This Privacy Policy explains how Dutov ("Dutov", "we", "our", or "us") collects, uses, stores, and protects information when you visit or use https://dutov.org/.
Dutov is a public image and media hosting website. The website can be accessed by everyone, including visitors who do not have an account. Uploading files is available only to registered users.
By using Dutov, creating an account, uploading files, or viewing hosted content, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
1. Who We Are
Website: https://dutov.org/
Service name: Dutov Image Hosting
Operator/Data controller: Dutov
Contact page: https://dutov.org/page/contact
Location/Jurisdiction: European Union
2. What Information We Collect
2.1 Information from visitors
Because the website is publicly accessible, you can browse public pages and public uploads without creating an account. When you visit the website, we may automatically collect technical information such as:
- IP address.
- Browser type and version.
- Device type and operating system.
- User agent string.
- Pages visited and requested URLs.
- Referring website, if available.
- Date and time of access.
- Server logs and security logs.
2.2 Information from registered users
If you create an account, we may collect and store account-related information such as:
- Username.
- Email address.
- Password in hashed form.
- Account settings and preferences.
- Profile information you choose to provide.
- Upload history and account activity.
- Login dates, IP addresses, and security-related activity.
2.3 Uploaded content and file information
When registered users upload files, we may collect and store information related to those files, including:
- The uploaded file itself.
- File name.
- File type and MIME type.
- File size.
- Image dimensions or media duration, where applicable.
- Upload date and time.
- Uploader account ID.
- Associated IP address and technical logs.
- Generated thumbnails, previews, resized versions, and embed data.
Uploaded files may contain metadata, such as EXIF data, camera details, timestamps, GPS location, software information, or other embedded information. You are responsible for removing sensitive metadata before uploading files if you do not want it to be publicly accessible.
3. Public Content
Dutov is a public hosting service. Public uploads, public albums, profile pages, direct links, embed links, thumbnails, and media pages may be accessible to anyone, including visitors without accounts.
Public content may also be indexed by search engines, cached by third-party services, embedded on external websites, shared by other users, or downloaded by visitors. Once content has been made public, we cannot control how other people or third-party services copy, store, share, or use it.
Do not upload private, confidential, sensitive, or personal files unless you understand and accept that they may become publicly accessible.
4. How We Use Information
We may use collected information to:
- Operate and maintain the website.
- Create and manage user accounts.
- Allow registered users to upload, manage, and share files.
- Display public uploads, albums, thumbnails, and embed links.
- Protect the website from spam, abuse, malware, unauthorized access, and security threats.
- Investigate reports of illegal, abusive, or infringing content.
- Enforce our Terms of Service.
- Respond to user requests and support messages.
- Improve website performance and reliability.
- Comply with legal obligations.
5. Legal Basis for Processing
If you are located in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, or another region with similar data protection rules, we process personal data based on one or more of the following legal bases:
- Contract: to provide the service you request, including account creation, login, uploads, and file hosting.
- Legitimate interests: to secure the website, prevent abuse, maintain logs, improve the service, and protect users.
- Consent: where required, such as for optional cookies, analytics, marketing, or similar technologies.
- Legal obligation: where we must process or retain information to comply with applicable law, valid legal requests, or regulatory obligations.
6. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Dutov may use cookies and similar technologies to operate the website. Some cookies are necessary for core functions such as login sessions, account security, preferences, and upload management.
We may also use optional cookies or third-party technologies for analytics, performance measurement, spam prevention, advertising, or embedded content. Where legally required, we will request your consent before using non-essential cookies.
You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Blocking some cookies may affect login, upload features, account settings, or other website functions.
7. Analytics, Advertising, and Third-Party Services
We may use third-party services to help operate, protect, analyze, or monetize the website. These may include hosting providers, content delivery networks, analytics tools, anti-spam tools, security services, advertising networks, or email delivery providers.
These third parties may process technical information such as IP addresses, browser data, cookies, device information, and interaction data according to their own privacy policies.
