Video Downloader for IG - Privacy Policy

Last Update: Oct 18th, 2023


This Privacy Policy (hereinafter referred to as "Policy") applies to Users (hereinafter referred to as "You" or "Users") of Video Downloader for IG (hereinafter referred to as "Application").

It is important that You read this Policy together with any other privacy policies or fair processing policies We may provide on specific occasions so that You are fully aware of when, why, and how We collect and process your personal data. If You disagree with this Policy in whole or in part, You are entitled to terminate using this Application at any time.


1. Introduction

1.1 ETM Video Downloader (hereinafter referred to as "We" or "us" "our") takes Users' privacy very seriously, and We are committed to protecting and respecting Users' privacy. That value powers all of the decisions We make, including how We collect, use, share, store and respect Users' personal data.

1.2 We are both the data controller and data processor, who determines the purposes and methods of the data processing concerning your personal data collected by us, and is responsible for the data processing for your use of our services. If You have any questions, You can contact us by support-ig@mail.videoconverterdownloadermp3.com.


2. Types of Data collected

2.1 Among the types of Personal Data that this Application collects, by itself or through third parties, there are: Tracker; Usage Data; unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example); Application updates.

2.2 Complete details on each type of Personal Data collected are provided in the dedicated sections of this privacy policy or by specific explanation texts displayed prior to the Data collection.

2.3 Personal Data may be freely provided by the User, or, in case of Usage Data, collected automatically when using this Application.

2.4 Unless specified otherwise, all Data requested by this Application is mandatory and failure to provide this Data may make it impossible for this Application to provide its services. In cases where this Application specifically states that some Data is not mandatory, You are free not to communicate this Data without consequences to the availability or the functioning of the Service.

2.5 If you are uncertain about which Personal Data is mandatory, you are welcome to contact us.

2.6 Any use of Cookies – or of other tracking tools – by this Application or by us of third-party services used by this Application serves the purpose of providing the Service required by the User, in addition to any other purposes described in the present Policy and in the Cookie Policy, if available.

2.7 You are responsible for any third-party Personal Data obtained, published or shared through this Application and confirm that they have the third party's consent to provide the Data to us.


3. Mode and place of processing the Data

3.1 Methods of processing
We 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. In addition to us, in some cases, the Data may be accessible to certain types of persons in charge, involved with the operation of this Application (administration, sales, marketing, legal, system administration) or external parties (such as third-party technical service providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies) appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors by us. The updated list of these parties may be requested from us at any time.

3.2 Legal basis of processing
We may process Personal Data relating to You if one of the following applies:

In any case, We will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.

3.3 Place
The Data is processed at our operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located.

Depending on the User's location, data transfers may involve transferring the User's Data to a country other than their own. To find out more about the place of processing of such transferred Data, You can check the section containing details about the processing of Personal Data.

You are also entitled to learn about the legal basis of Data transfers to a country outside the European Union or to any international organization governed by public international law or set up by two or more countries, such as the UN, and about the security measures taken by us to safeguard their Data.

If any such transfer takes place, You can find out more by checking the relevant sections of this Policy or inquire with us using the information provided in the contact section.

3.4 Retention time
Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for.

Therefore:

We may be allowed to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever the User has given consent to such processing, as long as such consent is not withdrawn. Furthermore, We may be obliged to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever required to do so for the performance of a legal obligation or upon order of an authority.

Once the retention period expires, Personal Data shall be deleted. Therefore, the right of access, the right to erasure, the right to rectification and the right to data portability cannot be enforced after expiration of the retention period.


4. The purposes of processing

4.1 The Data concerning the User is collected to allow us to provide its Service, comply with its legal obligations, respond to enforcement requests, protect its rights and interests (or those of its Users or third parties), detect any malicious or fraudulent activity, as well as the following: Advertising, Analytics, Platform services and hosting and Hosting and backend infrastructure.

4.2 For specific information about the Personal Data used for each purpose, the User may refer to the section “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data”.


5. Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data

Personal Data is collected for the following purposes and using the following services:

5.1 Advertising
This type of service allows User Data to be utilized for advertising communication purposes. These communications are displayed in the form of banners and other advertisements on this Application, possibly based on User interests.

This does not mean that all Personal Data are used for this purpose. Information and conditions of use are shown below.

Some of the services listed below may use Trackers to identify You or they may use the behavioral retargeting technique, i.e. displaying ads tailored to the User’s interests and behavior, including those detected outside this Application. For more information, please check the privacy policies of the relevant services.

