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Brave Privacy Insights

Updated Nov 17, 2024

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Summary

Brave is a privacy-focused web browser and service that emphasizes minimizing personal data collection and protecting user privacy. They aim to provide services with minimal personal information retention and strong privacy protections.

Safety Concerns

  • Some data collection still occurs for service functionality
  • Third-party services used for specific features like payments and support

Third Party Sharing

Brave shares data with limited third-party services primarily for operational purposes

Stripe

Used for payment subscription management

Services used:
Payment processing
Data collected:
Payment information

Zendesk

Ticketing system for user support

Services used:
Customer support
Data collected:
Support request information

Google

Used for security and search result enhancement

Services used:
Safe Browsing
Fallback search results
Data collected:
URL hashes

8x8

Provides backend for Brave Talk

Services used:
Communication platform
Data collected:
Call metadata

Data Collection

Brave collects minimal personal data, primarily for service functionality and operational purposes

Device Information

Browser version, operating system, language

IP Address

Temporarily processed for service integrity

Account Information

Email, name for premium services

Usage Metrics

Anonymized browser usage statistics

Payment Information

For premium service subscriptions

Opt-Out Options

Disable Brave Rewards

  1. 1Navigate to Settings
  2. 2Select Brave Rewards
  3. 3Turn off Rewards toggle

Disable Anonymous Usage Metrics

  1. 1Go to brave://settings
  2. 2Find Privacy and Security section
  3. 3Disable Privacy Preserving Product Analytics

Opt-out of Safe Browsing

  1. 1Visit brave://settings/security
  2. 2Change Safe Browsing to 'No protection'