Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

DropIG ("we", "our", or "us") operates https://www.dropig.com. We believe that privacy is a fundamental digital right. This Privacy Policy explains our practices regarding information collection, cookies, third-party advertising partners (including Google AdSense), and compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).

2. Information We Do Not Collect

DropIG is engineered to minimize data processing:

• We do not require user registration, passwords, or personal profiles.
• We do not access, request, or store your Instagram credentials or tokens.
• We do not maintain a database linking your IP address to downloaded media.
• We do not host, duplicate, or archive downloaded videos, photos, or audio on our servers.

3. Technical & Edge Telemetry

When you visit DropIG, our hosting edge routers (e.g., Cloudflare, Render) automatically log standard, non-personally identifiable technical telemetry (such as browser type, operating system, timestamp, and anonymous request count). This data is strictly utilized for network security, Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) prevention, DDoS mitigation, and aggregate traffic metrics. These logs are purged automatically.

4. Google AdSense & Third-Party Advertising Cookies

To keep DropIG 100% free for creators worldwide, we partner with third-party advertising networks, including Google AdSense.

• Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this website or other websites on the internet.
• Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our sites and/or other sites on the Internet.
• Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.
• Alternatively, you can opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.

5. Local Storage & Client Preferences

DropIG does not use invasive cross-site tracking cookies. We utilize standard client-side browser localStorage exclusively to preserve non-identifiable user interface preferences:

• Display theme selection (Light Mode or Dark Mode).
• Language selection (English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, or Arabic).
• PWA installation dismissal prompts.

6. Direct CDN Routing & Content Delivery

When you input a public Instagram URL, DropIG acts strictly as a stateless resolution client. The resulting video or image binary is delivered directly from Meta's public Content Delivery Network nodes (such as *.cdninstagram.com or *.fbcdn.net) to your browser cache.

7. GDPR Privacy Rights (For European Union Users)

Under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), users are entitled to:

• The right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
• The right to erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data. Because we do not store personal profiles or download histories, no identifiable records exist in our database.
• The right to object to processing: You may restrict the collection of diagnostic cookies through your browser settings.

8. CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)

Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), California consumers have the right to request that a business disclose what personal information it collects and refrain from selling that information. DropIG does not sell, trade, or monetize personal information or user browsing histories under any circumstance.

9. Children's Information (COPPA Compliance)

DropIG does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you believe that a child has provided personal information on our website, please contact our support team immediately, and we will promptly remove such information from our records.

10. Contacting Our Data Protection Team

If you have questions regarding this Privacy Policy or wish to submit a data protection inquiry, please contact our team: