Irony Wiki:Privacy policy: Difference between revisions

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* Public user account settings if they are explicitly provided, including usernames, real names, gender, etc.

* Private user account settings and metadata, such as user preferences, encrypted passwords, etc.

* Metadata automatically logged by the web server for every HTTP request, including the IP address and user agent of the user making the request (this data is deleted after 14 days)

* Metadata automatically logged by the web server for every HTTP request, including the [[wikipedia:IP address|IP address]] and [[wikipedia:User-Agent header|user agent]] of the user making the request (this data is deleted after 14 days)

* Certain actions (page moves, file uploads, etc.) and edits the user has made, along with the time they were performed, which are publicly viewable in the Public Logs, User Contributions, or Page History

* Certain actions (account creations, page moves, file uploads, etc.), edits, and attempted edits the user has made, along with the time they were performed, which are publicly viewable in the Public Logs, User Contributions, or Page History

** If you ~~make~~ any edits while not logged in to an account, the software will use your IP address to identify you, since it does not have any other name to identify you with. Your IP address will thus be indefinitely publicly visible in this case. See the [[Irony Wiki:Request revision deletion|revision deletion page]] or the contact info section below if you would like this info hidden from public view.

** The IP address and user agent used to perform these actions are stored in the database. This data can only be accessed by [[Irony Wiki:Check user|check users]] and is only used to investigate and block suspicious, spam, or otherwise abusive accounts or IP addresses. This data is never made public nor given to third parties.

** If you attempt to make an edit, but your edit was blocked by the abuse filter, the information about the edit as well as your IP address will be stored. Detailed information about the attempted edit (such as the edit contents) is not public and is only viewable by administrators. The IP address from which the edit was made is stored in the database but is only viewable to those with direct access to the database (i.e. the website owner).

** When abused accounts or IP addresses are blocked, they will appear in the public [[Special:Log/block|block log]]; however, no connections between accounts and IP addresses are made public.

** If you made any edits prior to 26 July 2025 while not logged in to an account, the software will use your IP address to identify you, since it does not have any other name to identify you with. Your IP address will thus be indefinitely publicly visible in this case. See the [[Irony Wiki:Request revision deletion|revision deletion page]] or the contact info section below if you would like this info hidden from public view.

* Pages a user has visited and search terms they have used (deleted within 90 days, if retained at all)

* Aggregate data on the number of times an event has happened (e.g. the number of views a page has received), not associated with any particular users

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Irony Wiki utilizes the services of the following third parties:

* The hardware that hosts Irony Wiki is owned by DigitalOcean, LLC. The entirety of Irony Wiki and its user data (except for the previously mentioned locally stored data) exists on hardware located in DigitalOcean’s SFO2 data center near San Francisco, California, United States. DigitalOcean merely provides us with hardware to host the ~~wiki~~ on for a monthly fee and has no liability for the contents or data of the Wiki. See also [https://www.digitalocean.com/legal/privacy-policy DigitalOcean’s privacy policy].

* The hardware that hosts Irony Wiki is owned by DigitalOcean, LLC. The entirety of Irony Wiki and its user data (except for the previously mentioned locally stored data) exists on hardware located in DigitalOcean’s SFO2 data center near San Francisco, California, United States. DigitalOcean merely provides us with hardware to host the Wiki on for a monthly fee and has no liability for the contents or data of the Wiki. See also [https://www.digitalocean.com/legal/privacy-policy DigitalOcean’s privacy policy].

* Irony Wiki uses ~~the services of hCaptcha~~ (~~Intuition Machines~~, Inc.) ~~to serve CAPTCHAs to users~~. ~~These CAPTCHAs are~~ only served in certain circumstances, such as upon account creation and when a new or unregistered user inserts an external link into an edit, and exists to combat spam by verifying that the user is human. hCaptcha is fully compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation and the California Consumer Privacy Act. See also [https://www.hcaptcha.com/privacy hCaptcha’s privacy policy].

* Irony Wiki uses Cloudflare Turnstile (Cloudflare, Inc.). This has the same purpose as a CAPTCHA and is only served in certain circumstances, such as upon account creation and when a new or unregistered user inserts an external link into an edit, and exists to combat spam by verifying that the user is human. Turnstile is privacy-focused and fully compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation and the California Consumer Privacy Act. See also [https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/ CloudFlare’s privacy policy].

* Irony Wiki may use the services of hCaptcha (Intuition Machines, Inc.) to serve CAPTCHAs to users. These CAPTCHAs have the same purpose as Cloudflare Turnstile. At the time of this Privacy Policy’s last update, hCaptcha is not used (Turnstile is used instead) on the Wiki, but may start being used again at any time in the future. hCaptcha is fully compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation and the California Consumer Privacy Act. See also [https://www.hcaptcha.com/privacy hCaptcha’s privacy policy].

* Some pages contain embedded media from services such as YouTube, Spotify, Twitch, SoundCloud, Vimeo, etc. These services may gather data about you; see their respective privacy policies. We have no control over how these third-party media services handle your data. These media embeds are opt-in; they do not load, and therefore do not collect data, until the user has given permission for the media to load.

* We reserve the right to disclose your information to an authority if we reasonably believe it necessary to satisfy a valid and legally enforceable warrant, subpoena, court order, law or regulation, or other judicial or administrative order.

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== Changes to this Privacy Policy ==

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. Unless noted otherwise, new policies take effect as soon as they appear on this page.

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. Unless noted otherwise, new policies take effect as soon as they appear on this page. Users will be notified of significant changes to the policy by a banner at the top of the wiki interface.

