Policy & legislation

Why Brave is opposing Google’s Android developer registry

Mar 6, 2026

Brave joins the EFF, the Tor Project, and others in calling on Google to withdraw its plan to require government ID from all Android developers, regardless of how they distribute their apps.

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Research Paper: Privacy and Security Issues in Web 3.0

Sep 21, 2021

We at Brave Research just published a technical report called "Privacy and Security Issues in Web 3.0" on arXiv. This blog post summarizes our findings and puts them in perspective for Brave users.

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Why Brave Disables FLoC

Apr 12, 2021

Brave opposes FLoC, a recent Google proposal that would have your browser share your browsing behavior and interests by default with every site and advertiser with which you interact.

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Comparing the Network Behavior of Popular Browsers on First-Run

Mar 8, 2021

You can learn quite a bit about a browser from observing the requests it makes in its first moments with a new user profile. Often, a cursory examination will tell you a great deal about how the browser thinks about, and handles, user privacy and security.

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Updates from Brave Research

Aug 31, 2020

Brave Research is a highly dynamic team of researchers and developers whose goal is to push the envelope when it comes to some of the more adventurous aspects and needs of the Brave browser and the underlying ecosystem.

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THEMIS: Progressive Decentralization with Smart Contracts and Sidechains (Part 2)

Aug 17, 2020

Brave Research presents THEMIS, a private-by-design ad platform that makes a significant step towards decentralizing the ad ecosystem.

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California Privacy Rights Act to define and limit “cross-context behavioral advertising”

Jun 22, 2020

Following a court decision on Friday, it is now highly likely that California will curtail "cross-context behavioral advertising".

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Industry discussion on the GDPR at 2 years old, and future EU regulatory development

May 20, 2020

Senior representatives of advertisers, publishers, and intermediaries discuss two years of the the GDPR in a discussion hosted by Brave.

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New data on GDPR enforcement agencies reveal why the GDPR is failing

Apr 27, 2020

New data from Brave reveals that European governments have not equipped their national authorities to enforce the GDPR. Brave has called on the European Commission to launch an infringement procedure against 27 European governments.

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Browser First-Run: iOS Edition

Apr 24, 2020

Last year I did a review of several popular desktop browsers, focusing exclusively on what they do when you launch the browser for the first time. Today I decided to take a look at various browsers available on iOS 13

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Formal GDPR complaint against Googles internal data free-for-all

Mar 16, 2020

Brave filed a GDPR complaint v Google for infringing the GDPR purpose limitation principle. Enforcement would be tantamount to a functional separation of Googles business.

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Failure to enforce the GDPR enables Googles monopoly

Feb 18, 2020

Braves submission to the UK Competition & Markets Authority shows how to fix the RTB market and end Googles advertising monopoly.

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OK Google, dont delay real browser privacy until 2022

Feb 6, 2020

Google recently announced that their Chrome Web browser will with luck, and if a bunch of other conditions come to pass probably start blocking third-party cookies.

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Brave uncovers widespread surveillance of UK citizens by private companies embedded on UK council websites

Feb 4, 2020

Brave has uncovered widespread surveillance of UK citizens by private companies embedded on UK council websites. "Surveillance on UK council websites", a new report from Brave, reveals the extent of private companies' surveillance of UK citizens when they seeking help for addiction, disability, and poverty from their local government authorities.

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Google and IAB’s inadequate proposals to reform RTB

Jan 21, 2020

This note highlights the inadequacies of Google and IAB proposals to reform RTB, and rebuts the argument for inaction.

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The ICO’s failure to act on RTB, the largest data breach ever recorded in the UK

Jan 17, 2020

The ICO has today announced that it will be taking no substantive action to fix "RTB", the largest data breach ever recorded in the UK. Regulatory ambivalence cannot continue. We are considering all options to put an end to the systemic breach, including direct challenges to the controllers and judicial oversight of the ICO.

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Brave Software Finds 82% of People Wish the Web Were More Privacy-Oriented

Nov 13, 2019

Brave exposes an inflection point in the online ecosystem, with more users feeling increasingly concerned with protecting their online privacy and fed up with big tech. Whether due to recent data privacy investigations, high-profile breaches, or emerging government regulations, online privacy is a rising concern for users across the nation. According to a new survey of 1,500 U.S. web users conducted by Brave Software, 76 percent of users feel more concerned with protecting their online privacy than they did one year ago, and 88 percent wish they had more control over how large companies like Google and Facebook use their personal data. Its time for a change.

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Brave warns US Senate & Congress: foreign state actors can use targeted ads to run code on US government computers, exploiting conventional browsers

Nov 13, 2019

Brave has recently written to the U.S Senate and Congress about foreign state actors using targeted ads to run code on US government computers

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Ryans testimony at International Grand Chamber: RTB data breach enables disinformation. Enforcers can be sued.

Nov 11, 2019

Ryan's tells leaders from ten parliaments: the RTB data breach enables disinformation. Enforcers can be sued.

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Brave input to California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA)

Oct 29, 2019

Privacy laws need to be overhauled, which is why Brave is asking Californians to support its California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) and help change the internet.

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