Current third-party services used by Dutov may include:
- CDN: Cloudflare, Bunny.
- Analytics: we use our own tools. (We store just browser type, refferer, page you accessed, location and device type.)
- Advertising: Google ads.
8. Embedded Content and External Links
Pages on Dutov may contain external links, embedded content, or user-provided links to third-party websites. Third-party websites may collect data about you, use cookies, track your interactions, or apply their own privacy practices.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, or content of third-party websites.
9. How Long We Keep Information
We keep personal data only as long as necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
Typical retention periods may include:
- Account data: kept while your account remains active.
- Uploaded files: kept while they remain available on the service, unless removed by you or by moderation.
- Server and security logs: kept for a limited period for security, abuse prevention, troubleshooting, and legal compliance.
- Abuse reports and moderation records: kept as needed to investigate violations, prevent repeated abuse, and comply with legal obligations.
- Backups: may contain deleted data for a limited time until backup rotation removes it.
If you delete content or request account deletion, some information may remain temporarily in backups, logs, caches, or records where necessary for security, legal compliance, dispute resolution, or abuse prevention.
10. Security
We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect user accounts, uploaded files, logs, and other information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or alteration.
However, no website, hosting platform, or internet transmission is completely secure. You are responsible for keeping your account password confidential and for using a strong, unique password.
11. Sharing of Information
We do not sell your account information. We may share information only in limited situations, including:
- With service providers that help us operate the website.
- When content is public and available to visitors by design.
- When required by law, court order, valid legal request, or regulatory obligation.
- To investigate or prevent abuse, fraud, malware, spam, security incidents, or illegal activity.
- To enforce our Terms of Service or protect the rights, safety, and property of Dutov, users, or third parties.
- In connection with a website transfer, merger, sale, restructuring, or change of ownership.
12. International Transfers
Depending on our hosting provider, CDN, analytics provider, email provider, or other technical services, your information may be processed in countries outside your own country.
Where required by law, we use appropriate safeguards for international transfers of personal data.
13. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on your location, you may have rights over your personal data, including the right to:
- Request access to the personal data we hold about you.
- Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
- Request deletion of your personal data.
- Request restriction of processing.
- Object to certain processing based on legitimate interests.
- Request a copy of your data in a portable format.
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
- File a complaint with your local data protection authority.
To exercise these rights, contact us at: https://dutov.org/page/contact.
We may need to verify your identity before completing certain privacy requests.
14. Account and Content Deletion
Registered users may be able to delete uploaded content or manage their account through the website interface. If you cannot delete specific content or your account from the website, contact us at: https://dutov.org/page/contact.
We may refuse or limit deletion requests where we need to keep certain information for legal compliance, security, abuse prevention, dispute resolution, or legitimate operational reasons.
15. Children’s Privacy
Dutov is not intended for children who are not old enough to legally use online services in their country without parental or guardian consent.
We do not knowingly collect personal data from children below the applicable minimum age. If you believe a child has provided personal data or uploaded content without proper consent, contact us at: https://dutov.org/page/contact.
16. Illegal or Abusive Content Reports
If you believe content hosted on Dutov is illegal, abusive, violates privacy rights, infringes copyright, or violates our Terms of Service, please report it to: https://dutov.org/page/contact.
Please include the exact Dutov URL, a description of the issue, your contact information, and any supporting evidence.
17. Do Not Upload Sensitive Personal Data
Dutov is a public hosting service. You should not upload identity documents, private messages, financial information, medical information, private photos, confidential business files, or any other sensitive personal data unless you fully understand the risk of public access and sharing.
18. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we make changes, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page.
Continued use of Dutov after a Privacy Policy update means you accept the updated policy.
19. Contact Us
For privacy questions, account deletion requests, data requests, or other privacy-related concerns, contact us at:
Operator/Data controller: Dutov Image Hosting
Website: https://dutov.org/
Contact page: https://dutov.org/page/contact
Location/Jurisdiction: European Union