What LinkPulse records when you open a short link

Recorded for every visit

• The time of the visit and which short link was opened.
• The website that sent you, as a domain name only (for example instagram.com), not the full page address.
• Your browser's user-agent text, which gives the device type, browser and operating system.
• An approximate location (country and city) looked up from your IP address, when the platform has that lookup enabled.
• Your IP address. The full address is kept for 30 days to investigate abuse, then erased. A shortened version (for example 103.21.45.x) is kept for statistics.

Who can see it

The person who created the link sees statistics and shortened IP addresses for their own links. Platform administrators can see full IP addresses while they are kept, to deal with spam, phishing and other abuse.

Time on page and scroll depth

Measured on landing pages hosted by LinkPulse (the page some links show before you continue), including which button you choose, and on websites whose owners added LinkPulse's script. LinkPulse never reads other websites.

The LinkPulse website itself

LinkPulse's own pages (home, sign-in, dashboard and the other management pages) use Google Analytics to count visits and feature use. Google Analytics sets cookies and sends usage data to Google. It is not loaded on short links, landing pages or any page you reach by opening a short link, and the links people shorten are never sent to it.

What we don't do

No cookies are set on people who open short links, nothing is sold or shared with advertisers, and other websites are never shown inside LinkPulse.