---
id: privacy-safety.does-the-download-link-say-where-i-came-from
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/privacy-safety/does-the-download-link-say-where-i-came-from
category: "Privacy & safety"
subcategory: "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."
tags: ["privacy", "download", "partners", "website"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/privacy-safety/does-the-storage-studio-website-use-cookies", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/privacy-safety/what-does-storage-studio-send-over-the-internet"]
applies_to: "all"
wiki: https://storagestudio.us/wiki/cookies-and-the-download-link
last_reviewed: 2026-10-03
---

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

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.

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.

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