OneBrowsePrivacy Policy
OneBrowse has no servers, no ads and no analytics. What it stores stays on your device, or in your own iCloud if you sign in.
Who we are
OneBrowse is made by Michael Berinshteyn and Bryson Mazur in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States. Email berinshteyn@gmail.com with any privacy question.
What stays on your device
Nothing is sent to us, because OneBrowse has no backend. It keeps only what you create or turn on:
- Your pinned sites: name, address, icon, colour, blocking level, Site Lock and background image
- Favourites, Browse history and open tabs, but never private tabs
- How much was blocked on each site, and what you chose to hide
- Your settings, and files you choose to download
Signing in with Apple
If you sign in, Apple gives OneBrowse your name and email, or a private relay address if you hide your email. They're kept on your device and in your own iCloud, so they come back after a reinstall, even with sync off.
iCloud sync
With sync on, your sites, favourites, history, settings and background images travel through your own iCloud, under Apple's privacy policy. Signing out stops it, and we never see this data.
Web browsing
Your device connects straight to the sites you open, and they see what any browser sends. OneBrowse strips tracking codes from links and prefers HTTPS, but can't control what a site does.
Search
What you type goes to your chosen search engine, under its own privacy policy. Google is the default, and DuckDuckGo, Bing, Ecosia and Startpage are in Settings.
Search suggestions
With suggestions on, letters go to your search engine as you type. Turn them off and nothing is sent until you press Go.
Siri and Spotlight
Your pinned sites and favourites are listed in Spotlight on your device, so Siri can open them. If you ask Siri about a page, OneBrowse gives that page's text to Siri, which Apple handles, but never from a private tab.
Blocking lists and icons
OneBrowse downloads public blocking lists about once a week, and fetches each pinned site's icon from that site once. Nothing about you is sent beyond an ordinary web request.
Where the lists come from
EasyList and EasyPrivacy from easylist.to, uBlock Origin's lists from GitHub, Fanboy's lists from fanboy.co.nz, and Peter Lowe's list from pgl.yoyo.org. Copies ship inside the app, so it works before the first download.
Problem reports
If you choose to share a problem report, it includes the site and page address, the app and system version, your device model and recent blocking events. It goes only where you send it.
AirPlay
While Browse is open, OneBrowse checks whether an AirPlay device is nearby, so it can show the AirPlay button. Nothing about your network or devices leaves your device.
What we never do
No ads, analytics, crash-reporting SDKs or tracking, and we never collect, log or sell your searches or data. No access to your location, contacts, microphone or camera.
Photos
Photo access is used only when you pick a background image. Only that image is read, and it's copied into the app's private storage.
Third parties
OneBrowse has no third-party SDKs, and connects only to sites you visit, your search engine, the list publishers and Apple's iCloud. Apple may collect App Store and crash data under its own policy.
Children
OneBrowse isn't made for children under 13 and collects nothing from anyone. It can reach the open web, so a parent should decide if it's right.
Keeping and deleting
Data on your device stays until you remove it, and deleting the app removes all of it. Delete Account and All Data, in your profile, also erases your synced data, background images and saved name from iCloud.
Unlinking your Apple Account
Deleting your account doesn't unlink your Apple Account from OneBrowse by itself. To do that, open Settings, tap your name, then Sign-In & Security, then Sign in with Apple.
Your control
Removing a pinned site deletes its data and background image. Clear History, Clear Website Data and hidden items are in Settings, under Advanced.
Your rights
We hold none of your data, so there is nothing on our side to access, correct or delete. You can still email us, and you can complain to your local data protection authority.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version appears here with a new date.
Contact
Questions? Email berinshteyn@gmail.com.