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Privacy Policy

Last updated: 21/10/2025

1. Introduction

Welcome to ProtectGecko, an application provided by PowerDNS.com B.V. (“we”, “our”, or “us”). We value your privacy and are committed to transparency about how our iOS application (“the App”) operates.

The App is designed solely to create and install DNS configuration profiles on your iOS device. It does not collect, store, or transmit any personal information to us.

2. How the App Works

The App creates and installs a DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) configuration profile that instructs iOS to route DNS requests through a chosen DNS provider. It is your choice whether you activate the so-created DNS configuration profile for your device.

The configuration details (including the DoH endpoint, and optionally an individual user ID or device ID) are provided to the App via a custom URL, for example through a QR code or link that your DNS provider creates for you. The App uses those parameters to generate a local DNS configuration profile for your device. After installation, your device's operating system itself (not the App) handles all DNS traffic using the configured provider.

The App has no access to DNS queries, no backend servers, and performs no analytics, tracking, or data transmission.

3. Data Processed by the App

The App processes only the data handed over to it from your DNS provider's custom URL. This data set may contain a pseudonym user ID generated by your DNS provider. This data is immediately handed to the operating system for the purpose of profile creation and is not stored or transmitted elsewhere, but on your device. The App itself has no means to re-identify any user ID for the purpose of identifying any personal details of you as a user. Specifically, the App does not:

  • Collect or log any usage or network data
  • Transmit information to us or to third parties
  • Use cookies, analytics, crash reporting, or tracking frameworks

4. Data Processed by the DNS Provider

After the configuration profile is installed, you may activate it so that your device communicates directly with the DNS provider configured in the profile. The App itself does not interact with your provider, nor does it in any way access any of your communication data. However, your DNS provider processes your data subject to their privacy policy and service terms. Your provider may process, for example:

  • Your device’s IP address
  • DNS queries generated by your system
  • Identifiers included in the configuration (user ID or device ID)

We do not have access to or control over that data. Please consult your DNS provider’s own privacy policy for details on their data handling and retention practices.

5. Legal Basis (GDPR)

The App does not process personal data and therefore does not rely on a legal basis under GDPR for processing. If you use a DNS provider that processes personal data, your provider is responsible for determining its own legal basis for processing (e.g., legitimate interest or contractual necessity).

6. Your Rights

Under GDPR and any other applicable data protection/privacy regulation, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or restrict the use of your personal data. Because the App does not transfer any data to us, we are not the correct recipient of any such requests. If you wish to exercise privacy rights related to DNS data, please contact your DNS provider directly. This is typically the entity which provides you with the custom URL or QR code used to configure our App.

Configuration data stored within the App gets overwritten once you run it with another custom URL or QR code. The most recent configuration data stored in the App can be deleted by overwriting it with values from another custom URL or QR code, or by deleting the App entirely. App deletion also removes the generated configuration profile from your operating system.

7. Children’s Privacy

The App does not target or collect information from children under 16. It simply configures system-level DNS settings.

8. International Data Transfers

We do not transfer, store, or process any data ourselves in connection with the App.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy occasionally. Changes will be reflected by updating the “Last updated” date above.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us preferably via email at privacy@powerdns.com

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