This privacy policy ("Policy") explains how information you provide to us is collected, used and disclosed by 4shared ("we" or "us") with respect to your access and use of 4shared's online file storage and sharing service located at www.4shared.com, (the "Service") and our mobile applications ("Apps" or "App"), collectively, our Digital Properties, so you can make an informed decision about using the Service.
We reserve the right to change the provisions of this Policy at any time. We will alert you that changes have been made by indicating on this Policy the date it was last updated. We encourage you to review this Policy from time to time to make sure that you understand how any information you provide to us or collected about you will be used.
4shared collects Personal Data during your registration at our Digital Properties, when you choose to provide it, such as your name and email address.
The decision to provide such data is optional. However, if you choose not to register or provide this data, you may not be able to access certain features or services available within our Digital Properties.
Your consent to the collection and use of Personal Data will be logged by us.
In addition, you can voluntarily provide us with additional data in forms as part of the registration process. The voluntary provision of this data is a consent to the use of the data.
4shared may use the Personal Data you choose to provide to us to operate and improve our Digital Properties, such as to provide notices about our Website, Services and Apps, process your Service inquiries, and request customer feedback.
4shared may also use such Personal Data to send you the information regarding new Products, Services or features available within our Digital Properties; solely in accordance with your granted permissions.
You may unsubscribe from our newsletters and marketing emails anytime.
For further info about your consent withdrawal and other opt-out options, please refer to "Your Choice and Control" section of this Privacy Policy, below.
We may also collect additional data through our Digital Properties that may include (a combination of) Personal Data elements, such as:
Such Personal data is collected and stored in the pseudonymized manner and can not be attributed separately to identify or reveal a natural person's individual identity.
The collected Personal Data may be used for such purposes as:
4shared allows you to sign up and log in using your Facebook, Twitter or Google accounts.
If you sign up using Facebook, Facebook will ask your permission to share certain information from your Facebook account with 4shared. This information is collected by Facebook and is provided to us under the Terms of Facebook Data Policy.
For more details, please visit: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy.
If you sign up using Twitter, Twitter will ask your permission to share certain information from your Twitter account with 4shared. This information is collected by Twitter and is provided to us under the Terms of Twitter Privacy Policy.
For more details, please visit: https://twitter.com/privacy.
If you sign up using Google, Google will ask your permission to share certain information from your Google account with 4shared. This information is collected by Google and is provided to us under the Terms of Google Privacy Policy.
For more details, please visit: https://policies.google.com/privacy.
We may also automatically collect certain Personal Data through the use of cookies, beacons and other similar technology to collect aggregated statistics related to the use of our Apps and Services and improve the performance of our Digital Properties.
While you are visiting the Website, our web servers for the operation of the Service temporarily collect general technical information, in particular about the software and hardware you use, the IP address of the requesting computer, which websites you have visited and when, and the Duration of your visit.
We use such service provision cookie technology to help you navigate our Website and enhance your experience with our Services and features.
Such cookie technology is non-privacy intrusive, as the collected data has no personal reference to you.
In case of a user login, however, we set a cookie, which then remains stored to enable automatic login (permanent cookie).
We may use third-party analytics and research services, such as Google Analytics to better understand how visitors interact with our Digital Properties, e.g. collect data such as where visitors came from, what actions they took, and where visitors went when they left Digital Properties.
This data is collected and stored in the pseudonymized manner and can not be attributed separately to identify or reveal a natural person's individual identity.
We use this information to improve your experience when visiting our Digital Properties. We may also work with other partners to conduct research surveys in order to improve the user experience on our Digital Properties.
For more information on data collection via Google Analytics cookie technology, please refer to Google Analytics privacy practices: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245.
For details on how to opt out of cookies, please refer to "Your Choice and Control" section of this Privacy Policy, below.
We may share (a combination of) Personal Data elements with:
We may share your Personal Data with third-party service providers who may assist us in responding to your inquiries or requests, or otherwise perform some business or operational function for us.
We require that such third-party service providers confirm their Personal Data Privacy and Protection practices are consistent with those applicable via our Digital Properties.
Any use of Personal Data by such Service Providers for the purposes other than performing business or operational function for 4shared and its Digital Properties is strictly prohibited.
We partner with third-party ad networks to display advertising within our Digital Properties. Our ad network partners use Web beacons and log files to collect data about your activities on our Digital Properties to provide you targeted advertising based upon your interests.
