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Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 3, 2026

1. Who We Are (Data Controller)

Super Downloads is operated by Mario Monteiro, based in Spain (European Union). For anything related to this policy or your personal data, contact support@superdownloads.app.

2. The App — No Telemetry

The Super Downloads desktop application runs entirely on your computer. The App does not collect, store, or transmit:

  • URLs you download
  • Video content or metadata
  • Browsing history or clipboard contents
  • Personal information
  • Usage analytics (the App has no telemetry)

Settings and download history are stored locally on your device using standard application storage. This data never leaves your computer.

The one exception is activation (see section 4): when you activate the App, it sends the email address you enter once, together with the App version, your Mac's architecture and macOS version, and the computer name used to tell your devices apart. Nothing about what you download is ever sent.

3. The Website — Anonymous, Cookieless Analytics

This website (superdownloads.app) uses PostHog to understand aggregate traffic — page views, referrers, approximate country, browser and device type. This analytics setup is deliberately privacy-first:

  • Cookieless: no cookies or local storage are used for analytics, so no consent banner is shown.
  • Anonymous: no user profiles are created and events are not linked to an identified person.
  • No session recording: we do not record your screen, mouse movements, or keystrokes.
  • Aggregated only: we look at totals and trends, not individuals.

Analytics data is processed by PostHog Inc. on servers hosted in the United States. Transfers rely on PostHog's standard safeguards for international data transfers under GDPR.

Legal basis: legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) in understanding aggregate website usage, using anonymous, cookieless measurement that does not profile visitors.

4. Activation

When you activate the App: Super Downloads is free, and activation asks for your email address. We store it, with the technical details listed in section 2 and whether the "updates and new products" box was left ticked, so we know who uses the App and can contact you about important changes to it (for example, security fixes or the end of the free period). That box comes ticked: if you leave it on, we may also email you about App updates and our other products; untick it before activating and we won't. Every such email includes a one-click way to stop receiving them. The list is stored with our database provider, Airtable (Formagrid Inc., United States), under its standard safeguards for international data transfers. Legal basis: performance of the free licence you request (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) and, for updates and product news, our legitimate interest in telling the people who use our software about related products (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR and Art. 21.2 of Spain's LSSI), which you can object to at any time — at activation, from any email, or by writing to us.

When you contact support: we store your email and message content only to respond to your inquiry.

5. Other Third-Party Services

  • GitHub: the App and its updates are distributed via GitHub Releases, and the App downloads its yt-dlp component from GitHub. When you download from GitHub, GitHub's privacy policy applies to that connection.
  • yt-dlp: the open-source download component runs locally on your computer. Video downloads go directly from the source platform to your device — no video data or URLs pass through our servers.

6. Data Retention

We retain activation email addresses for as long as you use the App or until you ask us to delete them, and support correspondence for as long as needed to resolve your inquiry. You can request deletion at any time.

7. Your Rights (GDPR)

If you are in the EU/EEA, you have the right to access, rectify, erase, and receive a copy of your personal data, to restrict or object to its processing, and to withdraw consent where processing is based on consent. To exercise any of these rights, email support@superdownloads.app — we will respond within 30 days. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority (in Spain, the Agencia Española de Protección de Datos, aepd.es).

8. Changes

We may update this policy. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated date.

9. Contact

Questions about privacy? Contact us at support@superdownloads.app.