Privacy Policy for drct.in
Last Updated: September 27, 2025
Welcome to drct.in! We are committed to protecting your privacy and being transparent about how we handle your information. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect from users of our service and how we use it.
This policy applies to all visitors and users of our website, drct.in (our "Service").
1. Information We Collect
Our goal is to collect the minimal amount of information necessary to provide and improve our Service. As our Service does not require user accounts, we do not collect personal information like your name, email address, or password.
The information we do collect includes:
a) Information You Provide:
Long URLs: When you use our service to shorten a URL, we collect the original long URL you provide.
b) Information We Collect Automatically:
This information helps us operate our Service, provide analytics on link performance, and understand how our Service is being used so we can improve it.
Usage Data: We automatically collect information about how you interact with our website, such as the features you use and the time and date of your activity.
Information from Clicks on Short Links: When anyone clicks on a short link created by our Service, we collect information about that click. This includes the date and time of the click, the IP address, the user agent (which tells us the browser and operating system), and the referrer (the website the click came from). This data is essential for providing click statistics.
Device and Connection Information: We collect basic information about the device you use to access our website, such as your IP address, operating system, and browser type. This helps us ensure compatibility and diagnose technical issues.
c) Information from Third-Party Analytics Services:
We use third-party services to help us analyze how our website is used. These services use cookies and similar technologies to collect and report on website traffic.
Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager: We use Google Analytics to gather anonymous, aggregated data about our website traffic and user behavior. This helps us understand which parts of our service are popular and how we can improve the user experience. Google Tag Manager helps us manage these analytics tools. The data collected by Google is aggregated and does not personally identify you.
You can learn more about Google's practices by visiting their privacy policy.
You can opt-out of Google Analytics by installing their browser add-on.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the limited information we collect for the following purposes:
To Provide and Maintain Our Service: To create short links, generate QR codes, and redirect users who click on those links.
To Provide Analytics: To display click statistics for the links created through our Service.
To Improve Our Service: To understand how our users interact with our product so we can fix bugs, develop new features, and enhance usability.
To Ensure Security and Prevent Abuse: To monitor for and prevent malicious activity, spam, and fraud, and to protect the integrity of our Service.
3. How We Share Your Information
We do not sell your information. We only share the limited data we collect in the following circumstances:
Publicly for Analytics: The original long URL and its associated click analytics (such as click counts and referrer data) may be publicly accessible to anyone who has the short link. Do not shorten URLs that contain sensitive or private information.
With Service Providers: We may share data with third-party vendors who help us operate our business, such as cloud hosting providers (to run our servers) and analytics providers (like Google). These providers are contractually obligated to protect data and are only permitted to use it for the services they provide to us.
For Legal Reasons: We may disclose information if we believe it is reasonably necessary to comply with a law, regulation, or legal request; to protect the safety of any person; to address fraud, security, or technical issues; or to protect our rights or property.
4. Your Data Choices
Do Not Submit Sensitive Information: Since created links and their analytics can be publicly accessible, we urge you not to shorten URLs that contain personal, confidential, or sensitive information.
Control Cookies: Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. You can usually choose to set your browser to remove or reject browser cookies. Please note that if you choose to remove or reject cookies, this could affect the availability and functionality of our Service.
5. Data Security and Retention
We take the security of our Service seriously and use technical measures to protect it from loss, unauthorized access, and misuse.
We retain the URL and click data we collect indefinitely to ensure that links continue to function and to provide historical analytics.
6. Children's Privacy
Our Service is not directed to individuals under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information.
7. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we will notify you by posting the new policy on this page. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.
8. How to Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:
info@drct.in