This data is collected, stored and disclosed in the pseudonymized manner and can not be attributed separately to identify or reveal a natural person's individual identity.
The use of cookies and beacons by our partners is not covered by our privacy statement. We do not have access or control over these cookies.
Within our mobile applications, we partner with third-party ad networks, including AdMob, MoPub, Facebook Audience Network and Pangle to display advertising.
Our ad network partners may use IDFAs, non-user related crash logs, IP address, user-associated performance data (e.g. app launch time, energy usage and hang rate) to collect data about your activities on our Digital Properties to provide you with targeted advertising based upon your interests.
This data is collected, stored and disclosed in the pseudonymized manner and can not be attributed separately to identify or reveal a natural person's individual identity.
The use of such data by our partners is not covered by our privacy statement. We do not have access or control over it.
You can reset your IDFA (Android) and/or discontinue our app access to your IDFA (iOS) anytime - directly in your device Settings.
Notwithstanding any other provision, we partner with third parties that collect information across various channels, including offline and online, for purposes of delivering more relevant advertising to you or your business.
Our partners may link the hashed or obfuscated personal information we share with them to the cookie stored on your browser or device, and they may collect information such as your IP address, browser or operating system type and version, and demographic or inferred-interest information.
Our partners use this information to recognize you across different channels and platforms, including but not limited to, computers, mobile devices, and Smart TVs, over time for advertising, analytics, attribution, and reporting purposes. Your data may be transferred outside of the country from which it was originally collected.
For more details on the collection, use and disclosure of Personal Data, and instructions on how to opt out of interest-based advertising, please refer to information provided below or visit websites of advertising networks and data providers:
For more information and available opt-out mechanisms, regarding interest-based advertising, please refer to "Your Choice and Control" section of this Privacy Policy, below.
We may also disclose your Personal Data if required by law, including without limitation, by search warrant, subpoena or court order; to protect our and third-party rights; and for purposes disclosed at the time of collection.
We do our best to provide you choice and control, with regard to Personal Data and other information you provide to us.
It is not necessary for you to provide us with any Personal Data in order to visit our Website and use our Services, although certain information is being collected automatically during your visit (as described above).
To opt out of data collection via Google Analytics cookie technology, please refer to the Google's opt-out instructions at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
If you wish to block, erase, or be warned of cookies, please refer to your browser manufacturer to learn about these functions.
For more information on how to manage cookies in your web-browser, please refer to www.allaboutcookies.org.
If you register a 4shared account, you can control your Personal Data in a number of ways within your your 4shared account settings on our Website.
You may withdraw your consent to the collection and use of Personal Data by 4shared - generally or with regard to the additionally voluntarily communicated data in accordance with effect for the future.
However, in the event of your cancellation, certain features that require registration may no longer be provided. This does not apply to the revocation to collect further voluntary data, provided to us.
To withdraw your consent to the collection and use of your Personal Data by 4shared, please send us a corresponding inquiry via email legal@4shared.com.
To unsubscribe from our newsletters and marketing emails:
You may also unsubscribe from our newsletters and marketing emails by clicking on the Unsubscribe links, provided in such emails.
The Social Networks tab within your account Settings on our Website enables you to control the information you share with social networks via connected accounts.
To opt out of your data collection by Facebook, Twitter or Google, use the "Disconnect" option for the corresponding account in the Social Networks tab within your 4shared account Settings on our Website.
4shared doesn't claim ownership of Your Content.
4shared doesn't use what you say in email, chat, your files, documents, photos, videos and other Content to target advertising to you.
4shared enables you to store or share Your Content, access or download content, shared by other users. When you share Your Content with others, you acknowledge that they may be able to save, record, reproduce, share, transmit, broadcast, display or otherwise use Your Content without providing any compensation to you.
If any of your Content contains (a combination of) Personal Data elements or any other information that you would not like to share, you can limit other users' access to this Content within your 4shared account - by making a file "Private" or setting up "Private access" to a folder, correspondingly.
For more details on how to secure and protect your Content, please visit 4shared Security page.
To opt out of interest-based advertising, please refer to the following opt-out options and mechanisms:
Recommended for U.S.-based users:
Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) opt-out program: optout.networkadvertising.org
Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) opt-out program: optout.aboutads.info
Recommended for Canada-based users:
Digital Advertising Alliance Canada (DAAC): youradchoices.ca/choices
Recommended for EU/EEA-based users:
Digital Advertising Alliance EU (EDAA) opt-out program: youronlinechoices.eu
To opt out of data collection via mobile applications, please visit the DAA AppChoices page: youradchoices.com/appchoices.
