Privacy policy

What this covers

How this community handles information about the people who use it. The
administrators of this board decide what happens to that information.

What is collected

• What you give us. Your username, e-mail address, password (stored only as
  a hash, never as text anyone can read), and anything you choose to put in your
  profile or your posts.
• What using the board records. The IP address a request came from, the time
  of it, and the browser it announced itself as — kept so that abuse can be
  traced and spam refused.
• Cookies. One for your session, so the board knows you are signed in, and
  ones remembering your preferences. Signing out clears the session cookie.

What it is used for

Running the board: showing your posts to other members, sending the mail you
asked for, keeping accounts secure, and dealing with spam and abuse. Nothing
here is sold, and nothing is handed to advertisers.

What other people can see

Your username, your profile, your posts, and when you were last active are
visible to anyone who can read the forum in question — which, on a public forum,
means anyone at all, including search engines. Your e-mail address and your IP
address are not shown to other members; administrators and moderators can see
them as part of moderating.

Who else is involved

The board runs on servers rented from a hosting provider, and it may send mail
through a mail provider. Those providers handle the data needed to do their job,
and nothing further.

If this board offers a "sign in with…" button, choosing it tells that provider
you have an account here and hands this board the address and display name they
hold for you. Nothing else passes in either direction, and no member has to use
one: a password works the same as it always did. A passkey involves nobody but
you and this board — the key never leaves your device.

How long it is kept

Your account and your posts are kept while your account exists. Technical logs,
including IP addresses, are kept only as long as they are useful for security
and moderation, and then discarded.

What you can ask for

You can ask the administrators for a copy of what is held about you, for a
correction to it, or for your account to be closed. Closing an account does not
by itself delete posts other members replied to; ask if you need something
specific removed, and it will be considered.

Changes

This policy can change. The version on this page is the one in force.

Contact

Questions about your data go to the board's administrators.