PRIVACY POLICY
SideURL
Last Updated: April 30, 2026
1. Introduction
SideURL ("we," "us," or "our") operates the website sideurl.com (the "Service"). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, use our services, create an account, or interact with any features we provide, including links, profiles, and content displayed on the platform.
By accessing or using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not access or use the Service. We reserve the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time, and any changes will be effective immediately upon posting the revised policy on this page. Your continued use of the Service after any such changes constitutes your acceptance of the new terms.
2. Information We Collect
2.1 Information You Provide Directly
When you create an account on SideURL, we collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us. This includes your display name, username, email address, and profile picture or avatar. If you choose to add a bio, social media links, or other profile details, that information is also stored. When you create and manage links through our service, we store the destination URLs, custom aliases, titles, and descriptions you assign to each link. Any content you upload, such as images used in your profile or link thumbnails, is stored on our servers.
If you contact us through our support channels, submit a report, or participate in community features such as forums or comments, we collect the content of your communications and any associated metadata. If you subscribe to our newsletter or opt into marketing communications, we store your email address and subscription preferences. When you make a purchase or subscribe to a paid plan, we collect billing information including your name, payment method details, and transaction records. Payment processing is handled by third-party payment providers, and we do not store your full credit card number on our servers.
2.2 Information Collected Automatically
When you visit or interact with the Service, we automatically collect certain information about your device and usage. This includes your IP address, browser type and version,
operating system, device type, screen resolution, language preferences, and the URL you came from (referrer). We also collect information about how you navigate and use the Service, including the pages you visit, the links you click, the time and date of your visits, the duration of your sessions, and any error messages encountered.
We use cookies, web beacons, pixels, and similar tracking technologies to collect this information. Cookies are small data files stored on your device that help us recognize your browser and capture certain information. We use both session cookies (which expire when you close your browser) and persistent cookies (which remain on your device for a set period or until you manually delete them). You can control cookies through your browser settings, but disabling them may affect the functionality of our Service.
2.3 Information from Third Parties
We may receive information about you from third-party services that you have authorized to share data with us. This includes authentication providers (such as Google or social media platforms) if you choose to sign in using those services. In such cases, we receive your name, email address, and profile picture from the authentication provider, subject to their own privacy policies. We may also receive analytics data from third-party tools integrated into the Service, and information from advertising partners as described in the Google AdSense section below.
3. Google AdSense and Advertising
SideURL uses Google AdSense to display advertisements on our website. Google AdSense is an advertising service provided by Google LLC ("Google"). When Google AdSense is active on our Service, Google and its partners may use cookies and web beacons to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other websites on the internet.
Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet. This means that when you browse other websites, you may see advertisements related to content or topics you viewed on SideURL. This practice is known as "interest-based advertising" or "personalized advertising" and is designed to show you more relevant ads.
Google automatically collects certain information when ads are displayed on our site, including your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URL, pages viewed, and interactions with ads. This information is used by Google to generate anonymized analytics reports about ad performance and to provide targeted advertising services. Google may also combine the data it collects on our website with data collected from other websites or apps that use its advertising services.
3.1 Google AdSense Cookies
Google AdSense uses cookies for several purposes, including: remembering that you have
visited our site before, delivering advertisements that are relevant to you based on your interests, limiting the number of times you see the same advertisement, measuring the effectiveness of advertisements, and collecting aggregate data about site usage and ad interaction. The specific cookies used by Google include the DoubleClick DART cookie, which enables Google to serve and measure ads, as well as other cookies that track user engagement and preferences.
You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings. You can also opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info/choices or www.youronlinechoices.eu (for European users). Additionally, you can configure your browser to block all cookies or to notify you when a cookie is being set, though this may affect your ability to use certain features of the Service.
3.2 Third-Party Ad Networks
In addition to Google, our Service may use other third-party advertising networks and ad technology providers. These third parties may use cookies, JavaScript, web beacons, and similar technologies to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and to personalize advertising content to you. Each of these third-party partners has their own privacy policy addressing how they collect and use data. We encourage you to review their privacy policies to understand their data practices. We do not have access to, nor do we control, the cookies or tracking mechanisms used by these third-party advertisers.
4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies for a variety of purposes. Below is a summary of the types of cookies we and our partners use:
Essential Cookies: These cookies are strictly necessary for the operation of the Service. They enable core functionality such as user authentication, security, session management, and load balancing. You cannot opt out of these cookies as the Service would not function properly without them.
Analytics Cookies: We use analytics cookies, including those provided by Google Analytics, to understand how visitors interact with our Service. These cookies collect information about which pages are visited most frequently, how users navigate between pages, error messages encountered, and similar usage data. All information collected by analytics cookies is aggregated and anonymized; we do not use these cookies to personally identify individual users.
Advertising Cookies: As described in Section 3, Google AdSense and other advertising partners use cookies to deliver relevant advertisements, measure ad campaign effectiveness, and limit ad frequency. These cookies may track your browsing activity across multiple websites over time.
Preference Cookies: We use preference cookies to remember your settings and preferences, such as your preferred language, display settings, and notification preferences. These cookies enhance your experience by allowing the Service to remember choices you have made in the past.
You can manage your cookie preferences at any time through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to refuse or accept cookies, delete existing cookies, and set preferences for certain websites. Please note that removing or blocking cookies may impact your user experience and may result in certain features of the Service not working as intended.
5. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
To Provide and Maintain the Service: We use your information to create and manage your account, deliver the core features of SideURL including link creation and profile management, process your requests and transactions, and provide customer support.
