This Privacy Policy explains how Video Browser (the “App”), provided by Q Bean Studio (“we”, “us” or “our”), handles information when you use its browsing, video and privacy features.
1. Browsing data stored on your device
You do not need a Q Bean Studio account to use the App. The App stores browser information locally to provide its features, including:
- Visited page addresses, titles and visit times;
- Bookmarks, groups, homepage shortcuts and their order;
- Watch Later items, Continue Watching records and saved video positions;
- Page or video thumbnails and previews, which may include content visible on the page;
- Saved tab links and browser preferences, including search engine, User-Agent, history retention and website-protection settings;
- Cookies, sign-in sessions, caches and other website data handled by Apple’s WebKit browser storage.
Normal Mode and Private Mode use separate browsing profiles. Website sign-in and cookie persistence can depend on the website and browser session. We do not operate an App account or cloud-sync service that uploads your browser history, saved pages or private profile to Q Bean Studio. Requests to websites, media servers and thumbnail providers are described below.
2. Private Mode and passcodes
Private Mode uses a 4–12 digit passcode to control access inside the App. A passcode verifier and security state are stored in the device’s Keychain; the App does not store the passcode as plain text.
Three consecutive incorrect passcode verifications trigger destruction of Private Mode. This shared counter also applies when verifying the current passcode for password management, destruction or copying data into Private Mode. A successful verification resets the counter. When destruction is triggered, access to the old private profile is revoked and the App begins deleting its app-managed data and passcode. If interrupted, cleanup is resumed when the App next runs. Normal Mode is not destroyed.
Leaving Private Mode or closing the App does not, by itself, delete its saved bookmarks, lists or progress. Use the deletion controls if you want to remove them.
Private Mode is not a VPN or anonymous network connection. It does not hide requests from visited websites, search engines, your internet provider or other network operators. It does not mean that every website file is encrypted using your passcode, or that all traces can be removed from backups, screenshots or other systems. Advertising identifiers and third-party advertising processing are not isolated browser profiles.
3. Copying and sharing information
You can choose to copy supported items between Normal Mode and Private Mode: cookies, history, bookmarks, Watch Later and homepage shortcuts. Copies remain in the source mode. Cookies do not include every form of website storage, and copying them does not guarantee that a website will keep you signed in.
Items copied to Normal Mode remain there when Private Mode is destroyed. Information you share, copy to the clipboard, encode in a QR code or send to another app is also subject to iOS settings and the receiving service’s practices. The App cannot remove those outside copies by deleting the original item.
4. Retention and deletion
Each mode keeps up to 300 history entries. By default, history is not automatically deleted solely because of its age; you can select an available retention period in Settings. Older entries may also be removed when the history limit is reached. Other app-saved lists and preferences generally remain until you remove them or destroy the relevant private profile. List limits may also remove existing items when new items are added.
- History controls: remove individual visits, a day’s visits or the current mode’s history.
- List controls: remove bookmarks, Watch Later items or Continue Watching records using their own controls.
- Clear History & Website Data: clears the current mode’s history, Continue Watching records, cookies and other website data, and closes its tabs. Its bookmarks, Watch Later and homepage shortcuts are kept.
- Destroy Private Mode: removes the app-managed private profile, including its saved lists, browsing data, settings and passcode. It does not remove Normal Mode or information already copied elsewhere.
Deleted private-profile data cannot be restored through the App. These controls do not delete records held by websites, advertising services or other apps, or change copies already present in device backups. For sensitive data, use the App’s deletion controls before uninstalling and manage backups separately through Apple’s settings.
5. Websites, searches, media and previews
Opening a page or playing a video sends requests to the relevant website and its content, media or other service providers. Searching sends your query to your selected search engine. These services receive normal connection information, which can include your IP address, browser identity, requested address and website cookies. Loading a video thumbnail can also request an image from its provider, such as YouTube’s image service, even though the saved preview itself is stored locally.
Websites may use their own accounts, cookies, analytics and advertisements. They may retain information after you clear local App data. App protection features can block some website advertising, tracking requests and unwanted pop-ups, but cannot block every tracker or guarantee anonymity. Third-party websites and any permissions you grant them are governed by their own policies.
6. Camera, selected photos, clipboard and QR codes
- Camera: the App requests camera access when you use its QR scanner. The scanner processes QR codes on the device and does not record video clips or audio or upload camera images to Q Bean Studio. You can change camera permission in iOS Settings.
- Selected photos: if you choose an image through Apple’s photo picker, the App reads that selected image to detect QR codes locally. This feature does not require access to your entire photo library and does not upload the selected image to Q Bean Studio.
- Clipboard: Paste Link reads clipboard content when you use that action and can extract a website address from surrounding text. Copy Link writes the selected address to the system clipboard.
- QR sharing: page-link QR codes are generated on the device. Sharing an address or QR code can disclose that address to the recipient.
Using a scanned or pasted address can cause a normal website request when the App opens that link.
7. In-app advertising
Video Browser uses Google AdMob for its in-app banner advertisements, including in Private Mode. Normal Mode and Private Mode may use different ad placements, so advertising reports may distinguish activity associated with those placements. The App does not attach your browsing history, page contents, search terms, website cookies or private passcode to its AdMob requests, and does not register its browsing WebViews with AdMob.
The Google Mobile Ads SDK may process IP addresses and approximate location, device or app identifiers, advertising identifiers where available, ad impressions and interactions, app interactions, crash information and performance diagnostics. This information can be used to deliver and measure advertisements, prevent fraud, maintain services and meet applicable requirements.
Private Mode is not an anonymous advertising environment. Website advertisements are separate from the App’s own banners. Google and its advertising partners handle their data under applicable choices and policies. Read the Google Privacy Policy, Google advertising information and Google Mobile Ads data disclosures.
8. Advertising and tracking choices
Where required, Google’s User Messaging Platform presents advertising privacy choices. When available, use Settings → Advertising Privacy Choices in the App to review or change those choices. The entry is shown when the consent service requires it.
Advertising personalization depends on permissions, consent, region and the services involved. Access to Apple’s advertising identifier is subject to iOS permission rules. Where applicable, you can manage tracking permissions in iOS Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking. Denying tracking permission does not necessarily remove advertisements or all advertising-related processing.
Closing an in-app banner hides App banners for 20 minutes across both modes; it is an ad-display control, not withdrawal of advertising consent or deletion of provider records. App banners are hidden during full-screen playback and their requests are paused while the App is in the background.
9. Support and this policy website
If you contact support@qbean.net, we receive the email address and information you choose to send. We use that correspondence to respond and handle support or privacy requests, and retain it as needed for those purposes and applicable obligations. Please do not send your private passcode or unnecessary sensitive browsing information.
Opening this policy on qbean.net sends a normal request to the website’s host, which may process connection information and access logs. This policy document does not embed advertising, analytics scripts, tracking pixels or remotely hosted fonts.
10. Your choices and requests
Depending on where you live, you may have rights concerning access, correction, deletion, objection, restriction or advertising opt-outs. Contact us using the address below about information handled by Q Bean Studio. We cannot remotely retrieve browsing profiles that remain only on your device; use the App’s local controls to manage that data. For information held by Google or websites, use the relevant provider’s privacy controls or contact that provider.
Third-party services may process information in countries other than your own, under their policies and applicable requirements.
11. Children
Video Browser is a general-purpose browser and is not designed specifically for children. Users must observe the age requirements of websites they visit. If you believe a child has provided personal information directly to Q Bean Studio, please contact us so we can address the request.
12. Policy changes
We may update this policy when the App or its data practices change. The date at the top identifies the latest revision. Changes to advertising services or privacy options will be reflected here as applicable.