Private and secure browser

Cốc Cốc may need to access certain browsing data for the following purposes:

Functionality
For example, if you don't log in to the browser and save browsing data in your Cốc Cốc Account, we will not be able to provide Sync feature.

Analytics and improvement
For example, when you use the News Feed feature on the new tab page, you can get better recommendations based on your interests; Or when you browse the web, we can provide better search suggestions based on the websites you visit.

Technical support If we receive a request from you, we can keep your contact information (e.g. email, phone number) for response and issue handling. Besides, we may ask you to provide some other information (e.g. URL, screenshots, equipment information) for diagnostics and/or product improvement.

However, we DO NOT have the rights to share or sell this information to third parties. If we use this information for any purpose other than the purposes for which the information is collected, we will inform you to ask for your permission.

With Spell Check feature, the text you type on web pages is only sent to Cốc Cốc IF you use the Enhanced mode. In specific, to provide Auto Spell Check feature:

Basic mode The text you type in the browser is locally processed on the device. However, this mode is only capable of checking spellings word by word (one word at a time).

Advanced mode
The text type in the browser is sent to Cốc Cốc server. This mode allows spell check with more accuracy thanks to updated dictionary and the capability to understand the context of the sentence.
- Data will NOT be stored on Cốc Cốc server.
- Data is encrypted end-to-end to ensure security and privacy.
- For information filling forms (e.g. passwords, payment methods) and websites not allowing spell check, the Spell Check feature of Cốc Cốc will be disabled.

Read more in the article Instant Spell Check on Cốc Cốc desktop browser

Apart from features such as Sync, Spell Check or Analytics and Improvement functions, built-in extensions on Cốc Cốc such as Dictionary and Translation, Download video & audio and Rủng Rỉnh may have access to certain browsing data, like the content on the website you visit.

This allows Cốc Cốc to provide the following recommendations:
- Dictionary and Translation: Instant translation for any selected text.
- Download video & audio: Auto-detection of downloadable video or audio files.
- Rủng Rỉnh: Promotional offers and cashback when placing orders on ecommerce or online shopping websites.

If you don't want to use these features and/or don't want to share these data, you can restrict access (on all sites, on specific sites, on click) or turn off these extension in Settings > Extensions.

Note: Besides certain Cốc Cốc features or extensions, third-party extensions that you installed on the browser may also have access to your data.

You certainly can. If you don't want to share these data with Cốc Cốc, you can review and disable the corresponding features in Settings. Please note that disabling these features may deactivate or reduce the performance of certain features on Cốc Cốc browser.

To quickly review important settings related to privacy, you can go to Privacy and security > select Privacy Guide. Besides existing settings on the browser, you may also need to go through the settings in Extensions (including Cốc Cốc extensions such as Dictionary and Translation, Download video & audio, Rủng Rỉnh and other third-party extensions you have installed) to ensure your privacy.