Privacy Policy

Created on 7 March, 2025 • 5 minutes read

ShortyHub’s Privacy Policy: How we handle your info for free QR generators, link shortening, and 100+ tools.

Hey there! Welcome to ShortyHub, a personal project we’ve built to offer some awesome, free tools for you to enjoy. This Privacy Policy explains how we handle your info when you use our website and services. We’re not a company—just a team working together on this—so we’ll keep it simple and straightforward.


Here’s what we provide for free:

  1. Dynamic QR Generator: Create QR codes that can update their destinations.
  2. Bio Links: Get a custom link like domain.com/user123 to share your world.
  3. Link Shortening: Turn lengthy URLs into short, neat ones.
  4. Static HTML Hosting: Host simple HTML pages.
  5. vCard Share: Share digital business cards.
  6. Event Create Link: Make links for events.
  7. Online Tools: Over 100 useful tools like JPEG to PNG converters, DNS resolvers, signature generators, and more.

Our site is free to use, and we keep it running with ads. There’s nothing to buy here (at least not yet!). Here’s the scoop on your privacy.


1. What Info Do We Collect?

We only collect what’s necessary to make the site work and keep it helpful for you. Here’s what we gather:

  1. Stuff You Give Us:
  2. If you create a bio link (e.g., ShortyHub.com/user123), we store the username you choose and the links you add.
  3. For QR codes, vCards, event links, or HTML pages, we store whatever content you upload or create (like text, URLs, or files).
  4. When you use our tools, we might temporarily process what you upload (e.g., a JPEG file for conversion), but we don’t keep it unless you save it as part of another service (like hosting).
  5. Stuff We Get Automatically:
  6. Your IP address, browser type, and device info when you visit (standard web stuff).
  7. How you use the site—like which tools you try or what links you shorten—so we can see what’s clicking with users.
  8. Cookies or similar tech to keep the site running and serve ads (more on that below).
  9. Ads: The ads on our site come from third-party ad networks. They might collect their own data (like tracking your browsing habits) to show you tailored ads. We don’t control that—check their privacy policies for details.

We don’t ask for your name, email, or anything too personal unless you choose to share it (e.g., in a vCard you create).


2. How Do We Use Your Info?

We use what we collect to:

  1. Run the services—like generating your QR code, hosting your HTML page, or shortening your link.
  2. Keep the site humming along and fix issues if something glitches.
  3. Understand what people like so we can improve our tools or dream up new ones.
  4. Show you ads to fund this project (since it’s all free!).

We don’t sell your data to anyone. This is a passion project, and we’re not here to profit off your info.


3. Do We Share Your Info?

Not much sharing happens, but here’s when it might:

  1. Ad Networks: The ads you see come from third parties (like Google Ads or similar). They might use cookies or trackers to personalize ads. That’s their deal—we just provide the space.
  2. Legal Stuff: If the law comes knocking (like with a court order), we’d have to share what we’ve got. But that’s pretty unlikely for a small project like ours.
  3. Service Providers: We might use tools like web hosting or analytics (e.g., Google Analytics) to keep the site alive. They could see some data (like your IP) to do their job.

Anything you make public—like a bio link or hosted HTML page—is, well, public. Anyone with the link can see it. That’s up to you to handle!


4. How Long Do We Keep Your Info?

  1. Your Creations: Stuff like bio links, QR codes, shortened URLs, or hosted pages sticks around as long as the site’s up or until you delete them (if we add a delete option later).
  2. Temporary Data: Files you upload for tools (e.g., a JPEG to convert) get deleted right after processing unless you save them elsewhere on the site.
  3. Usage Data: Things like IP logs or analytics might linger for a bit (a few months, tops) to help us troubleshoot or spot trends, then they’re out the door.

If we ever shut the site down, we’ll try to clear out everything we don’t need anymore.


5. Cookies and Tracking

Yep, we use cookies and maybe some other tracking tech:

  1. To keep things running smoothly (like remembering your settings).
  2. To let ad networks do their thing (they might track you across sites—check their policies).

You can block cookies in your browser if you’d like, but some features might not work as well.


6. Your Choices

  1. Delete Stuff: Right now, there’s no fancy account system, so you can’t “log in” to delete things. If you want something removed (like a bio link), contact us (see below), and we’ll take care of it.
  2. Ads: Feel free to use an ad blocker if the ads bug you—we won’t mind!
  3. Don’t Share: Be mindful of what you upload. If it’s public (like a bio link), anyone can see it.


7. Security

We do our best to keep things secure—like using solid hosting and basic protections—but this is a personal project, not a vault. Don’t upload anything super sensitive you wouldn’t want exposed if something goes wrong (like a hack). We’re not responsible if that happens (sorry, we’re just a small team!).


8. Kids

Our site isn’t designed for kids under 13. If you’re a kid, please don’t use it without your parents’ permission. We don’t knowingly collect info from kids.


9. Changes to This Policy

If we update this Privacy Policy, we’ll change the date at the top and post the new version here. Big changes might get a heads-up on the site if we feel like shouting it out.


10. Contact Us

Got questions or need something deleted? Reach out at hello@ShortyHub.com. We’ll get back to you when we can—this is a small team effort!


That’s it! Thanks for checking out ShortyHub. We hope you love the tools as much as we loved making them!