Last updated: May 2026

ClamWin Pty. Ltd. ("ClamWin", "we", "us") is firmly committed to protecting your privacy. This privacy statement discloses the information gathering and dissemination practices for our website ClamWin.com and the ClamWin Free Antivirus desktop application.

Data controller: ClamWin Pty. Ltd. You may contact us using the Contact Us form on this site.

Personal information collected on this website or via the ClamWin application will only be used for the purposes stated at the time of collection and will not be added to a mailing list or used for any other purpose without your consent.

Information Automatically Logged

Our web server automatically logs non-personally identifiable information, including browser type, operating system, domain name, time spent on the website, and referring link. This information is used for system administration and website improvement only. We do not sell or transfer this information to third parties. The lawful basis for this processing is our legitimate interest in maintaining and improving the service.

Software Update Checks (Desktop Application)

The ClamWin desktop application periodically contacts the GitHub Releases API (api.github.com) to check whether a new version is available. This request discloses your IP address to GitHub, Inc. No other personal data is transmitted. Please see the GitHub Privacy Statement for details of how GitHub processes this data. The lawful basis for this processing is our legitimate interest in informing users of important security and software updates.

Cookies

We use cookies to help us identify and track usage and navigation of our website. Cookies are small text files placed on your device; they do not contain personally identifying information. We use the following categories of cookie:

• Analytics cookies: Set by Google Analytics to collect aggregated, anonymised information about how visitors use this site (pages visited, time on site, browser type, etc.).
• Advertising cookies: Set by Google AdSense to serve relevant advertisements. These may track browsing activity across sites (see Analytics and Advertising below).

You can control and manage cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to refuse or delete cookies; doing so will not prevent you from using this site, though some features may be limited. You may also opt out of Google's use of cookies for advertising at Google Ad Settings.

Registration Forms

You may use the Contact Us form on our website to submit a personal message. The form requests your name and e-mail address, which are used solely to reply to your enquiry. E-mail addresses submitted via this form are not shared or sold to anyone. The lawful basis for this processing is our legitimate interest in responding to user enquiries.

Mailing Lists

Our project maintains mailing lists hosted on SourceForge.net. Please see the SourceForge.net Privacy Policy for details of their data handling practices. We will not add users to our mailing list without their consent. Users subscribe themselves and receive a confirmation e-mail before being added. Subscribers can unsubscribe at any time.

External Links

Our website contains links to third-party sites. ClamWin Pty. Ltd. is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of those sites. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected at ClamWin.com and via the ClamWin application. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of any website that collects personally identifiable information from you.

Analytics and Advertising

We use the following third-party services on this website:

• Google Analytics: Collects aggregated, anonymised information about website usage. Data is processed by Google LLC. See the Google Privacy Policy and the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
• Google AdSense: Serves personalised advertisements based on your browsing history. See the Google ad and content network privacy policy. You can opt out of personalised ads at Google Ad Settings or via the Digital Advertising Alliance opt-out page.

Donations

Our website accepts donations via PayPal. When you donate you are directed to PayPal's website and your transaction is processed under their terms. Please see the PayPal Privacy Statement.

Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Right to access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
• Right to rectification: Ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete data.
• Right to erasure: Ask us to delete your personal data where there is no compelling reason for continued processing.
• Right to restriction: Ask us to restrict processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.
• Right to data portability: Receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used format.
• Right to object: Object to processing based on our legitimate interests.
• Right to withdraw consent: Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw it at any time without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing.

If you are a California resident, you have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA/CPRA), including the right to know what personal information is collected, the right to delete it, and the right to opt out of its sale. ClamWin does not sell personal information.

To exercise any of these rights, please use the Contact Us form. We will respond within 30 days.

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA) or the United Kingdom, you have the right to lodge a complaint about our data processing with your local data protection supervisory authority.

Data Retention

Web server logs are retained for a maximum of 90 days and then deleted. Contact form enquiries are retained only as long as necessary to resolve your enquiry. Mailing list subscription data is retained for as long as you remain subscribed.

Changes to This Privacy Statement

We may update this privacy statement from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page indicates when it was last revised. Continued use of our website or application after any changes constitutes acceptance of the updated statement.