Privacy Policy
Latest revision: May 21st, 2026
Introduction
iDeal OS (hereafter referred to as "us" or "we") adheres to the rules and principles outlined in this Privacy Policy.
We take the privacy of individuals and the protection of personal data very seriously.
This Privacy Policy explains how we process your personal data, the terms and conditions, and your rights as a data owner.
We are committed to processing personal data lawfully.
This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and share your personal information when you visit our website (ideal-os.xyz), when you contact our support service (support@ideal-os.xyz), download and install our iDeal OS computer operating system, or download and install our in-house developed applications.
Personal Data
- Our website does not collect any personal data.
- If you contact us via our support email, you are consenting to our processing of your data. Any personal information you provide to iDeal OS, such as your name or email address, will not be shared with third parties.
- Our operating system, iDeal OS, does not collect or share any user information or data about the hardware on which it is installed.
- Our in-house developed applications do not collect or share any user information or data about the hardware on which they are installed.
However, some applications/software provided within iDeal OS may collect user/hardware data anonymously or nominally. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of the developers or owners of these software applications. We do not receive any information about the data they may collect. It is your responsibility to review these privacy practices. If you do not agree to them, you must uninstall or remove the software in question or refrain from using the iDeal OS operating system altogether.
Use of Data
Any information you provide when contacting us via our support email service, including names, email addresses, hardware or software details, or any other type of information, will be used solely to reply to your enquiries, comments and requests. This data will be stored temporarily on our system for as long as it is necessary to process your request. Once your request has been processed and answered, your data will be deleted/erased/purged.
We do not sell your data to any third party. We do not share your data with any third party.
As iDeal OS is provided free of charge and it is a project maintained in our free time, delays in processing, answering and deleting your data may occur. However, we are committed to answering any enquiry, comment or request as soon as possible.
Security of Data
Although we take the security of your data seriously, please note that no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. Although we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Service Providers
We use third-party companies to host our website, provide email support, and make the iDeal OS operating system available for download. These companies may access your personal data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and will not disclose or use it for any other purpose.
Analytics
Our third-party service providers may monitor and analyze usage of and visits to our website. They do not disclose any data to us except for the number of visits to our website, the number of downloads of the iDeal OS operating system, and the countries in which the downloads occurred.
Our Cookie Policy
We do not use cookies on our website, no data is collected.
Third-party Websites and Cookies
Our website may contain hyperlinks to third-party websites and affiliate links to websites offering products or services.
Third-party advertisers may place or recognize a unique cookie on your browser.
We provide these links for your reference only. We do not control these websites, nor are we responsible for their content or privacy practices.
You are responsible for taking precautions to ensure that any links you click on, as well as any software or applications you download from this or other sites, are free of viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful content.
Our inclusion of hyperlinks to these websites does not imply any endorsement of their content or any association with their operators.
Affiliate Links Disclosure
Some of the links on this website are affiliate links. This means that if you click on a link and make a purchase, we will receive an affiliate commission. This will come at no cost for you. We only use affiliate links for products and services that we genuinely recommend. However, we are not responsible for the quality, accuracy, timeliness, reliability or any other aspect of these products and services. Additionally, merchants will likely have privacy and data collection practices that differ from ours.
If you make a purchase from a merchant on their website or on a website to which we have posted a link, the merchant may collect information about your visit to their online store, as well as any information you provide during the transaction. This information may include your name, email address, street address, telephone number, and credit card number. To learn more about a merchant, its online store, privacy policies, and additional terms and conditions, visit the merchant's website and click on the relevant links. You may also contact the merchant directly.
Children’s Privacy
This website is intended for a general audience and does not offer services to children.
If we discover that a child under the age of 18 has provided us with personal information, we will only use it to inform them that they are not permitted to use the website and we will take steps to remove that information from our server.
If you are a parent or guardian and you become aware that your child has provided us with personal data without your consent, please contact us and we will take steps to remove that information from our server.
Changes to our Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the updated policy on this page. Please review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to the Privacy Policy take effect when posted on this page.
Latest revision: May 21st, 2026
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Legal Notice and Disclaimer
Section 1
- iDeal OS is a custom "respin" of the MX Linux and Debian distributions.
- Intellectual property, copyrights and credits must be attributed to the developers/owners of the original distributions.
- iDeal OS is not an official MX Linux “respin”, neither is sponsored or endorsed by MX Linux.
- Our in-house developed applications are copyrighted by eLVi.
iDeal OS is a collection of free, open-source software that was selected and curated by its developer, eLVi. The intellectual property, copyrights, and credits of each software application in iDeal OS must be attributed to their respective developers/owners. As a derivative of MX Linux, iDeal OS also includes some essential non-free software to provide users with a trouble-free experience.
We devoted our best efforts to this free-time project. iDeal OS is intended to provide users with a convenient, ready-to-use collection of free, open-source software that has been selected and tested for optimal consistency, compatibility, and functionality.
- iDeal OS is developed and distributed according to the "Terms of Use" of the original MX Linux distribution.
- You can redistribute iDeal OS and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
* The name “MX Linux” is covered by Linux Foundation Sublicense No. 20140605-0483.
* Debian is a registered trademark of Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
* Linux® is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the U.S. and other countries.
* Some security features of iDeal OS were made available by the developers of the Kicksecure project.
Section 2
iDeal OS is developed and distributed in the hope that it will be functional and useful, BUT IT IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, OF SATISFACTORY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE.
IN NO EVENT SHALL iDeal OS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF, RELATING TO OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH YOUR USE OF iDeal OS AS DEFAULT AND/OR DUAL BOOT OPERATING SYSTEM FOR YOUR COMPUTER/LAPTOP/DEVICE.
Please, see the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with iDeal OS, which can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3. If not, please see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.