nelink Privacy Policy
Welcome to nelink. This Privacy Policy describes the policies and
procedures of nelink, LLC (“nelink”, “we” or “us”) on the collection, use,
security and disclosure of personal information about you on
https://ne.link
(the “Site”) and the services, features, content or applications offered
by nelink (collectively with the Site, the “Services”). It also describes
your choices regarding use, access and correction of your personal
information.
Scope
This Privacy Policy covers the treatment of the personal information
gathered by nelink when you use or access the Services, or when you view
or interact with an nelink link (either our ne.link links of one of our
branded domains). This Privacy Policy also covers nelink’s treatment of
any information about you that nelink’s customers share with nelink.
This Privacy Policy does not apply to the practices of other businesses
that nelink does not own or control, including other companies’ websites,
services and applications (“Third Party Services”) that you can access
through the Services, such as Facebook or Twitter, or to individuals that
nelink does not manage or employ. We cannot take responsibility for the
content or privacy policies of those Third Party Services. We encourage
you to review the privacy policies of any Third Party Services you access.
Information We Collect
nelink may collect personal information about you as described in this
Privacy Policy when you (i) use the Services, or (ii) view or interact
with an nelink link (either our ne.link links or one of our branded
domains) on a third-party website. We collect the following types of
information from you, some of which might be considered personal
information under applicable law.
When You Create an nelink Link
One feature of the Services is the ability to create shortened uniform
resource locators (URLs) of websites (“nelink Link” or “nelinks”). Users
can create nelink Links without registering for an account. When you
create an nelink Link, nelink collects and stores both the original URL
and the shortened URL. nelink also collects and stores your IP address,
your location, which we derive from your IP address, the time and date on
which you shortened the original URL.
When You Interact With an nelink Link
nelink automatically collects personal information about the interaction
(such as clicks or views) with every nelink Link created through the
Services (either our ne.link links or one of our branded domains) on a
third-party website. This information includes, but is not limited to: (i)
the IP address and location derived from the IP address; (ii) the
referring websites or services; (iii) the time and date of each access;
(iv) device settings, such as browser type, operating system, and
language; (v) cookies, as described below, and mobile advertising
identifiers and (v) information about sharing of the nelink Link on Third
Party Services such as Twitter and Facebook (collectively, “nelink
Metrics”). As described in this policy, we use nelink Metrics to provide
the Services, to understand and analyze how our Services are used and to
identify trends, and to detect, deter and prevent malicious, fraudulent or
unlawful activity. Please see the “Information We May Share” section of
this Privacy Policy for a description of how we may share information we
collect when you create, view or interact with nelink Links.
Other Information We Automatically Collect
When you visit the Site, we automatically collect (i) your IP address and
location derived from the IP address; (ii) the referring websites or
services; (iii) the time and date of each access; (iv) device settings,
such as browser type, operating system, and language; and (v) cookie
information. This type of data enables us and third parties authorized by
us to figure out how often individuals use parts of the Site so that we
can analyze and improve them.
We may receive a confirmation when you open an email from us. We use this
confirmation to improve our customer service.
nelink may use third-party APIs and software development kits (“SDKs”) to
provide certain functions in our Services.
Cookies and Other Similar Technologies
nelink and its partners use cookies or similar technologies to analyze
trends, administer the website, track users’ movements around the website,
and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole.
Cookies are pieces of text that may be provided to your computer through
your web browser when you access a website. Your browser stores cookies in
a manner associated with each website you visit. We use cookies to enable
our servers to recognize your web browser and tell us how and when you
visit our Site and use the Services through the web.
nelink cookies also allow nelink to track when you have clicked on a
nelink Link. Each click of an nelink Link is tracked using a unique
identifier assigned to you in one or more cookies stored by your web
browser and associated with nelink. We may associate the unique identifier
in our cookies with the other information we automatically collect when
you use the Services, as described above, including your IP address,
nelink Links you click, and nelink Links you create.
Most browsers have an option for turning off the cookie feature, which
will prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, as well as
(depending on the sophistication of your browser software) allowing you to
decide on acceptance of each new cookie in a variety of ways. If you
disable cookies, you will not be able to use some features of the
Services.
We partner with third parties to track utilization and behavior on our
websites, display advertising on our websites, and to manage our
advertising on other sites. Our third-party partners may use cookies, web
beacons, pixel tags or similar technologies in order to provide you
advertising based upon your browsing activities and interests. If you wish
to opt out of interest-based advertising
click here
or if located in the European Union
click here.
This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by nelink only and does not
cover the use of cookies by any Third Party Services. nelink does not
control when or how third parties place cookies on your computer, such as
when you visit the website from an nelink Link. You can manage other
companies’ cookies used for online advertising by visiting the Digital
Advertising Alliance’s
Consumer Choice Page.
Note Regarding Children
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If we
learn that we have collected personal information of a child under 13 (or
older as required by applicable law), we will take steps to delete such
information from our files as soon as possible.
How We Use Information
We use the personal information we collect for a variety of administrative
and business purposes to:
- operate our Site and provide the Services,
- process and complete any transactions,
- verify individual identity,
- respond to inquiries, questions and comments and provide customer and technical support,
- provide access to certain functionalities of our Services,
- personalize and improve the Services and develop new products and services,
- to communicate with our current and prospective customers concerning our services,
- measure interest and engagement in our Site and Services,
- monitor and analyze usage and trends of the Site and Services,
- provide services to our customers to allow them to understand how you interact with our Services and to help detect, deter and prevent malicious, fraudulent or unlawful activity,
- comply with any legal obligations, and
- enforce our terms and as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy.
Usage Across Devices
We may use the information we collect to make inferences that a unique
individual has created or interacted with nelink links on different
devices so that we can to detect, deter and prevent malicious, fraudulent
or unlawful activity and analyze how users use our Services. For example,
if you created an nelink link on a computer connected to your residential
WiFi network, and you soon thereafter clicked on an nelink link on a
mobile device connected to the same WiFi network, we may infer that a
single individual created and clicked on the nelink links because both
events were associated with the same IP address in the same time period.
Other Legitimate Interests
We also may use personal information to pursue legitimate interests, such
as direct marketing, research (including marketing research), network and
information security, prevention of fraudulent, malicious and unlawful
activities, or any other purpose disclosed to you at the time you provide
personal information or allowed by law.
Retention
We retain the personal information we receive as described in this Privacy
Policy for as long as you use our Services or as necessary to fulfill the
purpose(s) for which it was collected, provide our Services, resolve
disputes, establish legal defenses, conduct audits, pursue legitimate
business purposes, enforce our agreements, and comply with applicable
laws.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
nelink may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make
material changes in the way we collect or use information, we will notify
you by posting an announcement on the Services or sending you an email,
and we will indicate when those changes will become effective. You are
agreeing to be bound by any changes to the Privacy Policy when you use the
Services after those changes become effective.
Questions?
If you have any questions or concerns regarding privacy using the
Services, please send us a detailed message to:
privacy@ne.link. We will make every effort to resolve your concerns.
This policy is effective as of 1 August 2020.