Please note that even if you opt out of interest-based advertising, 4shared may continue to collect data for other purposes, 4shared will still display generic ads (i.e. not targeted to you), while using our Digital Properties.
For more information on the collection, use and disclosure of Personal Data via 4shared Applications and your opt-out choices, please refer to 4shared App Privacy Statement.
We take reasonable measures to help maintain data we collect through our Digital Properties in a secure manner in our Data Centers, located in the United States of America and the Netherlands.
Zoned access throughout Data Center, biometric hand scanner requires ID card access and hand geometry measurements, customer IDC access and contacts managed via Siebel, current government-issued picture ID required, ID badge and biometric hand scan to man trap with badge reader, second hand scans to gain access to raised floor, biometric scanner captures 3D measurements of hand.
Additional onsite security includes: multiple 360 degree cameras with 10x zoom, more than 100 fixed cameras, high speed recorders with DV cassette tapes, hard drives to eliminate down time for tape swaps and over recording, minimum 30 day tape storage.
Industrial strength, dedicated rack mount servers, feature multiple processors, redundant power supplies, redundant network cards.
Customer data resides securely on Database servers behind multiple firewalls and is not accessible from the Internet. In order to access data, operators must utilize the application server, whose access is limited by strict security.
Confidential data, such as usernames and passwords, are secured through an encrypted connection (using 128 bit encryption).
For more details, please visit our 4shared Security page.
4shared will not retain, use or process shared Personal Data, such as your email address, for longer than necessary to fulfill our business purpose.
Customer data is stored on our servers for the duration of an account, plus up to one year after.
We store non-personally intrusive data and the Personal Data obtained from the Use of our Digital Properties (log data), in a pseudonymized manner, up to one year in order to ensure that our Digital Properties function properly.
You can deactivate your account anytime - in your account Settings.
Upon your account deactivation request, you will have 30 days to restore your account data, if needed. In case no action is taken within this 30-day time frame, your account, including all files and folders in it, will be physically deleted within 2-3 days with NO option to restore them.
You can also enforce your data deletion from 4shared servers at any time - by sending the data deletion request to our Data Protection Officer at pi@4shared.com.
Official personal data protection representative in the Republic of Korea:
법무법인 봄 (대표 김철식),
+82 2 3477 2103, ,
서울특별시 강남구 역삼동 831-17
Spring Law Firm (Representative Chulsik Kim)
+82 2 3477 2103, ,
831-17 Yeoksam-dong Gangnam-gu Seoul
We process information in a way that is compatible with and relevant to the purpose for which it was collected as described above. To the extent necessary for those purposes, we take reasonable steps to ensure that any information in our care is accurate, complete, current and reliable for its intended use.
4shared takes reasonable steps to ensure that information is accurate, complete, current, and reliable for its intended use.
For the Data you choose you provide us with, you may review, correct, update, or change your Personal Data, request that we deactivate or delete your account, or remove your Personal Data from our direct marketing efforts, at any time by emailing our Data Protection Officer at pi@4shared.com.
For more information on how data retention and data deletion is handled by 4shared, please refer to Section 6 of this Privacy Policy.
Our Digital Properties are designed for people 18 years of age and older.
4shared does not knowingly collect Personal Data from anyone under the age of 18. If 4shared is made aware that it has received Personal Data from someone under 18, it will use reasonable efforts to remove that information from its records.
We transfer Personal Information across country borders, including to the United States of America and the Netherlands, by or on behalf of our company in accordance with this Privacy Policy (see Section 3 and Section 5 for more details).
We will apply this Policy to transfers of Personal Data from any other country or territory with a law that restricts the transfer of Personal Data, in addition to complying with any requirements imposed by such Laws (including the use of any mechanisms required for cross-border transfers to countries not having the same data protection standards than the originating country).
4shared is committed to compliance and adherence to Personal Data privacy and protection laws, rules and regulations, including:
If there is any conflict between the Terms of Use or other policies described in this Privacy Policy, the Policies covered in this Section shall govern.
Retention of personal information of EEA and Swiss individuals will be handled in accordance with 4shared Data Retention policy (as described above).
