{"id":"privacy-safety.does-the-download-link-say-where-i-came-from","url":"/faq/privacy-safety/does-the-download-link-say-where-i-came-from","category":{"id":"privacy-safety","title":"Privacy & safety"},"subcategory":{"id":"what-leaves-your-mac","title":"What leaves your Mac"},"question":"Does Storage Studio know which website visit or link I downloaded it from?","alt_questions":["What does the Storage Studio download link contain?","Does the app report where I downloaded it?","partner download link storage studio","How does a partner get credit for my download?","Is my download linked to my website visit?"],"short_answer":"Once, on first launch, the app reports what the download link carried: campaign tags, a partner code, and — only if you accepted cookies — an anonymous visitor number. Never your name, email or files.","answer_markdown":"Only in broad strokes, once. macOS remembers the address a file was downloaded from, and Storage Studio reads it on its first launch. From that address it can report **campaign tags** (if the link had any), a **partner code** (if you came through a partner's link, so they're credited), and — if you accepted cookies on our website — the **anonymous visitor number** from that visit, so we can tell which pages led to the install.\n\nIn Storage Studio 4.19.21 and later it also reports which page the download started from: the page itself when it was on our site, and only the site's name when it was somewhere else — never another site's full address or search terms.\n\nNone of this includes your name, email or files. If you declined cookies, no visitor number is added to the link.","answer_html":"

Only in broad strokes, once. macOS remembers the address a file was downloaded from, and Storage Studio reads it on its first launch. From that address it can report campaign tags (if the link had any), a partner code (if you came through a partner's link, so they're credited), and — if you accepted cookies on our website — the anonymous visitor number from that visit, so we can tell which pages led to the install.

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In Storage Studio 4.19.21 and later it also reports which page the download started from: the page itself when it was on our site, and only the site's name when it was somewhere else — never another site's full address or search terms.

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None of this includes your name, email or files. If you declined cookies, no visitor number is added to the link.

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Privacy & safety · What leaves your Mac

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Does Storage Studio know which website visit or link I downloaded it from?

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Short answer: Once, on first launch, the app reports what the download link carried: campaign tags, a partner code, and — only if you accepted cookies — an anonymous visitor number. Never your name, email or files.

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Only in broad strokes, once. macOS remembers the address a file was downloaded from, and Storage Studio reads it on its first launch. From that address it can report campaign tags (if the link had any), a partner code (if you came through a partner's link, so they're credited), and — if you accepted cookies on our website — the anonymous visitor number from that visit, so we can tell which pages led to the install.

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In Storage Studio 4.19.21 and later it also reports which page the download started from: the page itself when it was on our site, and only the site's name when it was somewhere else — never another site's full address or search terms.

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None of this includes your name, email or files. If you declined cookies, no visitor number is added to the link.

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