VPN & Ad Blocker for Safari Privacy Policy 

We highly value your privacy and want to ensure that you understand how we handle your information when you use our Services. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to provide transparency about the collection, usage, storage, disclosure, and protection of your information, including Personal Data. We want you to be aware of your rights, such as accessing, verifying, correcting, and deleting your information.

We also want to clarify that there are certain types of information we never collect under any circumstances. Safeguarding your information is our top priority, and we have implemented strong security measures to protect it. If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, we provide contact information for your convenience.

Our main goal in collecting data is to gather only the necessary information to provide outstanding services on a global scale. We have designed and continue to enhance our systems to ensure that we do not possess sensitive data about our customers. Even if required, we cannot disclose, misuse, or abuse data that we do not possess. Specifically, we do not keep logs of your activities, such as browsing history, traffic destination, data content, or DNS queries. Additionally, we never retain connection logs, meaning we do not store your IP address, outgoing VPN IP address, connection timestamp, or session duration.

As VPN & Ad Blocker for Safari, our core mission is dedicated to preserving the privacy of your information. We deeply respect the privacy rights of all our users and are fully committed to adhering to the principles outlined in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

When you use our Application, VPN & Ad Blocker for Safari, and interact with our services, you entrust us with your personal information. We prioritize protecting your privacy and provide this privacy notice to clearly explain the details of our privacy policy, including the information we collect, how we use it, and your rights concerning your data. We encourage you to carefully review this policy, as it holds significant importance.

About Us

VPN & Ad Blocker for Safari: Your trusted guide to secure internet use. Enjoy total security with encrypted data, absolute privacy with a changed IP address, and uncompromising speed. Access a wide network of servers and unblock websites effortlessly. The Ad Blocker offers faster browsing, lower data usage, and improved battery life. Protect yourself from ads, phishing, tracking, and risky content. No logs are kept during normal use, ensuring your anonymity.

What Information Do We Collect and Why?

We gather personal information provided by you voluntarily when you use our application, express interest in our services, engage in activities within the mobile application, or contact us. The specific details we collect depend on your interactions, choices, and the features you use. 

When you visit or use our mobile application, certain information is automatically collected, such as your IP address, browser, device characteristics, operating system, and usage patterns. While this information doesn't directly identify you, it helps us understand how you interact with our mobile application. If you access the app via a mobile device, we may also collect device information like your device ID, model, manufacturer, and operating system. We primarily use this data to ensure the app's security and functionality, and for internal analytics and reporting.

Furthermore, we use cookies and similar technologies, as is common in many businesses, to collect information. You can find more details about this in our Cookie Policy.

In some cases, we may obtain information about you from other sources, such as public databases, joint marketing partners, social media platforms (like Facebook), and other third-party sources.

How Do We Use Your Information?

We utilize your personal information for various purposes, based on different legal grounds, including:

• Personalized advertising: We may use your information to display tailored content and ads according to your interests and location, aiming to enhance your experience with our Mobile Application. (Legal grounds: Legitimate business interests and/or Consent)

• Feedback requests: Your information might be used to seek feedback and communicate with you about your usage of our Mobile Application. (Legal grounds: Legitimate business interests and/or Consent)

• Mobile Application protection: We employ your information to maintain the security and integrity of our Mobile Application, which includes monitoring and preventing fraudulent activities. (Legal grounds: Legitimate business interests and/or Legal reasons)

• Enforcing terms and policies: Your information may be utilized to ensure compliance with our terms, conditions, and policies. (Legal grounds: Legitimate business interests and/or Legal reasons)

• Other business purposes: Your information could be employed for additional business-related activities, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, evaluating the effectiveness of marketing campaigns, and enhancing our Mobile Application, services, and overall user experience. (Legal grounds: Legitimate business interests)

Please be aware that for specific purposes, like delivering targeted advertising, we may rely on your consent. More details about these practices can be found in our Cookie Policy.

General Data Collection

VPN & Ad Blocker for Safari may collect few types of data based on your usage of the Services. Each type of data serves a specific purpose and is explained in detail below.

Personal Data: This includes information like your name, email address, and payment details that you provide when creating or updating your Account.

Usage Statistics Data: A minimal amount of data is collected to ensure excellent customer support and service quality. This data does not include details about your browsing activity, VPN traffic, DNS queries, or IP addresses.

App Diagnostic Data: If you choose to opt in, anonymized data like crash reports and usability diagnostics may be collected to improve the performance of the Apps.

Please refer to the relevant sections for more detailed information about each type of data collection.

Personal Data

VPN & Ad Blocker for Safari collects Personal Data provided by users, which is essential for delivering our Services, handling payments, addressing support inquiries, and providing service-related updates.

We use Personal Data solely for the purposes specified in our Privacy Policy and never sell or lease it to third parties. The collection and processing of Personal Data are based on legitimate interests and contractual obligations to our users.