EEA and Swiss individuals have the right to access the personal information that 4shared maintains about you, as that term is defined in EU data protection and privacy regulations, including GDPR principles, and you may be able to correct or amend that information if it is inaccurate or has been processed in violation of the GDPR principles, to the extent allowed by applicable law.
EEA and Swiss individuals have the right to:
To exercise this right, please send us a corresponding email inquiry at pi@4shared.com.
For any requests or information regarding the rights set out above, please contact us by emailing us at pi@4shared.com.
4shared is committed to resolving of complaints about our collection or use of your personal information. EEA or Swiss individuals with inquiries or complaints regarding this Privacy Policy should first contact 4shared at pi@4shared.com.
4shared may transfer Personal Data elements of EU and Swiss individuals received to third parties, as described above in this Privacy Policy. The Personal Data disclosed will be used for the purposes set forth in this Privacy Policy.
You may request disclosure, notification of the intended purpose, correction, addition, deletion, and cessation of use or cessation of disclosure to third parties of your Personal Data by emailing us at pi@4shared.com.
Where 4shared has disclosed Personal Data of its User to any third parties, and the User has subsequently exercised any of the rights of rectification, erasure or blocking, 4shared will promptly notify those third parties of the User's exercising of those rights. In no case 4shared shall be liable for the failure of any third party to comply with such User's request.
4shared is exempt from this obligation if it is impossible or would require disproportionate effort.
Where 4shared has made Personal Data of its User public, and the User exercises any of the rights as described above, 4shared will take reasonable steps to inform third parties that the User has exercised those rights.
4shared does not knowingly collect, store or in any other way process Sensitive or Special Categories of User Data, such as: Personal Data, revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade-union membership; Data concerning health or sex life and sexual orientation; genetic data or biometric data; Personal Data of Children below the age of 18 years.
If 4shared is made aware that it has received (a combination of) such Sensitive Personal Data elements, we will use reasonable efforts to remove this Data from our records.
4shared monitors all changes in the privacy legislation and is committed to compliance with Personal Data privacy and protection laws and regulations of various US states, including California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ("U.S. Privacy Laws").
If there is any conflict between the 4shared Terms of Service or Privacy Policy, the Policies covered in this Section shall govern.
In accordance with U.S. Privacy laws, registered 4shared Users regardless of their state of residence have the right to:
(i) access Personal Data 4shared has collected from them,
(ii) request deletion of Personal Data collected,
(iii) request disclosure of Personal Data shared, or sold to third parties for direct marketing purposes.
We do not collect Personal Data from Users who do not have a registered 4shared account.
If you are a U.S. resident and have a registered account at 4shared, you may exercise any of the rights mentioned herein - by sending us an email at pi@4shared.com.
If you are a California resident, have a registered account at 4shared, and wish to exercise any of these rights, please follow the instructions below.
Registered 4shared Users who are U.S. residents regardless of their state of residence have the right to opt out of the Sale or of their Personal Data collected via our Website and Mobile Applications anytime.
If you are a U.S. resident, have a registered account at 4shared, and wish to exercise this right, please follow the opt-out instructions below.
To opt out of the sale of Personal Data collected via our Website:
For more information on how to opt out of the sale of Personal Data collected via our Apps, please refer to 4shared App Privacy Statement.
Non-discrimination: please note that your choice to opt out of the Sale of Personal Data does not affect the amount and quality of services, provided by 4shared.
Our Services are intended for use by individuals 18 years of age and older.
If we are made aware that 4shared has obtained Personal Data of Children below the age of 18 years, we will use reasonable efforts to remove this Data from our records.
4shared is committed to compliance and adherence to Personal Data privacy and protection laws, rules and regulations, including:
If there is any conflict between the Terms of Use or other policies described in this Privacy Policy, the Policies covered in this Section shall govern.
For more information, please refer to 4shared LGPD compliance policy.
4shared is committed to compliance and adherence to Personal Data privacy and protection laws, rules and regulations, including:
If there is any conflict between the Terms of Service or other policies described in this Privacy Policy, the Policies covered in this Section shall govern.
For more information, please refer to 4shared PIPL Compliance Policy.
Our Digital Properties may contain links to other websites operated by third parties. We do not own or control such websites and this Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected through our Digital Properties. Their data practices are regulated by the privacy statements of these websites.
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at legal@4shared.com.