Last Revision: 31 May 2023

We respect your privacy and understand the importance of privacy in the Internet and strive to keep users safe when using our online tools.

Our privacy policy explains how we collect, store and disclose information which we got from your usage of our website.

We use your data to provide and improve our online tools. By using any online tool on this website you agree with collection and using of all information in accordance with this policy.

Information Collection

We collect different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our online tools to you.

Types of Data Collected

1. Personal Data

   While using our online tools, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you ("Personal Data"). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

   1. Email address
   2. Cookies and Usage Data

   We may use your Personal Data to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe link or by emailing to support@backlinkvalidator.com.

2. Usage Data

   We may also collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our online tools or when you access online tools by or through a mobile device ("Usage Data").

   This Usage Data may include information such as your IP address, browser type and version, the pages of our online tools that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

   When you access our online tools with a mobile device, this Usage Data may include information such as the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser you use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

3. Tracking Cookies Data

   We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our online tools and we hold certain information.

   Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Other tracking technologies are also used such as beacons, tags and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our online tools.

   You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our online tools.

   Examples of Cookies we use:

   1. Session Cookies: to operate our online tools;
   2. Settings Cookies: to remember your preferences and various settings;
   3. Security Cookies: for security purposes;
   4. Advertising Cookies: to serve you with advertisements that may be relevant to you and your interests.

Using of Collected Information

Our online tools uses the collected information for various purposes:

1. to provide and maintain our online tools;
2. to notify users about changes to our online tools;
3. to allow you to participate in interactive features of our online tools when you choose to do so;
4. to provide support;
5. to gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our online tools;
6. to monitor the usage of our online tools;
7. to detect, prevent and address technical issues;
8. to fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it;
9. to carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection;
10. to provide you with notices about your account and / or subscription, including expiration and renewal notices, email-instructions, etc.;
11. to provide you with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information;
12. in any other way we may describe when you provide the information;
13. for any other purpose with your consent.

Retention of Data

We will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

We will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our online tools, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Transfer of Data

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to – and maintained on – computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction.

Your consent to this privacy policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

Our website will take all the steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organisation or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.

Disclosure of Data

We may disclose information that we collect for law enforcement reasons (under certain circumstances, we may be required to disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities) and to our Service Providers, contractors and other third-parties we use to support and develope our online tools and analize it's usage.

Security of Data

The security of your data is important to us, but please keep in mind no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is absolutely 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Your Data Protection Rights Under General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

If you are a resident of the European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights, covered by GDPR (see more at https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/679/oj).

We aim to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data.

If you wish to be informed what Personal Data we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please email us at support@backlinkvalidator.com.

In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:

1. the right to access, update or to delete the information we have on you;
2. the right of rectification. You have the right to have your information rectified if that information is inaccurate or incomplete;
3. the right to object. You have the right to object to our processing of your Personal Data;
4. the right of restriction. You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information;
5. the right to data portability. You have the right to be provided with a copy of your Personal Data in a structured, machine-readable and commonly used format;
6. the right to withdraw consent. You also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time where we rely on your consent to process your personal information.

Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.

Please note we may not able to provide using of our online tools without necessary data.

You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your Personal Data. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority in the European Economic Area (EEA).

Your Data Protection Rights under the California Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA)

CalOPPA is the first state law in the USA to require commercial websites and online services to post a privacy policy. The law's reach stretches well beyond California to require a person or company in the USA (and conceivable the world) that operates websites collecting personally identifiable information from California consumers to post a conspicuous privacy policy on its website stating exactly the information being collected and those individuals with whom it is being shared, and to comply with this policy (see more at https://consumercal.org/about-cfc/cfc-education-foundation/california-online-privacy-protection-act-caloppa-3/).

According to CalOPPA we agree to the following:

1. users can visit our website anonymously;
2. our privacy policy link includes the word "Privacy" and can easily be found on our website;
3. users are able to change their personal information by emailing us at support@backlinkvalidator.com.

Settings "Do Not Track" in browser

Do Not Track is a preference you can set in certain web browsers to inform websites that you do not want to be tracked. In the case you have "Do Not Track" enabled, we will try to honour your request, however please not we do not control the cookies, pixel tags, web beacons or other storage technology from third-party service providers and therefore we cannot guarantee that the "Do Not Track" feature will work as intended.

Service Providers

We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our online tools ("Service Providers"), provide online tools on our behalf, perform related services or assist us in analysing how our online tools is used.

These third-parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

Analytics

We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our online tools that may include, but are not limited to:

1. Google Analytics

   Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our online tools. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualise and personalise the ads of its own advertising network.

   For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy

   We also encourage you to review the Google's policy for safeguarding your data: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245.

2. Yandex.Metrica

   Yandex.Metrica analytics is a web analytics service operated by YANDEX LLC. Read theit privacy policy here: https://metrika.yandex.ru/about/info/privacy-policy

3. LiveInternet

   LiveInternet is a web analytics service operated by Laboratoriya Poiskovyh I Statisticheskih Resheniy LLC, its privacy policy can be obtained by request to counter@corp.liveinternet.ru

Payments

We may provide paid products and/or services at some of our online tools. In that case, we use third-party services for payment processing ("Payment Processors").

We dot not store or collect any of your payment details, because all this information is requsted by Payment Processors whose use of your personal information is governed by their privacy policy. These payment processors adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of payment information.

The payment processors we work with are:

1. Yoomoney: read their privacy policy here https://yoomoney.ru/page?id=527708

Advertising

Third-party ad servers or ad networks uses technologies like cookies, javascript or web beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on our website, which are sent directly to users browser, they automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see during your visit of our website.

Youtube API Data

1. Our online tools does not require from users any authorization tokens for accessing Youtube API Data.

2. Data we got from Youtube API is caching and storing for 30 days to improve performance of our online tools and optimize our Youtube API quota usage by taking answers for repeating requests to Youtube API from cache, after 30 days all stored data are deleting.

Links to Other Sites

Our online tools may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click a third-party link, you will be directed to that third-party's site. We strongly advise you to review the privacy policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Children's Privacy

Our online tools does not address anyone under the age of 18 ("Children").

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new privacy policy on this page and update effective date at the top of this privacy policy.

You are advised to review this privacy policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this privacy policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us via email support@backlinkvalidator.com.