Privacy policy

Effective 13 November 2026 · Carbon Browser by Akyyra

In short: Carbon has no accounts, no analytics and no advertising. The developer does not receive any of your data.

1. Data stored only on your device

To work as a browser, Carbon keeps the following on your phone. It is never sent to the developer.

Browsing history, bookmarks, pinned sites and open tabs
Cookies, cache and website storage (so websites can keep you signed in)
Your settings, site permission choices and ad-blocking exceptions
Files you download and the download list
Small icons of websites you visit, used on the new tab page

You can delete history, cookies and site data, and cached files separately in Settings → Data, or remove everything by uninstalling the app. Incognito tabs don't save history or cache, and their cookies are deleted when you close them.

2. Connections Carbon makes

Websites you visit. Like any browser, Carbon connects to the websites you open. Those websites receive your IP address and anything you send them, under their own privacy policies.
Search and suggestions. Searches typed in the address bar go to the search engine you choose (Google by default). While you type, the text is sent to that search engine to show suggestions. Turn this off in Settings → Search suggestions.
Ad-blocking filter lists. Carbon periodically downloads public filter lists (for example from easylist.to and GitHub). These downloads contain no personal data.
Site icons. To show icons on the new tab page, Carbon may request a site's icon directly from that site.

Carbon does not include third-party analytics, crash-reporting or advertising SDKs.

3. Permissions

Camera, microphone and location – only when a website asks (for example a video call or a map) and you allow it. Choices are remembered per site and can be reset in Settings → Site permissions.
Notifications – to show download progress and finished downloads.
Storage (Android 9 and older) – to save downloads to your Downloads folder.
Internet and foreground service – to load pages and keep downloads running in the background.

4. Children

Carbon is a general-purpose web browser that gives access to the open internet. It is not directed at children under 13.

5. Security

Your data stays in the app's private storage on your device, protected by Android's app sandbox. Downloaded files are saved to your Downloads folder.

6. Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new effective date.

7. Contact

Questions about privacy: use the developer contact email shown on Carbon's Google Play listing.