Samsung Internet is Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.'s built-in, Chromium-based browser for Android and Windows, distributed via Google Play as 'Samsung Browser' (no iOS app exists). Samsung's general account/services privacy policy -- which governs the browser as one of its 'Services' -- discloses broad account-creation collection (name, contact info) and third-party ad-network tracking via cookies, beacons, and device identifiers, plus sharing with a wide roster of service providers including advertising partners. Against that, the app's own Google Play Data Safety declaration states it collects only App activity and Device/other IDs, encrypts data in transit, and shares no data with third parties, and Samsung markets Smart Anti-Tracking -- an on-device, built-in cross-site-tracker blocker -- as a first-party feature on both PC and Android builds. Ownership is transparent and traceable: Google Play lists the developer as Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. at its Suwon, South Korea headquarters, the same public, SEC/DART-reporting parent covered in the catalog's samsung-electronics dossier. No incident specific to the Samsung Internet browser itself was found in the sources checked; the parent company disclosed a 2022 breach of 'some of Samsung's U.S. systems' via its own Security Response Center notice, which is included here as the operator's own track-record disclosure even though it does not name the browser as an affected system.
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Samsung's account/services privacy policy, which applies to all Samsung devices and services including online services provided through Samsung's platforms, states that creating an account or profile collects name, date of birth, and contact information such as phone number and email address.
The Google Play Data Safety section for Samsung Browser (Samsung Internet) declares a bounded set of collected data types limited to App activity and Device or other IDs, narrower than the broader account-level collection described in Samsung's general privacy policy.
The Google Play Store listing for Samsung Browser (Samsung Internet) names the publishing developer as Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., headquartered in Suwon, South Korea, matching the catalog's parent-company record samsung-electronics.
Samsung's account/services privacy policy lists a Service Providers category covering companies that perform functions on Samsung's behalf -- including advertising (personalized advertising on Samsung's and third-party websites/platforms), repairs, customer care, satisfaction surveys, and billing -- to which personal data collected across Samsung Services may be disclosed.
The Google Play Data Safety section for Samsung Browser states the app shares no data with third parties, a developer self-declaration specific to this app.
Samsung's own Security Response Center notice discloses that in late July 2022 an unauthorized third party acquired information from some of 'Samsung's U.S. systems,' affecting certain customers' personal information; the notice does not name Samsung Internet/Samsung Browser as an affected system, and this is the same corporate-wide incident cited in the catalog's samsung-electronics dossier.
Samsung's account/services privacy policy discloses that ad networks integrated across its services track users' online activity over time using automated means -- browser cookies, web beacons, pixels, device identifiers, and server logs -- to build interest profiles for ad targeting.
Samsung's own product page for Samsung Browser states that both the PC and Android builds include Smart Anti-Tracking as a built-in privacy feature that helps reduce ads and prevent third-party trackers from collecting browsing data, an affirmative default-on protection rather than an opt-in add-on.