The Brainfog Wiki:Privacy policy

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Despite not being a company in any form, neither for profit or non-profit, we strive to be GDPR compliant.

Our contact details

E-mail: defunctsprout@pm.me

The type of personal information we collect

We currently collect and process the following information:

   • 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 use the website

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

   • From you using and interacting with the website

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.

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 DefunctSprout @ defunctsprout@pm.me (Please be aware in removing your consent, your access to this site will be terminated)

(b) We have a legitimate interest.


How we store your personal information


Your information is securely stored.

We keep activity logs for an indefinite period.


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 at defunctsprout@pm.me if you wish to make a request.



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 Wycliffe House Water Lane Wilmslow Cheshire SK9 5AF

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