Privacy Policy

Facebookdown (facebookdown.net) is a free, browser-based tool that lets a visitor paste a public Facebook link and save the media behind it. This privacy policy explains what information reaches us when you use the site, why it is handled that way, and what choices you have. It applies to the website and the online tools published on this domain and to nothing else.

We have deliberately built the service so that using it requires no account, no sign-in, and no personal profile. You do not create a username, you do not give us a name or a phone number, and there is no dashboard holding a history of what you downloaded. The less information a service asks for, the less there is to lose, and that principle shapes everything described below.

By using facebookdown.net you accept the practices set out on this page. If any part of it does not sit right with you, the correct response is to stop using the site.

We do not ask you to register, and we do not request personal details such as your name, postal address, or telephone number in order to use the downloader. The only information you actively hand to the tool is the Facebook link you paste into the input box, and that link is used for one purpose: to look up the publicly available media it points to and return a download option to your browser.

The link you submit is processed to fulfil your request and is not attached to a personal profile, sold, or published. We do not build a library of the videos visitors save, and we do not keep a copy of the media itself on our own storage after your request has been served.

If you contact us by email, we receive whatever you choose to put in that message — your email address, the subject line, and the body text. We use it to answer you and to keep a record of the exchange in case you write again about the same matter. Please do not send sensitive personal information, passwords, or account credentials in an email; we will never ask you for a Facebook password, and any message that appears to ask you for one on our behalf is not from us.

Like the overwhelming majority of websites, facebookdown.net uses log files. Our hosting infrastructure records a line for requests made to the site as a standard part of serving and protecting it. These logs are generated automatically; they are not something you opt into by filling in a form.

A log entry typically records the internet protocol (IP) address of the requesting device, the internet service provider associated with it, the browser type and version, the operating system, the date and time of the request, the page or file requested, the HTTP status returned, and the referring page where one is supplied by your browser.

None of these fields is linked to personally identifiable information by us. We use log data to understand traffic patterns, to diagnose errors and outages, to work out which pages are slow or broken, to detect scripted abuse and denial-of-service attempts, and to enforce the usage limits described in our terms. Logs are kept for a limited operational period and then rotated out in the ordinary course of running the servers.

A cookie is a small text file that a website asks your browser to store. Related technologies — local storage, session storage, and similar browser storage mechanisms — do much the same job. We and our partners use them to remember preferences such as your selected tab or quality option between visits, to keep the interface working correctly across page loads, and to measure aggregate usage of the site.

Advertising and analytics partners also set their own cookies and identifiers when their scripts run on a page. Those are placed under each partner's own control, not ours, and are governed by that partner's privacy policy rather than this one.

You are in charge of cookies in your own browser. Every current browser lets you view stored cookies, delete them individually or in bulk, block third-party cookies, and browse in a private or incognito window that discards storage when it closes. Blocking cookies is a legitimate choice and the downloader will still work, but some preferences will stop being remembered and some advertising you see may become less relevant rather than disappearing.

Facebookdown is free to use and is supported by advertising. Third-party ad networks and ad servers may deliver advertisements to the pages of this website. When an advertisement is requested and rendered in your browser, that ad network necessarily receives your IP address, together with information such as your browser type and version, the page you are viewing, and your approximate location as inferred from the IP address. This is how any ad on any website is delivered — the network has to know where to send the creative.

Ad networks may also set or read their own cookies, use web beacons, clear GIFs, or JavaScript embedded in the advertisement to measure how their campaigns perform, to limit how many times you are shown the same advertisement, and to personalise the advertising content you see. We do not control those cookies and we have no access to them.

Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve advertisements on sites it partners with. Google's use of the DART cookie enables it and its partners to serve advertisements to visitors based on their visit to this site and to other sites on the internet. You may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google advertising and content network privacy policy at the link below.

Many advertising networks are members of industry self-regulatory programmes that publish a single opt-out page covering multiple networks at once. Opting out stops interest-based personalisation; it does not stop advertisements from appearing, and it does not stop an ad network from receiving your IP address when an advertisement is served.

This privacy policy does not apply to advertisers, ad networks, analytics providers, or any other website you reach from here. Each of them operates under its own policy, and we cannot control or take responsibility for what they collect or how long they keep it.

If you want to know exactly what a particular advertising partner stores about you, or you wish to withdraw a consent you gave to that partner, consult that partner's own privacy policy and opt-out instructions. We would encourage you to do so — the detail differs meaningfully between networks.

You can also disable cookies through your individual browser settings. Detailed instructions for managing cookies are published in the help section of every major browser.

The information described above is used to operate, maintain, and improve the website; to process the link you submit and return the media you asked for; to understand in aggregate how visitors use the tool so we can prioritise fixes and improvements; to detect, prevent, and address technical problems, fraud, scraping, and abuse; to display advertising that keeps the service free; and to answer messages you send us.

We do not sell your personal information. We do not rent mailing lists. We do not attempt to identify individual visitors from log data, and we do not combine log data with information from other sources to build a personal profile.

Submitted links and the temporary data needed to serve a download are retained only for as long as it takes to complete the request and for a short technical window afterwards. Server logs are retained for a limited operational period for security and troubleshooting, then discarded in the ordinary rotation. Email correspondence is retained for as long as it is useful for answering and following up on your enquiry.

The site is served over an encrypted HTTPS connection, and we apply reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect the infrastructure. No method of transmission over the internet and no method of electronic storage is completely secure, however, so while we work to protect the data that passes through the service we cannot guarantee absolute security.

You can use the site without giving us any personal information at all. You can clear or block cookies in your browser at any time. You can opt out of personalised advertising through the Google link above and through the industry opt-out pages published by advertising networks. You can decline to contact us, and nothing on the site requires you to.

Depending on where you live, data protection law may give you additional rights over information that relates to you — for example the right to ask what is held, to ask for a copy, to ask for correction or deletion, or to object to certain processing. If you believe we hold information relating to you and you wish to exercise such a right, write to us at the address below and describe the request clearly enough for us to act on it. Bear in mind that because we do not operate accounts, in most cases we simply hold nothing that can be tied to you as an individual.

Protecting children online is a priority for us. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and monitor the internet activity of the children in their care.

Facebookdown does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. The service is not directed at children under 13, and such children should not use it or submit any information through it.

If you believe that a child under 13 has provided personal information through this website, please contact us immediately at the email address below. We will take reasonable steps to remove that information from our records promptly.

This privacy policy applies only to activity on facebookdown.net and to information collected through this website. It does not apply to information collected offline, through any channel other than this website, or by any third-party site or application that links here or is linked from here.

If you encounter another website, browser extension, mobile application, or social media account that uses a similar name, logo, or design, it is not covered by this policy and is not operated by us unless it is served from the facebookdown.net domain.

By using facebookdown.net, you consent to this privacy policy and agree to its terms.

We may update this policy from time to time — for example when we change advertising partners, adjust retention practices, or add a feature that handles data differently. Any revised version is published on this page and takes effect when it is posted, so we suggest reviewing it periodically. Continuing to use the site after a change is posted means you accept the updated policy.

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, about what is logged, about advertising on the site, or about a request relating to information you believe we hold, write to us and we will respond as soon as we reasonably can.