Effective Date: July 24, 2026

Welcome to ShortEURL (“ShortEURL,” “we,” “our,” or “us”). We respect your privacy and are committed to being transparent about how information may be collected and used when you visit our website or use our URL shortening service.

This Privacy Policy explains what information we may collect, how we use it, how we protect it, and the choices you may have regarding your information.

By accessing or using ShortEURL.com, you acknowledge this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect

The information we collect depends on how you use ShortEURL.

Information You Provide

ShortEURL does not require you to create an account to use the basic URL shortening service.

You may voluntarily provide information when you:

  • Contact us through email
  • Submit a support request
  • Send feedback or suggestions
  • Report a problem with a shortened link
  • Contact us regarding a business or partnership inquiry

This information may include your name, email address, message, and any other information you choose to provide.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit or use our website, certain technical information may be collected automatically by our hosting, security, analytics, or other website infrastructure.

Depending on the services we use, this information may include:

  • IP address
  • Browser type
  • Device type
  • Operating system
  • Pages visited
  • Date and time of access
  • Referring website
  • General usage information
  • Technical information related to website requests

This information may be used to maintain website security, prevent abuse, troubleshoot technical problems, understand website usage, and improve the performance of ShortEURL.

2. URL Information

When you use ShortEURL to create a shortened link, you submit an original URL to our service.

We may process and store information necessary to provide the URL-shortening service, including:

  • The original URL you submit
  • The shortened URL generated by ShortEURL
  • Information necessary to maintain the redirect
  • Basic technical or usage information associated with the service

The original URL is necessary for ShortEURL to create and maintain the redirect from the shortened URL to the destination you selected.

You are responsible for ensuring that any URL you submit complies with applicable laws and our Terms and Conditions.

ShortEURL does not claim ownership of the content located at the destination URL.

3. How We Use Information

We may use collected information to:

  • Provide and maintain the URL shortening service
  • Create and manage shortened URLs
  • Process redirects to destination URLs
  • Maintain website functionality
  • Detect and prevent abuse
  • Protect the security of our website and users
  • Investigate suspicious or prohibited activity
  • Respond to questions and support requests
  • Improve website performance and usability
  • Understand general website usage
  • Develop and improve our services
  • Comply with applicable legal obligations

We do not need your personal information simply to create a basic shortened URL.

4. Cookies and Similar Technologies

ShortEURL may use cookies and similar technologies.

Cookies may be used to:

  • Maintain website functionality
  • Remember certain preferences
  • Understand website usage
  • Improve website performance
  • Support advertising or analytics services, where applicable

You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings. However, disabling certain cookies may affect how some website features function.

5. Analytics and Third-Party Services

We may use third-party services to help operate, secure, analyze, or improve ShortEURL.

These services may include:

  • Website analytics providers
  • Hosting providers
  • Security and abuse-prevention services
  • Advertising providers
  • Other technical service providers

Third-party providers may process information according to their own privacy policies and terms.

We encourage you to review the privacy policies of third-party services that may be used on our website.

6. Advertising and Google AdSense

ShortEURL may use Google AdSense and other advertising services to display advertisements on our website.

Advertising providers may use cookies, similar technologies, or other information to help serve, measure, and personalize advertisements, where permitted by applicable law and user choices.

Depending on your location and applicable privacy requirements, you may be asked to provide consent before certain cookies or personalized advertising technologies are used.

You can manage your advertising and privacy preferences through the controls provided on our website or through Google’s available privacy settings.

For more information about how Google may use information from sites that use its advertising services, please review Google’s applicable privacy information.

7. How We Protect Information

We take reasonable measures to help protect information processed through ShortEURL against unauthorized access, misuse, loss, alteration, or disclosure.

Our website uses HTTPS to help encrypt information transmitted between your browser and our website.

However, no website, server, or internet transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee absolute security of information transmitted or stored through our service.

8. Data Retention

We retain information only for as long as reasonably necessary for purposes such as:

  • Providing our services
  • Maintaining shortened links
  • Preventing abuse
  • Maintaining security
  • Improving our services
  • Resolving disputes
  • Meeting legal or regulatory obligations

The length of time information is retained may vary depending on the type of information and the reason it was collected.

When information is no longer necessary, we may delete, anonymize, or otherwise dispose of it where appropriate.

9. Sharing of Information

We do not sell your personal information simply because you use our basic URL-shortening service.

We may share or disclose information when reasonably necessary to:

  • Provide our services through service providers
  • Maintain website security
  • Detect or investigate abuse
  • Comply with legal obligations
  • Respond to lawful requests from authorities
  • Protect the rights, property, or safety of ShortEURL, our users, or others

Third-party service providers may process information on our behalf for purposes such as hosting, security, analytics, or advertising.

10. Third-Party Websites

ShortEURL allows users to create links that redirect to external websites.

We do not control the privacy practices, security, or content of third-party websites.

Once you leave ShortEURL and visit an external website, that website’s own privacy policy and terms may apply.

You should review the privacy policies of external websites before providing them with personal information.

11. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live and applicable law, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information.

These rights may include:

  • Requesting access to personal information
  • Requesting correction of inaccurate information
  • Requesting deletion of certain information
  • Objecting to or restricting certain processing
  • Requesting information about how your data is processed

To make a privacy-related request, contact us using the information provided below.

We may need to verify your request before taking action where required or permitted by law.

12. Children’s Privacy

ShortEURL is intended for general internet users and is not specifically directed toward children.

We do not knowingly request personal information from children.

If you believe that a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us so that we can review the situation and take appropriate action where necessary.

13. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our services, technology, legal requirements, or privacy practices.

When we make changes, we will update the Effective Date shown at the top of this page.

We encourage visitors to review this Privacy Policy periodically.

14. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, our data practices, or your privacy, you can contact us:

Email: support@shorteurl.com

Website: ShortEURL.com

We will make reasonable efforts to respond to privacy-related inquiries.