Services of this kind usually offer the possibility to opt out of such tracking. In addition to any opt-out feature offered by any of the services below, You may learn more on how to generally opt out of interest-based advertising within the dedicated section "How to opt-out of interest-based advertising" in this Policy.

AdMob (Google LLC)
AdMob is an advertising service provided by Google LLC.

In order to understand Google's use of Data, consult Google's partner policy (https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites).

PERSONAL DATA PROCESSED: Tracker; unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example); Usage Data.

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

Google Analytics for Firebase (Google LLC)
Google Analytics for Firebase or Firebase Analytics is an analytics service provided by Google LLC.

In order to understand Google's use of Data, consult Google's partner policy (https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites).

Firebase Analytics may share Data with other tools provided by Firebase, such as Crash Reporting, Authentication, Remote Config or Notifications. The User may check this privacy policy to find a detailed explanation about the other tools used by us.

This Application uses identifiers for mobile devices and technologies similar to cookies to run the Firebase Analytics service.

You may opt-out of certain Firebase features through applicable device settings, such as the device advertising settings for mobile phones or by following the instructions in other Firebase related sections of this privacy policy, if available.

PERSONAL DATA PROCESSED: Application updates; Usage Data.

5.3 Hosting and backend infrastructure
This type of service has the purpose of hosting Data and files that enable this Application to run and be distributed as well as to provide a ready-made infrastructure to run specific features or parts of this Application.

Some services among those listed below, if any, may work through geographically distributed servers, making it difficult to determine the actual location where the Personal Data are stored.

Google BigQuery (Google LLC)
Google BigQuery is a hosting and backend service provided by Google LLC.

PERSONAL DATA PROCESSED: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

5.4 Platform services and hosting
These services have the purpose of hosting and running key components of this Application, therefore allowing the provision of this Application from within a unified platform. Such platforms provide a wide range of tools to us – e.g. analytics, user registration, commenting, database management, e-commerce, payment processing – that imply the collection and handling of Personal Data.

Some of these services work through geographically distributed servers, making it difficult to determine the actual location where the Personal Data are stored.

Google Play Store (Google LLC)
This Application is distributed on the Google Play Store, a platform for the distribution of mobile apps, provided by Google LLC.

By virtue of being distributed via this app store, Google collects usage and diagnostics data and share aggregate information with us. Much of this information is processed on an opt-in basis.

You may opt-out of this analytics feature directly through their device settings. More information on how to manage analysis settings can be found on this page.

PERSONAL DATA PROCESSED: Usage Data.

5.5 About the porcessing mentioned above
Place of all of this processing: United States:

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: identifiers; internet information.

All of This processing constitutes a sale based on the definition under the CCPA. In addition to the information in this clause, the User can find information regarding how to opt out of the sale in the section detailing the rights of Californian consumers.


6. Information on opting out of interest-based advertising

6.1 In addition to any opt-out feature provided by any of the services listed in this Policy, You may learn more on how to generally opt out of interest-based advertising within the dedicated section of the Cookie Policy.


7. The rights of You

7.1 You may exercise certain rights regarding their Data processed by us.

7.2 In particular, You have the right to do the following:

7.3 Details about the right to object to processing
Where Personal Data is processed for a public interest, in the exercise of an official authority vested in us or for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us, You may object to such processing by providing a ground related to your particular situation to justify the objection.

You must know that, however, should their Personal Data be processed for direct marketing purposes, they can object to that processing at any time without providing any justification. To learn, whether We are processing Personal Data for direct marketing purposes, You may refer to the relevant sections of this Policy.

7.4 How to exercise these rights
Any requests to exercise User rights can be directed to us through the contact details provided in this Policy. These requests can be exercised free of charge and will be addressed by us as early as possible and always within one month.


8 Cookie Policy

8.1 Pursuant to the stipulations outlined in the EU ePrivacy Directive and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), we have provided a User Messaging Platform (UMP) within the application if you are in the European Economic Area (EEA) along with the UK. This platform facilitates your ability to define your consent regarding our utilization of cookies or other forms of local storage.

8.2 We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of other applications. Any external links to other applications or websites will be identifiable as such.

8.3 In reference to your consent for cookies, we will not collect personally identifying information about you when you visit our application unless you choose to provide that information to us. You can block cookies by activating the setting on UMP that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. To learn more, the User may consult the Cookie Policy.

8.4 Please note that we fully respect your right to privacy, and will not collect any personal information about you on our application without your explicit knowledge and permission. However, the nature of the Internet is such that we cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any personal information that is transmitted to us over the Internet.


