Welcome to LinkGoob ("we," "our," "us"). We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal data in an open and transparent manner. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, process, and safeguard your information when you use our website and services (collectively, the "Services"), which include Bio Pages, Short Links, File Transfers, Digital vCards, Event Links, HTML Hosting, QR Codes, and other Web Tools.
By using our Services, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
2. Information We Collect
We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Services to you.
a) Information You Provide to Us:
- Account Information: When you register for a LinkGoob account, we collect personal information such as your name, email address, and password.
- Content You Create: We collect the data you voluntarily provide when using our tools. This includes: Bio Pages & vCards: Information you add to your public profiles, such as your name, photo, social media handles, contact details, and any other text or links.Short Links: The original long URLs you wish to shorten.File Transfers: The files you upload to our servers for the purpose of sharing.HTML Hosting: The HTML code and any associated assets you upload to be hosted.Events & Other Tools: Any information required for the setup and functioning of our other web tools.
- Bio Pages & vCards: Information you add to your public profiles, such as your name, photo, social media handles, contact details, and any other text or links.
- Short Links: The original long URLs you wish to shorten.
- File Transfers: The files you upload to our servers for the purpose of sharing.
- HTML Hosting: The HTML code and any associated assets you upload to be hosted.
- Events & Other Tools: Any information required for the setup and functioning of our other web tools.
- Payment Information: If you subscribe to a premium plan, our third-party payment processor (e.g., Stripe, PayPal) will collect your payment card details. We do not store your full credit card information on our servers.
- Communications: If you contact us for support or other inquiries, we will collect the information you provide in your communications.
b) Information We Collect Automatically:
- Log and Usage Data: When you access our Services, our servers automatically record information, including your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other diagnostic data.
- Analytics Data: We collect data about how you interact with our Services. This includes tracking clicks on your short links, scans of your QR codes, and views of your Bio Pages. This data may be aggregated and anonymized.
- Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Services and hold certain information. 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.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use the collected data for the following purposes:
- To Provide and Maintain Our Service: To create and manage your account, host your content, and enable the core functionalities of our tools.
- To Improve and Personalize Our Service: To understand how our users interact with our platform, to identify trends, and to develop new features and improve user experience.
- To Manage Your Account: To send you administrative information, including confirmations, invoices, technical notices, updates, and security alerts.
- For Analytics and Performance: To monitor and analyze the performance of your links, QR codes, and pages, providing you with valuable insights.
- To Communicate With You: To respond to your comments, questions, and requests, and to provide customer service and support. We may also send you marketing communications, which you can opt out of at any time.
- For Security and Fraud Prevention: To protect our Services, our users, and the public from fraud, abuse, and security risks.
4. How We Share Your Information
We do not sell your personal information. We may share your information in the following limited circumstances:
- With Your Consent: We may share your information with third parties when we have your explicit consent to do so.
- Publicly Shared Information: Any information you choose to include on your public Bio Page, vCard, or shared links will be accessible to anyone who visits them.
- Service Providers: We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service ("Service Providers"), such as payment processors, hosting providers, and analytics companies. These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
- For Legal Reasons: We may disclose your information if we believe it is reasonably necessary to comply with a law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request; to enforce our terms and conditions; to detect or prevent fraud or security issues; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of LinkGoob, our users, or the public.
5. Data Security
The security of your data is important to us. We use commercially acceptable security measures (such as encryption and secure protocols) to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. However, please remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.
6. Your Rights and Choices
Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, such as:
- Access and Update: You can review and update your account information at any time by logging into your account settings.
- Deletion: You can request the deletion of your account and associated data by contacting us. Please note that we may need to retain certain information for legal or legitimate business purposes.
- Opt-Out of Communications: You may opt out of receiving promotional emails from us by following the unsubscribe link provided in those emails.
7. Children's Privacy
Our Services are not intended for use by anyone under the age of 13 ("Children"). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us.
8. 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 "Effective Date" at the top. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
9. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:
- By Email: [email protected]