Privacy

Facet is a web browser for Mac, iPhone and iPad. It has no accounts and no ads, and we never sell or share your data. Here is everything that leaves your device, and why.

Facet for iPhone and iPad

• Nothing is collected. The app has no analytics, no ad tracking and no crash reporter.
• Browsing, history, tabs, passwords and settings stay on your device.
• AI runs on your device with Apple Intelligence, or goes straight from your device to the AI company whose key you add (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google or Perplexity). It does not pass through our servers. Their own privacy policies apply.
• Search suggestions are fetched from Google as you type, like in most browsers. Turn them off in Settings.
• Weather in Daybreak asks Open-Meteo for your area. Your location is used only for that request.
• Website icons are fetched from Google's favicon service using the site's address.

Sync, Drop, Stash and shared Facets

When you pair your iPhone or iPad with Facet for Mac, what you sync is end-to-end encrypted on your device before it is sent. Our server only stores scrambled data it can't read, and deletes it when it's no longer needed. A short wake-up ping, with no content, is sent through ntfy.sh so the other device knows to check for updates.

Facet for Mac

• Update checks send the app version and a random install number, so we can count how many copies are in use. They contain nothing about you or your browsing.
• Crash and freeze reports send technical details about the problem (app version, macOS version and where the app stopped) so we can fix it. They never include the pages you visit.
• Facet AI: if you use our built-in AI instead of your own key, the text you ask about is sent to our server and our AI provider to answer you, and is not kept afterwards.

Facet Pro and purchases

Purchases on facet.surf are handled by Polar, which processes your payment and email. We receive your email and license key to deliver Pro. When you enter a license key in the app, only the key is sent to check it.

This website

facet.surf uses Vercel Web Analytics, which counts visits without cookies and without identifying you. If you join a waitlist, we keep your email only to tell you when the app is ready, and you can ask us to delete it at any time.

Children

Facet is not made for children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect anything from them.

Your choices

You can turn off AI, search suggestions and sync in Settings, and delete all your data by removing the app. To ask us to delete anything we hold, such as a waitlist email or a purchase record, contact us at facet.surf/support.

Changes

If this policy changes, we'll update this page and the date at the top.