Privacy Policy
Data Protection Policy
1. Information We Collect
When you register an account or use our services at sms1st.net, we may collect the following types of information:
- Account Information: Email address, encrypted password, and registration data.
- Usage Data: Information about how you access our platform, IP addresses, browser types, and timestamp logs of your actions.
- Service Data: SMS messages routed through our platform to your private dashboard (temporary storage).
2. How We Use Your Information
The data we collect is utilized strictly to provide, maintain, and improve our services. Specifically, we use it to:
- Process your registration and manage your secure account.
- Deliver the requested SMS payloads to your dashboard in real-time.
- Detect, prevent, and address technical issues, fraud, or abuse of the system.
- Communicate with you regarding account updates, security alerts, or support requests.
3. Data Retention and Deletion
We believe in data minimization. We only retain personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy or to comply with legal obligations.
SMS Content: We do not permanently store your incoming SMS messages. Once a message is delivered to your dashboard and the rental period of the number expires, the message payload is permanently deleted from our primary servers.
If you wish to completely delete your account and associated data, you can request an account wipe via our contact form.
4. Information Sharing and Disclosure
We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal identification information to others. We may share generic aggregated demographic information not linked to any personal identification information regarding visitors and users with our business partners.
Legal Compliance: We will disclose your information where required to do so by law or subpoena, or if we reasonably believe that such action is necessary to comply with the law and the reasonable requests of law enforcement.
5. Cookies and Tracking
Our website uses "cookies" to enhance User experience. Your web browser places cookies on your hard drive for record-keeping purposes and sometimes to track information about them. You may choose to set your web browser to refuse cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you do so, note that some parts of the Site may not function properly.
We also use third-party services like Cloudflare Turnstile for security purposes, which may process non-personal data to verify human interaction and prevent bot abuse.
6. Data Security
We adopt appropriate data collection, storage, and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of your personal information, username, password, transaction information, and data stored on our Site.
All sensitive data exchange between the Site and its Users happens over an SSL secured communication channel and is encrypted and protected with digital signatures.
7. Changes to this Privacy Policy
sms1st.net has the discretion to update this privacy policy at any time. When we do, we will revise the updated date at the bottom of this page. We encourage Users to frequently check this page for any changes to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect.
You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this privacy policy periodically and become aware of modifications.