If you’re doing searches via Google in Epic, then we would strongly recommend you not log into Gmail while using Epic. Epic is always in private browsing mode, so when you close Epic it deletes all stored data – unlike other browsers no other effort on your part is required. Epic does allow first-party cookies and HTML5 data storage and a few other things without which most websites wouldn’t work, so it’s important to “clean” your browser out of all that data regularly. It’s helpful to close Epic regularly because this “cleans” Epic out. Epic is always in private browsing or incognito mode so that after you close Epic, your browsing data is deleted. Epic services such as auto-fill in the address bar are local so that what you’re typing is never sent to any server with the exception of video downloading which when selected does ping a server we operate. Epic never collects any data about your browsing or search queries beyond basic data tallies such as the bandwidth passing through our servers or the numerical count of searches performed in a day. Epic always blocks third-party cookies and sends a do-not-track me signal. Epic has an encrypted data preference so whenever possible, Epic connects you securely. Epic blocks thousands of trackers and widgets from tracking your browsing and searching across the internet. You can manually turn on Epic’s built-in encrypted proxy (basically an in-built VPN for the browser) anytime (it’s the icon at right in the address bar). Epic by default removes all Google services from Chromium so that your browsing does not go through Google’s servers. How does Epic protect my privacy?Įpic does several things to protect your privacy. Protect your browsing and searches from your ISP (in many countries they can sell your browsing history), hundreds of companies tracking you, and governments.
Have a fabulous browsing experience that's private. When you use the Epic Privacy Browser, you get privacy in a fast, simple browser. There are many, many more reported by the Washington Post, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and many other publications. The CEO of a data analysis firm that analyzes online data for insurance companies admits to buying junk food or hamburgers with cash to avoid being labeled as unhealthy ( Economist Article).
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Offline data is being merged with online data and sold to insurance companies and others. The Wall Street Journal reports that “Websites Vary Prices based on User Information” so for example Kim and Trude who live a few miles apart saw a 10% difference in the price quoted online at the same website for the same product ( WSJ Article). Are companies really using my browsing history to determine if I get a job or health insurance or other things? Your browsing is personal and valuable, protect it. The goal of a governmental surveillance system is to effectively build "prisons in our minds." Writers around the world are already reporting chilling self-censorship effects from government surveillance.
If you know you're under surveillance, you're significantly less likely to research or express minority views. Or visiting a site about diabetes treatments then applying for health insurance policies only to find all of them won’t cover “diabetes related illness.” Beyond that, privacy is essential to freedom of thought. Imagine visiting webpages on getting out of a speeding ticket one day then seeing your car insurance rates go up a few months later. It can and is being used to determine if you can get health or life insurance, what price to charge you at online stores, your job application status, and much more. It's often bundled with your offline data like your purchases,location, credit history, and personal identity and this data is sold on data exchanges every single day. Your browsing history reveal a lot about who you are. Why should I worry about my browsing not being private? Privacy is essential to all of those ends.
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We believe in free investigation, free minds, and a free internet. Through internalized self-censorship, this creates a kind of prison in our minds. When you're under surveillance or being tracked, you think twice before investigating certain ideas or visiting certain websites. We believe privacy is essential to a free internet. What you browse is no one’s business but your own. We believe that what you browse online should be private.
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