All Personal information associated with VPN & Ad Blocker for Safari accounts is under the exclusive control of VPN & Ad Blocker for Safari. It is stored on our systems and servers, as well as those leased by us and our subsidiaries. In limited cases where processing by related entities is necessary, data is shared strictly for the specific and legitimate purposes outlined in the Privacy Policy. Data protection standards are upheld at all times. It's important to emphasize that the personal information of VPN & Ad Blocker for Safari users will not be transferred to any other related entities.

The protection and retention of your personal data

We have implemented highly secure physical, procedural, and technical measures in our offices and information storage facilities to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, loss, or misuse of your Personal Data. However, it's important to acknowledge that no security measures can guarantee absolute protection. For this reason, our main principle is to collect only necessary data.

Our servers are located in secure data centers that adhere to strict security practices. These data centers do not require us to collect or store any traffic data or Personal Data related to your use of the Services. If any data center were to request such data, we would immediately terminate our partnership and explore other options. Even if a government were to seize one of our VPN servers, there would be no logs or information linking individual users to specific events, websites, or activities.

Your Personal Data, which never includes sensitive information like browsing history, DNS queries, or user-linked IP addresses, is retained for a limited period in compliance with relevant data protection laws. We retain the data only with your consent or for legitimate reasons.

Your Personal Data is controlled and stored by VPN & Ad Blocker for Safari, and we actively protect our rights and privacy safeguards.

Usage Statistics Data and App Diagnostic Data

To ensure exceptional customer support and maintain the quality of our service, VPN & Ad Blocker for Safari gathers specific information regarding your VPN usage, as explained below. This data is only accessible to our staff on a need-to-know basis.

We guarantee that Usage Statistics Data and App Diagnostic Data never contain any sensitive information, adhering to our overall commitment of never logging browsing history, traffic destinations, data content, IP addresses, or DNS queries.

Our core principle of minimal data collection ensures that:

• We have no knowledge of which user accessed a specific website or service.

• We do not retain any information about which user was connected to the VPN at a given time or the VPN server IP addresses they used.

• We do not have access to the original IP addresses associated with any user's computer.

• If anyone were to request VPN & Ad Blocker for Safari to disclose user information based on the above details, we would be unable to comply as the relevant data does not exist.

VPN & Ad Blocker for Safari collects data related to the Apps and their respective versions that you activate for using our Services. This information is used by our Support Team to troubleshoot any technical issues that may occur during your usage.

We also gather data on successful VPN connections, such as whether a connection was established on a specific day (without recording the exact time), the VPN location you connected to (without capturing your assigned outgoing IP address), and the country/ISP you connected from (without logging your source IP address). This minimal data is helpful for providing technical support, identifying connection problems, offering country-specific usage advice, and assisting our engineers in resolving network-related issues.

Regarding usage statistics, we collect minimal data to ensure the quality of our service. Our systems are designed to avoid storing sensitive information, and we cannot identify individual users or their specific usage patterns. Our commitment is to safeguard our users' privacy, and we do not possess any data related to their online activities.

For users who grant permission, we collect anonymized App Diagnostic Data, which includes crash reports, usability diagnostics, and VPN connection diagnostics. This data helps us optimize network speeds and identify issues related to specific apps, VPN servers, or internet service providers (ISPs). The information we receive is completely anonymous and cannot be linked to individual users, as we do not store any user-specific data or IP addresses.

You have the option to start or stop sharing this App Diagnostic Data at any time through your App's settings menu, and on iOS, you can also turn off Apple's crash reporting in iOS settings.

Cookies and Third-Party Analytics

For user experience and analytics purposes, VPN & Ad Blocker for Safari uses various analytics services, including from third-party Service Providers. These services may utilize cookies, mobile identifiers, and other data to generate reports and statistics, but they do not have access to any information that directly identifies individuals or any Personal Data provided by users to VPN & Ad Blocker for Safari.

What is a Cookie?

Cookies are small text files used to store information about your visit to the Site on your computer or mobile device. These cookies enable websites to remember your actions or preferences over time, helping to optimize and enhance the user experience of the Site by providing specific functionalities, such as website login and language settings. The types of cookies used may change over time as we continuously update and improve our service.

VPN & Ad Blocker for Safari’s Cookies

The Cookies set by VPN & Ad Blocker for Safari allow us to set your language preference, attribute visitors to a marketing channel, and, once you log in, securely display information specific to your Account. These Cookies contain a user identifier but do not include directly identifiable information such as your name or email address, and they do not track any activity outside of VPN & Ad Blocker for Safari domains.

Third-party Cookies

We use cookies to analyze traffic, improve the performance and usability of our Mobile Application, and ensure its security. We also utilize third-party cookies to track and analyze visits and usage of our Mobile Application. This helps us gain insights into how people are using our Mobile Application and identify areas for improvement. It's important to note that these third-party cookies do not specifically identify you.

Analytics

The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behavior.

