Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

At gvd, we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you use our URL shortening service.

2. Information We Collect

We collect the following types of information:

• Account Information: When you create an account, we collect your email address and password.
• URL Data: We collect the original URLs that you shorten and the custom slugs you create.
• Analytics Data: We collect data about clicks on your shortened URLs, including IP addresses, browser types, operating systems, device types, referrers, and geographic locations.
• Usage Data: We collect information about how you interact with our service, including the pages you visit and the features you use.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Provide and maintain our service
• Improve and personalize your experience
• Generate analytics and statistics about URL performance
• Communicate with you about our service
• Detect and prevent fraud and abuse
• Comply with legal obligations

4. Data Sharing and Disclosure

We may share your information with:

• Service Providers: Third-party vendors who help us provide and improve our service
• Legal Authorities: When required by law or to protect our rights
• Business Transfers: In connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets

We do not sell your personal information to third parties.

5. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

6. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights:

• Access and receive a copy of your personal data
• Rectify inaccurate or incomplete personal data
• Request deletion of your personal data
• Restrict or object to the processing of your personal data
• Data portability
• Withdraw consent at any time

7. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our service and hold certain information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.

8. Children's Privacy

Our service is not intended for children under the age of 13. 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.

9. Changes to This 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.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at privacy@gvd.com.