The Brainfog Wiki:Privacy policy: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 21:33, 17 April 2024

Contact details

Ways to contact the site administrators can be found here.

Information we collect

We currently collect and process the following information:

   • Real Name
   • User Name
   • Email Address
   • Activity Logs (Your IP & Browsing behaviour)

How we get the personal information and why we have it

Most of the personal information we process is provided to us directly by you for one of the following reasons:

You create an account with us and provide the information.

We also receive personal information indirectly, from the following sources in the following scenarios:

From you using and interacting with the website (Browsing, searching, etc.)

We use the information that you have given us in order to protect the sites operation. We may also use this information in a way that allows us to understand where to prioritise our efforts by determining most viewed and searched for pages. If you have an account with us, we will store your email address to provide you with services such as password resetting and our member emailing service.

Your above information may be shared to extensions and external tools used by us (and therefore, third parties where those extensions and external tools rely on the online services of those extensions and externals tools).

Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are:

(a) Your consent. You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting an administrator.

(b) We have a legitimate interest.

How we store your personal information

Your information is stored on our server using competent, up to date security practices.

We do not currently have a log rotation policy in place, so logs may be stored indefinitely.

Your data protection rights

Under data protection law, you have rights including:

Your right of access

You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.

Your right to rectification

You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.

Your right to erasure

You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.

Your right to restriction of processing

You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.

Your right to object to processing

You have the the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.

Your right to data portability

You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.

You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.

Please contact us here if you wish to make a request.

Complaints

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us here.

You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.

The ICO’s address: Information Commissioner’s Office Wycliffe House Water Lane Wilmslow Cheshire SK9 5AF

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113 ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk

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-Despite not being a company in any form, neither for profit or non-profit, we strive to be GDPR compliant.
+==== Contact details ====
-<u>Our contact details</u>
+Ways to contact the site administrators can be found [[Contact Us | here]].
-E-mail: defunctsprout@pm.me
+=== Information we collect ===
-<u>The type of personal information we collect </u>
 We currently collect and process the following information:
-     • Name
+     • Real Name
+    • User Name
      • Email Address
      • Activity Logs (Your IP & Browsing behaviour)
-<u> How we get the personal information and why we have it </u>
+=== How we get the personal information and why we have it ===
 Most of the personal information we process is provided to us directly by you for one of the following reasons:
-    • You create an account with us and use the website
+* You create an account with us and provide the information.
 We also receive personal information indirectly, from the following sources in the following scenarios:
-    • From you using and interacting with the website
+* From you using and interacting with the website (Browsing, searching, etc.)
-We use the information that you have given us in order to protect the sites operation by using statistical data to discern between patterns of abuse and normal activity, and to be able to take appropriate action to protect ourselves by recording the attack and responding appropriately to it. We may also use this information in a way that allows us to understand where to prioritise our efforts by determining most viewed and searched for pages.
+We use the information that you have given us in order to protect the sites operation. We may also use this information in a way that allows us to understand where to prioritise our efforts by determining most viewed and searched for pages. If you have an account with us, we will store your email address to provide you with services such as password resetting and our member emailing service.
 Your above information may be shared to extensions and external tools used by us (and therefore, third parties where those extensions and external tools rely on the online services of those extensions and externals tools).
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 Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are:
-(a) Your consent. You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting DefunctSprout @ defunctsprout@pm.me (Please be aware in removing your consent, your access to this site will be terminated)
+* (a) Your consent. You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting an [[Contact Us | administrator]].
-(b) We have a legitimate interest.
+* (b) We have a legitimate interest.
+=== How we store your personal information ===
-<u>How we store your personal information</u>
+Your information is stored on our server using competent, up to date security practices.
+We do not currently have a log rotation policy in place, so logs may be stored indefinitely.
-Your information is securely stored.
+=== Your data protection rights ===
-We keep activity logs for an indefinite period.
-<u> Your data protection rights </u>
 Under data protection law, you have rights including:
-Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.
+* '''Your right of access'''
+You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.
-Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.
+* '''Your right to rectification'''
+You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.
-Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.
+* '''Your right to erasure'''
+You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.
-Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
+* '''Your right to restriction of processing'''
+You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
-Your right to object to processing - You have the the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
+* '''Your right to object to processing'''
+You have the the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
-Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.
+* '''Your right to data portability'''
+You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.
-You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.
+''You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.''
-Please contact us at defunctsprout@pm.me if you wish to make a request.
+'''Please contact us [[Contact Us | here]] if you wish to make a request.'''
+=== Complaints ===
+If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us [[Contact Us | here]].
+You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.
-How to complain
-If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us at [defunctsprout@pm.me].
-You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.
 The ICO’s address:
 Information Commissioner’s Office