Privacy Policy
How we collect, use, and protect your information
Introduction
Last Updated: July 01, 2025
Welcome to URL Shortener ("we," "our," or "us"). We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our URL shortening service.
By accessing or using our service, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our service.
Information We Collect
We collect several types of information from and about users of our service, including:
Information You Provide to Us
- URLs that you submit for shortening
- Contact information if you reach out to us (such as name, email address, and any other information you choose to provide)
- Information provided when submitting DMCA notices or other legal requests
Information We Collect Automatically
- Usage details such as traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data
- Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type
- Click data when users access shortened URLs, including time of access, referring website, and general geographic location based on IP address
Cookies and Similar Technologies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our service and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier.
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our service.
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:
- To provide, maintain, and improve our service
- To process and complete transactions
- To send you technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support messages
- To respond to your comments, questions, and requests
- To monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our service
- To detect, prevent, and address technical issues, fraud, and illegal activities
- To comply with legal obligations
Analytics
We use analytics services to help analyze how users use our service. These analytics services use cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies to collect and store information such as how users interact with our service, errors users encounter when using our service, device identifiers, how often users visit our service, what pages they visit, and what other sites they used prior to coming to our service.
Data Retention
We retain different types of information for different periods:
| Type of Data | Retention Period | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Shortened URLs | Indefinitely (unless deleted by request) | To maintain the functionality of shortened links |
| Click Analytics | 24 months | To provide usage statistics to users |
| IP Addresses | 90 days | Security and abuse prevention |
| Contact Information | As long as necessary to fulfill the purpose collected | Customer support and communication |
Disclosure of Your Information
We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide:
- To our subsidiaries and affiliates
- To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business
- To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it
- For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information
- With your consent
- To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request
- To enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements
- If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of our company, our customers, or others
Third-Party Services
We may use third-party service providers to help us operate our business and administer activities on our behalf, such as sending emails or analyzing how our service is used. These third parties may have access to your personal information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
Data Security
We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. All information you provide to us is stored on secure servers behind firewalls.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our service. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk.
Your Rights and Choices
Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information:
Access and Update
You can review and change your personal information by contacting us.
Deletion
You may request deletion of your personal information by contacting us. Note that we may not accommodate a request to change or delete information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.
Opt-Out
You can opt out of receiving promotional emails from us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email we send. This opt-out does not apply to information provided as a result of a service experience or other transactions.
Do Not Track
We do not currently respond to "do not track" signals or other mechanisms that might enable users to opt out of tracking on our site.
Children's Privacy
Our service is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
International Data Transfers
Your information, including personal information, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction.
If you are located outside the United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including personal information, to the United States and process it there.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:
- By email: privacy@urlshortener.vip
- By visiting the contact page on our website: Contact Us