To Improve and Optimize the Service: We analyze usage data and feedback to understand how users interact with our platform, identify areas for improvement, fix bugs and technical issues, develop new features, and enhance the overall user experience.
To Communicate with You: We use your contact information to send you important updates about the Service, respond to your inquiries and support requests, deliver administrative messages such as password resets and account verification emails, and send marketing communications if you have opted in to receive them.
To Personalize Your Experience: We use your preferences and usage history to customize content, recommend features, and tailor the Service to your individual needs and interests.
For Advertising Purposes: As described in Section 3, we use cookies and tracking technologies in conjunction with Google AdSense and other advertising partners to display advertisements and measure their effectiveness.
To Ensure Security and Prevent Fraud: We use your information to detect, prevent, and address technical issues, security threats, fraudulent activity, spam, and abuse of the Service.
To Comply with Legal Obligations: We may use your information as necessary to comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, or governmental requests.
6. How We Share Your Information
We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties. We may share
your information in the following limited circumstances:
Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as web hosting, database management, payment processing, analytics, email delivery, and advertising. These service providers are contractually obligated to use your information only for the purposes of providing the services we have engaged them to perform and must maintain the confidentiality and security of your data.
Google and Advertising Partners: We share certain data with Google AdSense and other advertising partners as described in Section 3. This data may include anonymized browsing behavior, device information, and cookie identifiers used to deliver and measure advertisements.
Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law, in response to a valid legal request (such as a subpoena, court order, or government inquiry), or when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or respond to a government request.
Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, reorganization, bankruptcy, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, user information may be transferred as part of that transaction. We will notify you via email or a prominent notice on the Service before your information becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
With Your Consent: We may share your information with third parties when you have given us explicit consent to do so, such as when you authorize us to share your profile information with a linked service.
7. Data Retention
We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. When determining retention periods, we consider the nature and sensitivity of the data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized disclosure, our legal obligations, and the purposes for which we process the data.
If you delete your account, we will remove your personal data from our active records within a reasonable timeframe, typically within 30 days. However, certain information may be retained for longer periods as required by law, for legitimate business purposes such as resolving disputes, enforcing our agreements, and complying with legal obligations. Anonymized or aggregated data that cannot reasonably be used to identify you may be retained indefinitely for analytics and improvement purposes.
Data collected through cookies and advertising technologies is retained according to the policies of the respective third-party providers. For Google AdSense data, please refer to
Google's privacy policy for specific retention periods.
8. Your Rights and Choices
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:
Access and Data Portability: You have the right to request a copy of the personal information we hold about you and to receive it in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. You can access and export your data through your account settings or by contacting us directly.
Correction: You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal information we hold about you. You can update most of your account information directly through your account settings.
Deletion: You have the right to request the deletion of your personal information, subject to certain exceptions. You can delete your account at any time through your account settings, which will trigger the removal of your personal data as described in our data retention policy.
Opt-Out of Personalized Advertising: You can opt out of personalized advertising served through Google AdSense by visiting Google's Ads Settings or using the opt-out mechanisms provided by the Digital Advertising Alliance (www.aboutads.info/choices) or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance (www.youronlinechoices.eu). Please note that opting out of personalized advertising does not remove ads; it simply prevents ads from being personalized based on your interests.
Withdraw Consent: Where we rely on your consent to process your personal information, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. Withdrawing consent will not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before your consent was withdrawn.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided in the Contact section below. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe, typically within 30 days. We may ask for verification of your identity before fulfilling your request.
9. Children's Privacy
The Service is not directed to children under the age of 13 (or the applicable age of consent in your jurisdiction). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected personal information from a child under 13, we will take immediate steps to delete that information from our servers.
If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately at the address provided in the Contact section. We will cooperate with applicable authorities and take appropriate action to ensure compliance with children's privacy laws, including the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) where applicable.
10. Data Security
We take the security of your personal information seriously and implement reasonable and appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect it against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. Our security measures include encryption of data in transit using SSL/TLS protocols, secure storage of data with access controls, regular security audits and vulnerability assessments, and employee training on data protection practices.
However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. In the event of a data breach that affects your personal information, we will notify you and any applicable regulatory authorities in accordance with legal requirements.
11. Third-Party Links
The Service may contain links to third-party websites, services, or resources that are not owned or controlled by SideURL. This includes links that users create through our platform. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, practices, or availability of any third-party websites or services. The inclusion of any link does not imply our endorsement, investigation, or verification of the linked website or its content.
We strongly advise you to read the privacy policies of any third-party websites or services you visit through links on our platform. Your interactions with third-party websites are governed solely by those websites' terms and policies, and we are not responsible for any personal information you provide to, or that is collected by, third parties.
12. International Data Transfers
SideURL is operated from servers that may be located in various jurisdictions. Your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in countries other than your country of residence. These countries may have data protection laws that differ from those in your jurisdiction. When we transfer your information internationally, we take appropriate safeguards to ensure that your data receives an adequate level of protection, including the use of standard contractual clauses, data processing agreements, and adherence to
applicable data protection frameworks such as the EU Standard Contractual Clauses.
13. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technologies, legal requirements, or other factors. When we make material changes, we will update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we protect your information.
If we make significant changes to this Privacy Policy, we may notify you by posting a prominent notice on the Service, sending you an email (if you have provided us with an email address and have not opted out of communications), or through other appropriate means. Your continued use of the Service after the effective date of any revised Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of the updated terms.
14. Contact Us
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us using one of the following methods:
Email: Team@sideurl.com
Website: https://sideurl.com
We will make every effort to respond to your inquiry within a reasonable timeframe and to address any concerns you may have about how we handle your personal information.