This privacy policy was last updated {{last edited}}

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 * Public user account settings if they are explicitly provided, including usernames, real names, gender, etc.
 * Private user account settings and metadata, such as user preferences, encrypted passwords, etc.
-* Metadata automatically logged by the web server for every HTTP request, including the IP address and user agent of the user making the request (this data is deleted after 14 days)
+* Metadata automatically logged by the web server for every HTTP request, including the [[wikipedia:IP address|IP address]] and [[wikipedia:User-Agent header|user agent]] of the user making the request (this data is deleted after 14 days)
-* Certain actions (page moves, file uploads, etc.) and edits the user has made, along with the time they were performed, which are publicly viewable in the Public Logs, User Contributions, or Page History
+* Certain actions (account creations, page moves, file uploads, etc.), edits, and attempted edits the user has made, along with the time they were performed, which are publicly viewable in the Public Logs, User Contributions, or Page History
-** If you make any edits while not logged in to an account, the software will use your IP address to identify you, since it does not have any other name to identify you with. Your IP address will thus be indefinitely publicly visible in this case. See the [[Irony Wiki:Request revision deletion|revision deletion page]] or the contact info section below if you would like this info hidden from public view.
+** The IP address and user agent used to perform these actions are stored in the database. This data can only be accessed by [[Irony Wiki:Check user|check users]] and is only used to investigate and block suspicious, spam, or otherwise abusive accounts or IP addresses. This data is never made public nor given to third parties.
-** If you attempt to make an edit, but your edit was blocked by the abuse filter, the information about the edit as well as your IP address will be stored. Detailed information about the attempted edit (such as the edit contents) is not public and is only viewable by administrators. The IP address from which the edit was made is stored in the database but is only viewable to those with direct access to the database (i.e. the website owner).
+** When abused accounts or IP addresses are blocked, they will appear in the public [[Special:Log/block|block log]]; however, no connections between accounts and IP addresses are made public.
+** If you made any edits prior to 26 July 2025 while not logged in to an account, the software will use your IP address to identify you, since it does not have any other name to identify you with. Your IP address will thus be indefinitely publicly visible in this case. See the [[Irony Wiki:Request revision deletion|revision deletion page]] or the contact info section below if you would like this info hidden from public view.
 * Pages a user has visited and search terms they have used (deleted within 90 days, if retained at all)
 * Aggregate data on the number of times an event has happened (e.g. the number of views a page has received), not associated with any particular users
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 Irony Wiki utilizes the services of the following third parties:
-* The hardware that hosts Irony Wiki is owned by DigitalOcean, LLC. The entirety of Irony Wiki and its user data (except for the previously mentioned locally stored data) exists on hardware located in DigitalOcean’s SFO2 data center near San Francisco, California, United States. DigitalOcean merely provides us with hardware to host the wiki on for a monthly fee and has no liability for the contents or data of the Wiki. See also [https://www.digitalocean.com/legal/privacy-policy DigitalOcean’s privacy policy].
+* The hardware that hosts Irony Wiki is owned by DigitalOcean, LLC. The entirety of Irony Wiki and its user data (except for the previously mentioned locally stored data) exists on hardware located in DigitalOcean’s SFO2 data center near San Francisco, California, United States. DigitalOcean merely provides us with hardware to host the Wiki on for a monthly fee and has no liability for the contents or data of the Wiki. See also [https://www.digitalocean.com/legal/privacy-policy DigitalOcean’s privacy policy].
-* Irony Wiki uses the services of hCaptcha (Intuition Machines, Inc.) to serve CAPTCHAs to users. These CAPTCHAs are only served in certain circumstances, such as upon account creation and when a new or unregistered user inserts an external link into an edit, and exists to combat spam by verifying that the user is human. hCaptcha is fully compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation and the California Consumer Privacy Act. See also [https://www.hcaptcha.com/privacy hCaptcha’s privacy policy].
+* Irony Wiki uses Cloudflare Turnstile (Cloudflare, Inc.). This has the same purpose as a CAPTCHA and is only served in certain circumstances, such as upon account creation and when a new or unregistered user inserts an external link into an edit, and exists to combat spam by verifying that the user is human. Turnstile is privacy-focused and fully compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation and the California Consumer Privacy Act. See also [https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/ CloudFlare’s privacy policy].
+* Irony Wiki may use the services of hCaptcha (Intuition Machines, Inc.) to serve CAPTCHAs to users. These CAPTCHAs have the same purpose as Cloudflare Turnstile. At the time of this Privacy Policy’s last update, hCaptcha is not used (Turnstile is used instead) on the Wiki, but may start being used again at any time in the future. hCaptcha is fully compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation and the California Consumer Privacy Act. See also [https://www.hcaptcha.com/privacy hCaptcha’s privacy policy].
 * Some pages contain embedded media from services such as YouTube, Spotify, Twitch, SoundCloud, Vimeo, etc. These services may gather data about you; see their respective privacy policies. We have no control over how these third-party media services handle your data. These media embeds are opt-in; they do not load, and therefore do not collect data, until the user has given permission for the media to load.
 * We reserve the right to disclose your information to an authority if we reasonably believe it necessary to satisfy a valid and legally enforceable warrant, subpoena, court order, law or regulation, or other judicial or administrative order.
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 == Changes to this Privacy Policy ==
-We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. Unless noted otherwise, new policies take effect as soon as they appear on this page.
+We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. Unless noted otherwise, new policies take effect as soon as they appear on this page. Users will be notified of significant changes to the policy by a banner at the top of the wiki interface.
 This privacy policy was last updated {{last edited}}