Browsers
Google Play shows a data-safety declaration one app at a time. Here are 6 browsers side by side, so the differences are visible rather than remembered. Categories none of them declares are hidden.
A browser sees more of your activity than any other app on your phone, so its declaration is worth reading closely — particularly the Web browsing row, which most other categories of app never declare at all. The distinction that matters here is between collection and sharing: a browser that collects browsing history to sync it between your own devices is doing something quite different from one that shares it with third parties, even though both light up the same category on Play. Where an app declares both, the Play listing itself will not tell you which purpose applies.
| Data category | Bravedeclares 3 collected, 0 shared | DuckDuckGodeclares 3 collected, 0 shared | Firefoxdeclares 5 collected, 0 shared | Google Chromedeclares 9 collected, 0 shared | Operadeclares 6 collected, 1 shared | Samsung Internetdeclares 2 collected, 0 shared |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location | Not declared | Not declared | Collected | Collected | Collected | Not declared |
| Personal info | Not declared | Collected | Collected | Collected | Collected | Not declared |
| Financial info | Collected | Not declared | Not declared | Collected | Not declared | Not declared |
| Photos & videos | Not declared | Not declared | Not declared | Collected | Not declared | Not declared |
| Audio | Not declared | Not declared | Not declared | Collected | Not declared | Not declared |
| Files & docs | Not declared | Not declared | Not declared | Collected | Not declared | Not declared |
| App activity | Not declared | Collected | Collected | Collected | Collected | Collected |
| Web browsing | Not declared | Not declared | Not declared | Collected | Collected | Not declared |
| App info & performance | Collected | Collected | Collected | Collected | Collected | Not declared |
| Device or other IDs | Collected | Not declared | Collected | Not declared | Collected & shared | Collected |
| Declares data encrypted in transit | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Declares you can request deletion | Yes | Not declared | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not declared |
| Source | Play listingVerified 2026-08-07 | Play listingVerified 2026-08-07 | Play listingVerified 2026-08-07 | Play listingVerified 2026-08-07 | Play listingVerified 2026-08-07 | Play listingVerified 2026-08-07 |
Questions about browsers
- Does a browser declaring it collects web browsing data mean it tracks me?
- Not necessarily. The same category covers syncing your history between your own devices and transmitting your browsing to third parties. The declaration records that the data is collected, not why. The 'shared' column is the more meaningful signal, because it indicates the data leaves the developer.
- Does private or incognito mode change what a browser declares?
- No. The data-safety declaration describes the app as a whole and is not broken down by mode. Private browsing typically limits what is stored on your device, which is a separate question from what the developer's servers collect.