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and turning off the Ads default.Purpose of processing | Categories of personal data processed | Legal basis of processing | Duration of storage |
To estimate the user’s physical location at the request of a website and with the confirmation of the user. | IP address, and information about nearby WiFi access points (MAC address, signal strength, and SSID). | Legitimate interest. | No storage. |
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To make and verify (including anti-fraud) Basic Attention Token contributions. | IP address at time of claiming a monthly grant of BAT tokens, and Wallet ID (this ID is not tied to what you browse or do because your browsing is kept anonymous by Brave) | Necessary for the performance of a contract between us (and necessary for us to provide the requested service) | The duration of the user’s account, plus 4 years in order to comply with US Internal Revenue Service requirements. |
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To collect content from the server in order to display it for the user. | IP addresses. | Legitimate interest. The data are used in order to deliver the service, and the risk of the processing of the data is minimal. | The duration of the request and response |
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To provide the Brave Together video calling service at the request of the user. | IP address, chat text, video, and audio Legitimate interest. | The user requested the service, and the risk of the processing of the data is minimal. | The duration of the call. |
To allow users of the Brave Together video calling service to store profile information | profile photo and name | Legitimate interest. The user requested the service, and the risk of the processing of the data is minimal. | The duration of the call. The user’s device stores the data. |
Purpose of processing | Categories of personal data processed | Legal basis of processing | Duration of storage |
To verify that the user is a subscriber. | Digital receipt from Apple. | Necessary for the performance of the contract (to deliver the service) agreed between both the user and Brave. | None. |
To send an alert to the user when a firewall rule is triggered (a server-side buffer is required when the app is not loaded for some time). | Pseudonymous user ID, details of the blocked tracker/firewall rule triggered. | Necessary for the performance of the contract (to deliver the service) agreed between both the user and Brave. | 3 days. |
To create private connections. | IP address. | Necessary for the performance of the contract (to deliver the service) agreed between both the user and Brave. | None. |
To provide customer support. | Personal data that a user may include in the text they write when communicating with Guardian for customer support. | Necessary for the performance of the contract (to deliver the service) agreed between both the user and Brave. | Indefinite (Guardian). |
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To allow access to IPFS content when the user cannot access it via a local IPFS node | IP address | Legitimate interest. The user requested the service, and the risk of the processing of the data is minimal. | Indefinite. (Protocol Labs) |
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To use feedback sent by users to improve the product. | Personal data that a user may include in the text they write when sending feedback through an app store or any other means. | Legitimate interest. The user intends for the data to be used for this purpose, and the risk of the processing of the data is minimal. | 2 years. |
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To fix problems in the Brave Browser by acting on issues highlighted by crash reports from Beta and Dev versions of the Browser | Device model, iOS version, language, timezone, CPU architecture, carrier, connection status. Optional: Crash log (crash logs will also be sent if you opted-in when activating iOS) Optional: Comments and screenshots you share if you send feedback through TestFlight. | Our interest in testing the product and fixing problems. The data are used in a way that does not negatively affect your rights or interests. | Apple retains the data for one year. Brave may retain some crash reports indefinitely, if useful for testing. |