Privacy Policy

Last updated: December 18, 2025

1. Introduction & Scope

URL.Diet ("URL.Diet", "we", "us", or "our") provides a platform for creating and managing shortened links, QR codes (now or in the future), and related analytics (collectively, the "Services").

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect information when you:

  • Visit or use url.diet and any related pages we control.
  • Create or manage short links, QR codes, or tags within an account.
  • Click or scan a URL.Diet short link or QR code as an end user.

By using the Services, you agree to the practices described here. If you do not agree, you should not use the Services.

2. Who We Are & How to Contact Us

URL.Diet is operated from the United States and serves users globally. We do not currently maintain a public mailing address. For all privacy-related questions, requests, or complaints, you can contact us at:

We may ask you to verify your identity before we respond to certain privacy requests.

3. Information We Collect

3.1 Information you provide directly

  • Account & profile data (if accounts are enabled): email address, password hash, display name and similar details you choose to give us.
  • Support communications, such as messages sent to privacy@url.diet or other contact forms.
  • Content you create, including destination URLs, QR code targets, tags, link names and any notes you store with a link.

3.2 Link, QR code & telemetry data

When you create or interact with a URL.Diet short link or QR code, we collect data such as:

  • Original destination URL and the corresponding short link or QR code identifier.
  • Date and time the link or QR code is created or modified.
  • Click, scan, and view events associated with a link or QR code.
  • Tags or labels you associate with links.

3.3 Automatically collected data when links are clicked or scanned

When someone clicks a URL.Diet short link or scans a QR code, our edge infrastructure automatically records event data, which may include:

  • IP address (stored in hashed or truncated form for analytics and abuse prevention).
  • Approximate geolocation derived from IP (such as country, region and city, where available from our network provider).
  • Device type (desktop, mobile, tablet), operating system and version, browser and version.
  • Referrer URL (the page where the link or QR code was used, when provided by the browser).
  • UTM and other marketing parameters present in the link.
  • Date and time of the event and basic interaction metadata (e.g., which short link or QR code was used).

3.4 Cookies and similar technologies

We may use cookies, local storage and similar technologies on url.diet to keep you signed in, remember preferences, secure the Service and understand how the product is used. You can usually control cookies through your browser settings, but disabling them may limit certain features.

4. How We Use Information

We use the information described above to:

  • Provide, operate and maintain URL shortening, QR codes and redirect services.
  • Generate analytics dashboards, reports and filters for you and your team.
  • Understand how links, QR codes and campaigns perform across devices and geographies.
  • Detect, investigate and prevent spam, abuse, fraud and security incidents.
  • Improve and test new features, including telemetry and reporting capabilities.
  • Comply with legal obligations and enforce our terms of service.

Where required by law, we rely on your consent, our contractual obligations to you, or our legitimate interests (such as improving the Service and preventing abuse) as the legal basis for processing.

5. How We Share Information

We do not sell your personal information. We share data in limited ways:

  • Service providers that help us run URL.Diet (for example: hosting, database, security, logging, email delivery and analytics vendors). They are allowed to use data only to provide services to us.
  • Legal and safety – when required by law or to respond to lawful requests, or when we believe disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the rights, property or safety of URL.Diet, our users or the public.
  • Business transfers – if we are involved in a merger, acquisition or sale of assets, data may be transferred as part of that transaction, subject to this Policy or a successor policy that offers similar protections.

Aggregated or de‑identified data that cannot reasonably be linked back to an individual may be used for product analytics, benchmarking and similar purposes.

6. Data Retention

We keep personal data only for as long as it is reasonably needed for the purposes described in this Policy or as required by law. In general:

  • Link, QR code and click analytics may be retained while the link remains active.
  • Server logs and security-related data may be kept for a longer period to detect abuse and meet legal obligations.
  • If you request deletion of your account (when available) or certain data, we will remove or anonymize that data, subject to any retention obligations we have under law.

7. Security

We use a combination of technical and organizational measures to protect data, including TLS encryption in transit, access controls, logging and running our backend on trusted cloud and edge providers.

No online service can guarantee perfect security, but we work to limit who can access your information and to reduce the impact of potential incidents.

8. Your Choices & Rights

Depending on your location, you may have rights such as:

  • Accessing a copy of personal data we hold about you.
  • Requesting correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
  • Requesting deletion of certain data we hold about you.
  • Objecting to or restricting certain types of processing, including marketing or profiling where applicable.
  • Portability of certain data, where technically feasible.

To exercise these rights, contact us at privacy@url.diet. We will review and respond in accordance with applicable laws and may need to verify your identity before acting on your request.

9. Children's Privacy

URL.Diet is designed for business and general audiences and is not directed to children under 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal data, please contact us so we can investigate and take appropriate action.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our Services, technology or legal requirements. When we make material changes, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page and, where appropriate, provide additional notice. Your continued use of URL.Diet after changes take effect means you accept the updated Policy.