• Google Analytics for Firebase is a service offered by Google, providing analytics to understand user behavior and usage patterns in our Mobile Application. For more details on how Google uses data, you can refer to Google's partner policy. Firebase Analytics may share data with other Firebase tools, such as Crash Reporting, Authentication, Remote Config, or Notifications. Detailed information about these tools can be found in our privacy policy. The service utilizes identifiers for mobile devices and technologies similar to cookies. Personal data processed by Firebase Analytics includes application opens, updates, device information, geography/region, in-app purchases, launches, number of sessions, number of users, operating systems, session duration, and usage data.

• Amplitude is another analytics service providing insights and analysis for applications. It helps us understand user behavior and optimize our Mobile Application. Amplitude collects and processes various types of personal data, such as application opens, updates, device information, geography/region, in-app purchases, launches, number of sessions, number of users, operating systems, session duration, and usage data. It may also share data with other tools within the Amplitude platform, such as Crash Reporting, Authentication, Remote Config, or Notifications.

• Apphud is an analytics service offering comprehensive insights and analysis for mobile applications. It processes various types of personal data to provide valuable information about user interactions, including application opens, updates, device information, geographical data, in-app purchases, app launches, session duration, and usage patterns. Apphud uses identifiers for mobile devices and technologies similar to cookies to collect and analyze data through its analytics platform. Like other analytics services, Apphud aims to help app developers understand user behavior and optimize their applications. It also integrates with additional tools within the Apphud platform, such as crash reporting, authentication, remote configuration, and notifications.

Handling payments

When it comes to processing payments, Apphud doesn't directly manage the collection and processing of payment information. Instead, it integrates with external payment service providers to facilitate payment processing within the application. Users need to provide their payment details and personal information directly to these external payment service providers. Apphud's role is to act as a facilitator, receiving notifications from the payment service providers to confirm successful payments. The collection and processing of payment information are solely handled by the external payment service providers, and Apphud is not involved in this process.

Push notifications

This Application can send push notifications to users for the purposes mentioned in this privacy policy. Users typically have the option to opt out of receiving push notifications by adjusting their device settings, such as notification settings for mobile phones, or configuring the settings for this Application or other specific apps on their device. However, it's important to note that disabling push notifications may impact the functionality and usefulness of this Application.

OneSignal is a service that helps app developers effectively communicate and engage with their users through various channels, including push notifications, in-app messages, and email. OneSignal allows the collection and analysis of user data to enable the delivery of push notifications, in-app messages, and email communications through its platform.

At our Mobile Application, we highly value your privacy and strive to provide a transparent and secure browsing experience. If you have any concerns or questions about our use of cookies, please feel free to contact us.

Link to privacy policy of third party service providers used by the app:

• OneSignal

• Amplitude

• Apphud

• Google Analytics for Firebase

Interactions With Third-Party Products

The VPN & Ad Blocker for Safari may contain links to external websites, mobile applications, products, or services that are not owned or controlled by VPN & Ad Blocker for Safari. These third-party websites or services may have their own terms and conditions and privacy practices that differ from those of VPN & Ad Blocker for Safari.

Please be aware that these third parties may collect personal information from you when you interact with their websites or services. VPN & Ad Blocker for Safari is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these external websites or services. We advise you to carefully read and understand the terms, conditions, and privacy policies of each third-party service provider you engage with in connection to the Site or the Services offered by VPN & Ad Blocker for Safari. It's crucial to be informed about how your personal information is handled and used by these third-party providers.

As a user of our Services, you have certain privacy rights, with some exceptions or exemptions:

• Right to Access: You can request access to the personal data we have about you.

• Right to Rectification: You can ask for corrections to any inaccurate or incomplete personal data we have about you.

• Right to Deletion: You can request the deletion of your personal data. However, note that deleting certain data may impact our ability to provide our Services to you.

• Right to Restriction and Objection: You can request to restrict or object to the processing of your personal data.

• Right to Data Portability: You can request to receive your personal data in a commonly used format for portability.

• Right to Withdraw Consent: You can withdraw your consent to the processing of your personal data at any time.

• Right to Lodge a Complaint: You have the right to file a complaint with your local data protection supervisory authority.

To exercise any of these rights, you can contact us. Please be aware that specific regulations and procedures may apply to these rights, and we will provide further guidance and assistance as needed. We will handle all requests in accordance with applicable laws and aim to address them promptly and efficiently.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

From time to time, we may update this privacy policy. The revised version will be indicated by a revised date and will take effect as soon as it is made available. In case of significant changes to the policy, we may notify you by prominently posting a notice or directly sending you a notification. We recommend that you check this privacy policy regularly to stay informed about how we are protecting your information.

Contact Us  

If you have any questions, concerns, or complaints about our Privacy Policy, how we comply with relevant laws, our information handling practices, or if you want to exercise your privacy rights, please feel free to contact us at the following email address: [insert email address here]. We are here to assist you and address any inquiries you may have.

Email: [email protected]

We deeply value your privacy and are fully dedicated to handling any inquiries or concerns you may have promptly and appropriately. Your feedback is incredibly important to us as it helps us uphold the utmost standards of privacy and data protection. Rest assured, we are here to support you and ensure that your privacy remains safeguarded at all times.