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Privacy Policy & Cookies
Uptodown.com
Privacy and Cookies Policy

This privacy and cookies policy governs our processing of ‘Personally identifiable information’ (PII) provided to us or to which we access through the use of the website www.uptodown.com or related sites and applications. The PII provided to us as stated above shall be processed in a personal data file whose controller is Uptodown Technologies SL (“Uptodown” or “we”), with registered office at Puerta del Mar 15, 2º, Malaga, Spain 29005 and VAT number B92461524. Uptodown has adopted technical and organizational measures to guarantee the security and integrity of PII, and to avoid their loss, alteration, and/or access by unauthorized third parties, as required under applicable regulations. Please read our privacy and cookies policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your PII. By accessing our sites or applications, you are agreeing to the collection, use, disclosure and other handling of your PII as described below.

How do we use your information?

We may use the PII we collect in the following ways: To manage your requests and provide our services, personalize user’s experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content and offers in which you are most interested.

  • To improve our sites and apps in order to better serve you.
  • To send commercial communications regarding your orders or other products and services.

Rights to access, rectify, cancel and oppose to any processed PII

Uptodown guarantees the exercise of the rights to access, rectify, cancel and oppose to the processing of PII under the terms of the applicable data protection regulations.

Additionally you can click here to opt-out any consent about the use of your information (your previous preferences will be removed).

Who do we share your Personal Information with?

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your PII. We may share your PII with trusted partners and suppliers only if they need such information to perform their specific obligations (e.g. to provide you with our service, to collect, store and process your PII, to select and serve relevant adverts, and to improve and optimize our sites and apps), and we require them to do so based on our instructions and in compliance with this Privacy and Cookies Policy and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures and applicable regulations.

  • Any other information may only be shared with your prior consent.

Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third-party products or services on our sites and apps. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

Do we use ‘cookies’?

Yes. Cookies are small files that a site transfers to your computer’s or device’s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the site’s systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. For instance, we use cookies to help us remember your preferred language. They are also used to help us understand your preferences based on previous or current site activity, which enables us to provide, support and improve our service. We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.

We use cookies in a few different ways under following categories:

Necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our sites or apps. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into our sites and apps. Functionality cookies. These are required for our sites or apps to function correctly and to give you access to our service. For example, these cookies allow our sites or apps remember your settings and provide enhanced and more personal features. Performance cookies. These allow us to recognise and count visitors and to see how visitors move around our sites and apps. This helps us to improve the functioning of our sites and apps. Targeting or Advertising cookies. These cookies record visits to our sites and apps. This information enable us to make our sites and apps more interesting for you.

Cookies can be:

Own cookies: These cookies are sent to your computer, tablet, smartphone or device with web browsing access from Uptodown. Third-party cookies: These cookies are sent to your computer, tablet, smartphone or device with web browsing access from a domain or website not managed by Uptodown, but by another entity that processes the data obtained through the cookies.

Cookie Type Purpose Duration More information
_gat _ga Google Analytics Third party cookie Used to measure overall traffic to our sites and apps, and provides completely anonymous and aggregated data. Up to 2 years If you want to prevent your data being used by Google Analytics, you can opt-out by downloading and installing the add-on for your web browser from following link. https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en
_gads Google Adsense Third party cookie Allows us to purchase online advertising aimed at people who have visited our sites and apps Up to 2 years You can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the Google Ad Preferences page. https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/ If you want to you can opt out of interest-based advertising entirely by cookie settings or permanently using a browser plugin below
GDPR_required & GDPR_status First party cookie Used to remember acceptance of cookies by user. Up to 2 years -
utd_langso First party cookie Used to remember the language and operating system of the user. Up to 2 years Required for the provision of the service.

Can you switch off cookies?

To switch off cookies, you need to change your browser settings. You may set up, freely and at any time, the installation of cookies through your browser. Information about it may be consulted at:

For further information about how to do this please visit https://www.aboutcookies.org/. Please note that if you choose to switch off cookies on your device, that will mean certain functions of our sites or apps cannot operate properly and the usability of the our services may be affected. For further information regarding cookies and behavioural advertising:

https://www.allaboutcookies.org https://www.youronlinechoices.com

Detailed information about our commonly used ad technology providers

You can access here to an updated list of our ad technology providers.

Additional information about the Uptodown and Uptodown Lite Android App

This privacy policy governs your use of the software application Uptodown and Uptodown Lite (“Application”) for mobile devices that was created by Uptodown Technologies SL. The Application is the official Android app where you can easily access all of the information in our catalog.

The personal Data collected from the Application may be described in other sections of this privacy policy including the following purposes:

  • Registration and authentication from the Application: Facebook Authentication and Google OAuth
  • Google Analytics, Cookies and Usage Data Device Camera: to optionally generate the user avatar
  • GPS: this Application may collect occasionally, use, and share User location Data in order to provide location-based services

The Application processes the Data of Users in a proper manner and shall take appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorized destruction of the Data. The Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT enabled tools, following organizational procedures and modes strictly related to the purposes indicated.

Contacting Us

If there are any questions regarding this privacy and cookies policy you may contact us using the information below.

Uptodown.com C/Puerta del Mar 15, 2 planta. 29005 Málaga SPAIN
contacto@uptodown.com
Tlfn. +34 623 195 114
Last Edited on 05-21-2018