What Data is Sent to Third Parties?
Ghost Browser is built on Chromium and therefore has some tools built in that may transmit data to third parties like Google to improve your experience. These services include things like automated search suggestions that appear in your URL bar and protection from dangerous websites. The transmission of this data is subject to the terms and privacy policy of those services.
While these services provide value, not all users will want them enabled. You can disable any of them by clicking the three-dots menu in the upper right corner of the browser and selecting
Settings > Show advanced settings > Privacy.
The above notwithstanding, you can still use Ghost Browser to browse without having your searches tracked by Google, provided you do so in an Identity in which you are not logged into any of their services.
- Use a web service to help resolve navigation errors: This is provided by Google and is enabled by default in Ghost Browser.
- Use a prediction service to help complete searches and URLs typed in the address bar: This is provided by Google and appears in the address bar or the search box in the App Launcher when you enter information. Enabled by default in Ghost Browser. You can disable it completely or just change the default search engine.
- Use a prediction service to load pages more quickly: This option lets websites load faster by using tactics such as browser-initiated DNS pre-fetching, TCP and SSL pre-connection, and pre-rendering of web pages. This is enabled by default in Ghost Browser.
- Automatically report details of possible security incidents: This option sends an automatic report to Google about possible security incidents. It is disabled by default in Ghost Browser.
- Protect you and your device from danger sites: This service is provided by Google and protects you and your device by downloading a list of malware and phishing site records to Ghost Browser, which blocks them. It is enabled by default in Ghost Browser
- Use a web service to help resolve spelling errors: This requires an API key to work and is disabled by default in Ghost Browser.
- Send a ‘Do Not Track’ request with your browsing traffic: This sends a Do Not Track request to any website you visit. If the website has implemented the voluntary Do Not Track functionality on their website, they will not track you. This is disabled by default in Ghost Browser.