Privacy Policy

Last Updated: January 1, 2026

1. Introduction

Welcome to GoBly ("we," "our," or "us"). We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal data is handled in a safe and responsible manner. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website (gobly.in) and use our URL shortening service.

2. Information We Collect

We believe in data minimization. We only collect the information necessary to provide our service:

• URLs: We collect the original URLs you submit to create short links, as well as the custom aliases (slugs) you provide.
• Analytics Data: When someone clicks a GoBly short link, we collect basic, non-personally identifiable analytics data. This may include the date and time of the click, and a general click count.
• Local Storage: If you use the "Recent Links" feature on our homepage, the links you create are stored locally in your browser using LocalStorage. This data never leaves your device and is not sent to our servers.

3. Information We Do Not Collect

We do NOT collect, store, or track:

• Your name, email address, or phone number (unless you voluntarily provide it when contacting us for support).
• Your exact physical location.
• Personally identifiable IP addresses associated with link clicks (we anonymize/hash IP addresses if needed for abuse prevention).

4. How We Use Your Information

We use the collected information for the following purposes:

• To provide, operate, and maintain the GoBly URL shortening service.
• To redirect users from short links to their original destination URLs.
• To provide basic, public statistics (like click counts) for short links.
• To detect, prevent, and address technical issues, spam, or malicious activity.

5. Third-Party Services

GoBly utilizes the following third-party services to operate:

• Cloudflare Pages & Workers: Used for hosting our frontend and running our serverless redirect functions. Cloudflare may process network traffic data in accordance with their privacy policy.
• Supabase: Used as our backend database to store the mapping between short URLs and original URLs. Data stored in Supabase is secured and accessed only via our authorized API endpoints.

6. Cookies and Tracking

GoBly does not use tracking cookies for advertising or user profiling. We use browser LocalStorage solely to provide the "Your History" feature on the homepage, enhancing your user experience by keeping track of the links you've generated locally.

7. Security

We take the security of our platform seriously. We use industry-standard measures, including SSL encryption and secure database policies (Row Level Security), to protect the data we store against unauthorized access or alteration. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure.

8. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be reflected on this page with an updated "Last Updated" date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

9. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at privacy@gobly.in.