Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how implink.net ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and discloses your personal information when you use our URL shortening services and related features, including our monetization program. By accessing or using implink.net, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

1. Information We Collect

We collect various types of information to provide and improve our service to you.

Personal Information You Provide Directly:
- Account Information: When you register for an account, we collect information such as your username, email address, and password. If you participate in our monetization program, we may also collect your payment information (e.g., PayPal email, bank account details, Payoneer ID) to facilitate payouts.
- Communication Data: If you contact us for support or other inquiries, we collect the content of your communications with us, as well as your contact information.
Information We Collect Automatically (Usage Data):
- Log Data: When you visit our website, our servers automatically record information that your browser sends. This "Log Data" may include your 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 statistics.
- Cookie Data: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to track activity on our Service and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data that 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.
- Device Information: We may collect information about the device you use to access our Service, including device type, operating system, unique device identifiers, and mobile network information.
- Link Activity Data: For shortened links, we collect data on how many times a link is clicked, the geographical location of the clicker (country/city level), the referrer URL, and browser/device information of the user clicking the link. This data is essential for our monetization program and for providing analytics to our users.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the collected information for various purposes:

To Provide and Maintain Our Service: This includes operating the URL shortening functionality and ensuring its stability.
To Manage Your Account: Registering you as a user, managing your preferences, and providing you with access to features.
To Process Payments: Facilitating payouts for users participating in our monetization program.
To Monitor and Analyze Usage: Understanding how our Service is used, identifying trends, and improving performance. This includes analyzing link click data for both internal purposes and for display in user dashboards.
To Display Advertisements: Presenting relevant ads on interstitial pages to monetize shortened links.
To Detect and Prevent Fraud: Monitoring for fraudulent activities related to link clicks and account usage to maintain the integrity of our monetization program.
To Communicate with You: Responding to your inquiries, providing customer support, and sending important service-related notices.
To Comply with Legal Obligations: Adhering to applicable laws, regulations, and legal processes.

3. How We Share Your Information

We may share your information in the following situations:

With Service Providers: We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service (e.g., payment processors, hosting providers, analytics providers). These third parties 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.
With Advertisers (Aggregated/Anonymized Data): We may share aggregated or anonymized data (which cannot be used to identify you personally) with our advertising partners to help them understand ad performance and reach relevant audiences.
For Business Transfers: If implink.net is involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your Personal Information may be transferred. We will provide notice before your Personal Information is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.¹
For Legal Reasons: We may disclose your Personal Information in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
- Comply with a legal obligation.
- Protect and defend the rights or property of implink.net.
- Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service.
- Protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public.
- Protect against legal liability.

4. Data Retention

We retain your Personal Information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

We will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer periods.

5. Data Security

The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

6. Your Data Protection Rights (GDPR)

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. We aim to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Information.

The right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
The right to erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to object to processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at our support email address.

7. Links to Other Sites

Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

8. Children's Privacy

Our Service is not intended for use by anyone under the age of 18 ("Children"). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Children have 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.²

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. We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update 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.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

By email: [email protected]

Last updated: June 24, 2025