DuckDuckGo Private Browser 5.189.0

The DuckDuckGo app provides the most comprehensive online privacy protection with just one button. With one download, you get a new everyday browser that offers seamless protection when searching and browsing, and access to tracking protection for the emails you receive and the apps you use. Many of these protections are not offered in most popular browsers by default.

KEY FEATURES
Search Privately by Default – DuckDuckGo’s Private Search is built in, so you can easily search the web without being tracked.

Escape Website Trackers Before They Load – Automatically stops most hidden trackers (third party scripts) from loading, which prevents companies from collecting and using (e.g. sales, advertising, etc.) any data from these trackers.

Automatically Enforce Encryption – forces many sites you visit to automatically use encrypted connections (HTTPS), which helps protect your data from Wi-Fi snoopers and network onlookers like your Internet provider.

Enable Built-in Email Protection (Beta) – More than 85% of emails sent to Duck Addresses contain trackers that can detect when you opened the message, where you were when you opened it, and what device you were using. Email Protection makes it easy to block most email trackers and hide your existing address when signing up for things online, all without switching email providers.

Protect Your Privacy in Other Apps – Block most hidden app trackers in other apps day or night and prevent third-party companies from invading your privacy with App Tracking Protection. This feature uses a VPN connection, but works locally on your device and does not collect personal data.

We also have many protections not available in most browsers including protection from link tracking, Google AMP tracking, and more.

EVERYDAY PRIVACY CONTROLS
Tap the Fire Button, Burn Data – Delete your tabs and browsing data with our Fire Button.

Signaling Your Privacy Preferences with Global Privacy Control (GPC) – The GPC built into our apps is intended to help you express your right to choose automatically by telling websites not to sell or share your personal information. Whether it can be used to enforce your legal rights (e.g., current or future CCPA, GDPR requirements) depends on the laws in your jurisdiction.

A note about our Third-Party Tracker Loading Protection following a DuckDuckGo ad click: Our Third-Party Tracker Protection goes beyond what you get in the most popular browsers by default, but we’re constantly working to make it more comprehensive. Currently, if an advertiser wants to detect conversions on their own website for our personalized DuckDuckGo search ads, our Third Party Tracker Load Protection will not stop bat.bing.com requests from loading on the advertiser’s website after a DuckDuckGo ad click, but they are stopped at all other contexts. This is because DuckDuckGo’s private search ads have a partnership with Microsoft. As part of that partnership, viewing ads on DuckDuckGo is anonymous and Microsoft has committed to not profiling our users’ ad clicks.