URLSrt.io ("we", "us", or "our") recognizes the importance of privacy and is committed to providing transparency and control over the use of your data. This Privacy Policy ("Policy") explains how we collect, use, share, and protect personal information ("Personal Information") of the visitors and users ("you" or "your") of our website, services, and applications (collectively, "Services").
This Policy is integral to our commitment to respect your privacy and safeguard your data. By accessing or using our Services, you acknowledge you have read and understood this privacy policy.
Scope and Consent
This Policy applies to Personal Information collected when you use our Services, interact with us via social media, or communicate with us. It encompasses all platforms under the URLSrt.io domain, including related mobile applications and online services.
Information Collection
Information You Provide
- Account Registration: Includes your name, email address, password, and other details necessary for creating an account.
- Usage of Services: Information generated through the use of our URL shortening services, including the original URLs and their shortened versions.
- Communications with Us: Any information you provide when you contact us for support or inquiries, including feedback and correspondence with our customer service team.
Information Collected Automatically
- Log Data and Device Information: Information that your browser sends when you visit our site or use our services, such as your IP address, browser type, and version, device identifiers, and usage data.
- Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies and similar technologies to track the activity on our services and hold certain information to personalize and improve our services.
Information from Third Parties
- Third-Party Services: If you link, connect, or log in to your URLSrt.io account with a third-party service (e.g., Google, Facebook), the third-party service may send us information such as your registration and profile information from that service.
- Analytics and Advertising Services: Information collected through third-party analytics and advertising partners to provide, improve, and promote our services.
Use of Information
We use the information we collect to:
- Provide, operate, and improve our Services.
- Understand and analyze how you use our Services.
- Develop new products, services, features, and functionalities.
- Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the website, and for marketing and promotional purposes.
- Send you emails and other communications.
- Find and prevent fraud, and for compliance purposes, including enforcing our Terms of Service, or other legal rights.
Sharing and Disclosure of Information
We may share the information we collect in various ways, including the following:
- Vendors and Service Providers: We may share information with third-party vendors and service providers that provide services on our behalf, such as helping to provide our Services for promotional and marketing purposes and to provide you with information relevant to you, such as product announcements, software updates, special offers, or other information.
- Analytics: We use analytics providers such as Google Analytics, which may set cookies in your browser. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit our Services, what pages they visit, and what other sites they used prior to coming to our site.
- Aggregated or Anonymized Data: We may also share aggregated or anonymized information that does not directly identify you with third parties for research, marketing, analytics, and other purposes.
- As Required By Law and Similar Disclosures: We may also share information to (i) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request; (ii) enforce this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service, including investigation of potential violations hereof; (iii) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security, or technical issues; (iv) respond to your requests; or (v) protect our rights, property or safety, our users and the public. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and spam/malware prevention.
International Data Transfers
When you use our Services, your personal information may be transferred to, stored in, and processed in countries other than your own—this includes countries outside of the European Economic Area (EEA), Switzerland, and the United Kingdom (UK). These countries may have data protection laws that are different from the laws of your country, and in some cases, may not offer the same level of protection.
Our Commitment to Data Protection
Our commitment to protecting your personal information does not change, regardless of where your data is processed. We take steps to ensure that the data we collect is processed according to the provisions of this Privacy Policy and the requirements of applicable law wherever the data is located. This involves:
- Employing Robust Safeguards: We use a variety of legal mechanisms to help ensure your rights and protections travel with your data. This includes implementing the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses for transfers of personal information between our group companies and between us and our third-party providers, which require all parties to protect personal information they process from the EEA, Switzerland, and the UK in accordance with European Union data protection law.
- Ensuring Legal Compliance: We regularly review our data transfer practices to ensure compliance with applicable data protection laws, including assessing the impact of any regulatory changes or developments in data protection laws.
- Partnering with Trusted Providers: We engage with third-party service providers and partners who maintain high standards of data protection and who agree to adhere to contractual obligations that ensure the protection and confidentiality of your data.
Transparency and Control
We believe in transparency and control when it comes to your personal information. As part of our commitment:
- Informed Consent: Where necessary, we will seek your prior consent before transferring your personal information outside of your home country.
- Privacy Shield Framework: While the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework is no longer recognized as a valid mechanism for EU-US data transfers, we continuously seek alternative compliant transfer mechanisms to uphold the protection of your data.
Responding to Legal Requests
In certain instances, it may be necessary for us to access and disclose personal information in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements. In such cases, we remain committed to ensuring that your privacy rights continue to be protected as outlined in this Privacy Policy, while also complying with our legal obligations.
Your Rights and Choices
You retain the right to be informed of any international transfers of your personal data and to exercise any rights you may have under applicable data protection laws in relation to the data transferred. This includes the right to access, correct, restrict, or delete your personal data processed by us.
Children’s Privacy
Our Services are not directed to individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children without appropriate consent.
Do Not Track Signals
Currently, there is no industry consensus on how to respond to DNT signals, and as such, our Services do not alter our data collection and usage practices when we detect such signals from your browser. For more detailed control over your privacy preferences, including options to opt-out of targeted advertising, we encourage you to review the settings offered within our Services and use the provided links to manage your preferences across third-party networks.
Marketing Communications
At URLSrt.io, we're committed to keeping you informed and engaged with our latest offerings and updates. When you sign up for our Services, you'll receive marketing communications that we tailor to your preferences and interests. Should you decide to change your mind, you can easily opt-out at any time by using the unsubscribe option in our emails. This ensures you have control over the information you receive from us. Remember, opting out of marketing communications does not affect the receipt of important transactional emails related to your account and our Services.
Third-Party Materials
Our Services may include links to third-party websites, offering you additional resources and information. Please be aware, these external sites operate under their own privacy policies and practices, which are beyond our control. We do not endorse and not hold responsibility for the privacy practices of these third-party sites. We encourage you to read their privacy policies to understand how they collect, use, and share your information. Our commitment to your privacy extends to ensuring transparency about the nature of these third-party materials and their potential impact on your data.
Contact Information
For any questions or comments about our Policy, please contact us.