independent data controllers. For convenience, we have included links to their privacy policies below. Data controllers are marked with an asterisk.
Cave Browser for Android: Facebook SDK*, Google AdMob*, Google Geolocation API*.
Please note that this list of third-party entities applies only to the currently supported versions of our applications and services.
Your Rights
You have the right to make a request to access or delete any of your personal data that we might possess. You can make a request via email. You may be required to provide additional information to authenticate your request.
Contacts
We are very open about privacy and recognize your trust as a great value. If you have any questions about this statement or any privacy issues in our applications or services, feel free to contact us.