9. Additional information about Data collection and processing

9.1 Legal action
The User's Personal Data may be used for legal purposes by us in Court or in the stages leading to possible legal action arising from improper use of this Application or the related Services. The User declares to be aware that We may be required to reveal personal data upon request of public authorities.

9.2 Additional information about User's Personal Data
In addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, this Application may provide the User with additional and contextual information concerning particular Services or the collection and processing of Personal Data upon request.

9.3. System logs and maintenance
For operation and maintenance purposes, this Application and any third-party services may collect files that record interaction with this Application (System logs) use other Personal Data (such as the IP Address) for this purpose.

9.4 Information not contained in this policy
More details concerning the collection or processing of Personal Data may be requested from us at any time. Please see the contact information at the beginning of this Policy.

9.5 How “Do Not Track” requests are handled
This Application does not support “Do Not Track” requests. To determine whether any of the third-party services it uses honor the “Do Not Track” requests, please read their privacy policies.

9.6 Changes to this privacy policy
We reserve the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time by notifying its Users on this page and possibly within this Application and/or - as far as technically and legally feasible - sending a notice to You via any contact information available to us. It is strongly recommended to check this page often, referring to the date of the last modification listed at the bottom.

Should the changes affect processing activities performed on the basis of the User’s consent, We shall collect new consent from the User, where required.


10. Information for Californian consumers

10.1 This part of the Policy integrates with and supplements the information contained in the rest of the privacy policy and is provided by the business running this Application and, if the case may be, its parent, subsidiaries and affiliates.

10.2 The provisions contained in this section apply to all Users who are consumers residing in the state of California, United States of America, according to "The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018", and, for such consumers, these provisions supersede any other possibly divergent or conflicting provisions contained in this privacy policy.

10.3 This part of the Policy uses the term “personal information“ as it is defined in The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).

10.4 Categories of personal information collected, disclosed or sold
In this section we summarize the categories of personal information that we've collected, disclosed or sold and the purposes thereof. You can read about these activities in detail in the section titled “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data” within this Policy.

10.5 Information we collect: the categories of personal information we collect
We have collected the following categories of personal information about you: identifiers, commercial information and internet information.

We will not collect additional categories of personal information without notifying you.

10.6 How we collect information: what are the sources of the personal information we collect?
We collect the above mentioned categories of personal information, either directly or indirectly, from you when you use this Application.

For example, you directly provide your personal information when you submit requests via any forms on this Application. You also provide personal information indirectly when you navigate this Application, as personal information about you is automatically observed and collected. Finally, we may collect your personal information from third parties that work with us in connection with the Service or with the functioning of this Application and features thereof.

10.7 How we use the information we collect: sharing and disclosing of your personal information with third parties for a business purpose
We may disclose the personal information we collect about you to a third party for business purposes. In this case, we enter a written agreement with such third party that requires the recipient to both keep the personal information confidential and not use it for any purpose(s) other than those necessary for the performance of the agreement.

We may also disclose your personal information to third parties when you explicitly ask or authorize us to do so, in order to provide you with our Service.

To find out more about the purposes of processing, please refer to the relevant section of this Policy.

10.8 Sale of your personal information
For our purposes, the word “sale” means any “selling, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring or otherwise communicating orally, in writing, or by electronic means, a consumer's personal information by the business to another business or a third party, for monetary or other valuable consideration”.

This means that, for example, a sale can happen whenever an application runs ads, or makes statistical analyses on the traffic or views, or simply because it uses tools such as social network plugins and the like.

10.9 Your right to opt out of the sale of personal information
You have the right to opt out of the sale of your personal information. This means that whenever you request us to stop selling your data, we will abide by your request. Such requests can be made freely, at any time, without submitting any verifiable request, simply by following the instructions below.

10.10 Instructions to opt out of the sale of personal information
If you’d like to know more, or exercise your right to opt out in regard to all the sales carried out by this Application, both online and offline, you can contact us for further information using the contact details provided in this Policy.

10.11 What are the purposes for which we use your personal information?
We may use your personal information to allow the operational functioning of this Application and features thereof (“business purposes”). In such cases, your personal information will be processed in a fashion necessary and proportionate to the business purpose for which it was collected, and strictly within the limits of compatible operational purposes.

We may also use your personal information for other reasons such as for commercial purposes (as indicated within the section “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data” within this Policy), as well as for complying with the law and defending our rights before the competent authorities where our rights and interests are threatened or we suffer an actual damage.

