Ladybird Browser Initiative doesn't track your browsing or sell your data. This policy covers the browser, our website, newsletter, donations, and correspondence.
Crash reports
If you choose to send a report, we use it to find and fix bugs. Reports contain technical details about your Ladybird build, operating system, and crash, including an error message and stack trace. You can also choose to include the URL of the page that crashed and a description of what happened. We keep reports and submission IP addresses for up to 93 days, then delete them. We use the IP addresses to limit spam.
Site compatibility reports
If you choose to send a report, we receive your description of the problem, the page URL, technical information about your Ladybird build and system, a screenshot unless you remove it, and, if you choose, layout and painting information. These can show what's on the page, such as your name or messages if you are signed in, so check them before sending. We use these reports to investigate and fix compatibility problems. If we accept a report, we publish its contents, except your IP address, as a public issue on GitHub, where it stays visible. Parts of it may also be posted to our Discord server. We keep other reports for up to 93 days, then delete them.
Updates and downloads
When a Ladybird build from us checks for updates, it sends your Ladybird version and platform. Downloads, updates, and packages from us are delivered through Cloudflare, which also receives your IP address when you connect.
Features you turn on
Some features contact other services only if you turn them on. Filter lists, such as EasyList, are downloaded and updated from their maintainers' servers. Search suggestions send what you type in the address bar to your chosen search engine. Those services receive your IP address and handle it under their own policies.
Website
Our website is served through Cloudflare and hosted on GitHub Pages, which process connection information, including your IP address, to deliver and protect the site. The site doesn't use cookies or analytics. Logs we retain for our own online services are kept for up to 93 days.
If you contact us, we keep your message for as long as it's useful for responding to you and keeping a record of our work. You can ask us to delete it.
Donations
If you donate, we receive donor and transaction information from the service you use. We use it to manage donations, send receipts, and keep financial records. We keep financial records for as long as US tax and nonprofit law requires.
Newsletter
If you subscribe, we use your email address to send Ladybird updates. Our newsletter provider also stores subscription details, including your signup date, IP address, and referrer information. Email tracking is disabled. You can unsubscribe at any time. We keep subscription records while you're subscribed. After you unsubscribe, a record remains to prevent accidental resubscription; you can ask us to delete it.
Service providers
We use external services for hosting, email, newsletters, and donations. Our Service providers page explains which services we use and what they handle.
Ladybird Browser Initiative is based in the United States, so information you send us is processed there.
Your information
For privacy questions or requests to access, correct, or delete your information, email [email protected]. Depending on the law that applies, you can also request a portable copy, object to or restrict processing, withdraw consent, and complain to a data protection authority.
Ladybird Browser Initiative
2261 Market Street STE 10029
San Francisco, CA 94114-1612
United States
Why we use this information
We rely on your consent to send newsletters and process voluntary crash and compatibility reports. We use connection details and update checks to operate, update, and protect our services, and keep correspondence to handle your inquiries. These are our legitimate interests. We keep financial records to meet our legal obligations.