Last updated: November 2026
This policy explains what personal data Sooftware.com and its language versions (such as de.sooftware.com and es.sooftware.com) collect, why, how long it is kept and what your rights are. We try to collect as little as we can. Most of what we keep is about how the site is used, not about who uses it.
Sooftware.com is currently run by a private individual based in Slovenia, who is the controller of the personal data described here. A company is being set up to take over the site, and this policy will be updated with its details once it is registered.
For any question or request about your personal data, please use the contact form and say that your message is about privacy.
Like every web server, ours records each request: your IP address, the page you asked for, the time, and the browser you used. We also keep our own record of visits, with the IP address, the page, the time, whether the visit looks like a bot, and the country and city worked out from the IP address. That location lookup is done on our own server with a geolocation database, so your address is not sent anywhere to get it.
We use these records to keep the site running and secure, to count visits, and to show software publishers how many people looked at their apps. Publishers only ever see totals, never individual visits. Visit records are deleted after six months.
When you download an app, search, rate an app or click a link we track, we record what it was, when, the language version of the site, and the approximate country and city. With each of them we also store your IP address and an identifier of your browsing session.
We use this to count downloads, to keep ratings fair (so the same app cannot be rated many times by the same visitor), and to see which searches people make.
Ads that publishers book with us directly are shown without third-party advertising cookies. To make sure the clicks we report and bill are real, your session remembers which of these ads you were shown, and a click is stored with the session identifier, IP address, country and time. That lets us leave out clicks that are repeated, too fast, automated or made by the advertiser on their own ad.
We also count how many downloads of the advertised app followed a click in the same visit within 24 hours. Advertisers see only these totals. They never learn who clicked or downloaded.
If you write to us through the contact form or report a problem, we keep your name, email address and message so we can answer and follow up. We use them for nothing else.
If you register as a publisher, we keep the company and contact details you give us, your email address and your password, which is stored as a hash and never in readable form. When you sign in, we record the time, whether it worked and your IP address. We use this to protect your account, and the IP address also helps us recognise clicks on your own advertisements.
We also keep the apps you submit, their statistics, and the emails we send you about them, such as approval notices.
If you advertise, we keep your bookings, what was charged and every payment you made, with its date, amount and payment reference (for example a PayPal transaction number). Payments are made through PayPal or by bank transfer. We do not receive your card or bank login details.
We do not sell personal data. Some of it is handled by services we use:
Google and Amazon may process data outside the European Union, including in the United States. Such transfers rely on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework or on the European Commission's standard contractual clauses.
Apps listed on the site are scanned with VirusTotal. Only the app files are sent there, never visitor data.
We may also disclose data when the law requires it, for example to a court or a law enforcement authority.
Cookies are small text files that a website stores in your browser. We use as few as we can, and only those that are strictly necessary are set without asking you.
These make the site work, so they cannot be switched off on the site itself:
Google Analytics tells us how many people visit, which pages they read, how they found the site and which devices and browsers they use. We use it to find what is not working and to improve the site.
Google's advertising services use cookies to show ads, limit how often you see the same one, measure them and, if you allow it, tailor them to your interests. If you refuse, you will still see ads, but they will not be based on your browsing. You can read more about this at youronlinechoices.com.
If you visit from the European Union, the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, Google's consent tool asks on your first visit whether you accept analytics and advertising cookies. You can change your mind at any time with the "Privacy and cookie settings" link at the bottom of every page.
You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Help pages are available for:
If you block the strictly necessary cookies, signing in to the publisher panel will not work.
You have the right to:
To use any of these rights, contact us through the contact form. We will answer within one month. Because most of the data we hold is not linked to a name, we may need some details from you (for example your IP address and when you visited) to find it.
If you think we handle your data unlawfully, you can complain to the Slovenian Information Commissioner (Informacijski pooblaščenec, Dunajska cesta 22, 1000 Ljubljana, www.ip-rs.si) or to the data protection authority in the country where you live.
The site is meant for a general audience and is not aimed at children. Publisher and advertiser accounts are for adults acting for themselves or for a business.
The site is served over an encrypted connection. Access to the data is limited to the people who run the site, and passwords are only stored as hashes. No system is completely secure, but we take reasonable care to protect what we hold.
We will update this policy when the site or the law changes, and when the company that is being set up takes over. The date at the top shows the latest version. This policy may be published in several languages. If a translated version differs from the English one, the English version applies.