We will not use your personal information for different, unrelated, or incompatible purposes without notifying you.

10.12 Your California privacy rights and how to exercise them
The right to know and to portability

You have the right to request that we disclose to you:

If we deliver our response electronically, the information enclosed will be "portable", i.e. delivered in an easily usable format to enable you to transmit the information to another entity without hindrance – provided that this is technically feasible.

10.13 The right to request the deletion of your personal information
You have the right to request that we delete any of your personal information, subject to exceptions set forth by the law (such as, including but not limited to, where the information is used to identify and repair errors on this Application, to detect security incidents and protect against fraudulent or illegal activities, to exercise certain rights etc.).

If no legal exception applies, as a result of exercising your right, we will delete your personal information and direct any of our service providers to do so.

10.14How to exercise your rights
To exercise the rights described above, you need to submit your verifiable request to us by contacting us via the details provided in this Policy.

For us to respond to your request, it’s necessary that we know who you are. Therefore, you can only exercise the above rights by making a verifiable request which must:

If you cannot personally submit a verifiable request, you can authorize a person registered with the California Secretary of State to act on your behalf.

If you are an adult, you can make a verifiable request on behalf of a minor under your parental authority.

You can submit a maximum number of 2 requests over a period of 12 months.

10.15 How and when we are expected to handle your request
We will confirm receipt of your verifiable request within 10 days and provide information about how we will process your request.

We will respond to your request within 45 days of its receipt. Should we need more time, we will explain to you the reasons why, and how much more time we need. In this regard, please note that we may take up to 90 days to fulfill your request.

Our disclosure(s) will cover the preceding 12 month period.

Should we deny your request, we will explain you the reasons behind our denial.

We do not charge a fee to process or respond to your verifiable request unless such request is manifestly unfounded or excessive. In such cases, we may charge a reasonable fee, or refuse to act on the request. In either case, we will communicate our choices and explain the reasons behind it.


11. Information for Users residing in Brazil

11.1 This part of the Policy integrates with and supplements the information contained in the rest of the privacy policy and is provided by the entity running this Application and, if the case may be, its parent, subsidiaries and affiliates.

11.2 The provisions contained in this section apply to all Users who reside in Brazil, according to the "Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados". For such Users, these provisions supersede any other possibly divergent or conflicting provisions contained in this privacy policy.

11.3 This part of the Policy uses the term “personal information“ as it is defined in the Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados (LGPD).

11.4 The grounds on which we process your personal information
We can process your personal information solely if we have a legal basis for such processing. Legal bases are as follows:

To find out more about the legal bases, you can contact us at any time using the contact details provided in this Policy.

11.5 Categories of personal information processed
To find out what categories of your personal information are processed, you can read the section titled “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data” within this Policy.

11.6 Why we process your personal information
To find out why we process your personal information, you can read the sections titled “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data” and “The purposes of processing” within this Policy.

11.7 Your Brazilian privacy rights, how to file a request and our response to your requests
You have the right to:

You will never be discriminated against, or otherwise suffer any sort of detriment, if you exercise your rights.

11.8 How to file your request
You can file your express request to exercise your rights free from any charge, at any time, by using the contact details provided in this Policy, or via your legal representative.

11.9 How and when we will respond to your request
We will strive to promptly respond to your requests.

In any case, should it be impossible for us to do so, we’ll make sure to communicate to you the factual or legal reasons that prevent us from immediately, or otherwise ever, complying with your requests. In cases where we are not processing your personal information, we will indicate to you the physical or legal person to whom you should address your requests, if we are in the position to do so.

In the event that you file an ACCESS or PERSONAL INFORMATION processing confirmation request, please make sure that you specify whether you’d like your personal information to be delivered in electronic or printed form. You will also need to let us know whether you want us to answer your request immediately, in which case we will answer in a simplified fashion, or if you need a complete disclosure instead.

In the latter case, we’ll respond within 15 days from the time of your request, providing you with all the information on the origin of your personal information, confirmation on whether or not records exist, any criteria used for the processing and the purposes of the processing, while safeguarding our commercial and industrial secrets.

In the event that you file a rectification, deletion, anonymization or personal information blocking request, we will make sure to immediately communicate your request to other parties with whom we have shared your personal information in order to enable such third parties to also comply with your request – except in cases where such communication is proven impossible or involves disproportionate effort on our side.

11.10 How and when we will respond to your request
We are allowed to transfer your personal information outside of the Brazilian territory in the following cases: