What information do we collect?
We collect information from you when you register on our site and gather data when you participate in the forum by reading, writing, and evaluating the content shared here.
When registering on our site, you may be asked to enter your name and e-mail address. You may, however, visit our site without registering. Your e-mail address will be verified by an email containing a unique link. If that link is visited, we know that you control the e-mail address.
When registered and posting, we record the IP address that the post originated from. We also may retain server logs which include the IP address of every request to our server.
What do we use your information for?
Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:
- To personalize your experience — your information helps us to better respond to your individual needs.
- To improve our site — we continually strive to improve our site offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you.
- To improve customer service — your information helps us to more effectively respond to your customer service requests and support needs.
- To send periodic emails — The email address you provide may be used to send you information, notifications that you request about changes to topics or in response to your user name, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions.
How do we protect your information?
We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you enter, submit, or access your personal information.
What is your data retention policy?
We will make a good faith effort to:
- Retain server logs containing the IP address of all requests to this server no more than 90 days.
- Retain the IP addresses associated with registered users and their posts no more than 5 years.
Do we use cookies?
Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow). These cookies enable the site to recognize your browser and, if you have a registered account, associate it with your registered account.
We use cookies to understand and save your preferences for future visits and compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may contract with third-party service providers to assist us in better understanding our site visitors. These service providers are not permitted to use the information collected on our behalf except to help us conduct and improve our business.
Do we disclose any information to outside parties?
We make best efforts to not rely on services of any third Parties whenever possible. However this may not always be possible, but we do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our site, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety.
Third party links
Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party products or services on our site. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.
Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance
Our site, products and services are all directed to people who are at least 13 years old or older. If you are under the age of 13, per the requirements of COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act), do not use this site.
Online Privacy Policy Only
This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our site and not to information collected offline.
Your Consent
By using our site, you consent to our web site privacy policy.
Changes to our Privacy Policy
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page.
This document is CC-BY-SA. It was last updated August 5, 2020.
Adapted from https://forum.mechaenetia.com/privacy
中文
我们收集什么信息？
当您在我们的网站上注册时，我们会从您那里收集信息，并在您参加论坛时通过阅读，撰写和评估此处共享的内容来收集数据。
在我们的网站上注册时，可能会要求您输入姓名和电子邮件地址。但是，您可以不注册而访问我们的网站。您的电子邮件地址将通过包含唯一链接的电子邮件进行验证。如果访问了该链接，我们知道您可以控制电子邮件地址。
在注册和发布时，我们会记录发布来源的IP地址。我们还可能保留服务器日志，其中包括对我们服务器的每个请求的IP地址。
我们将您的信息用于什么？
我们从您那里收集的任何信息都可以通过以下方式之一使用：
/个性化您的体验-您的信息可帮助我们更好地响应您的个人需求。
/为了改善我们的网站-我们会根据您收到的信息和反馈不断努力改善我们的网站产品。
/为了改善客户服务-您的信息可帮助我们更有效地响应您的客户服务要求和支持需求。
/发送定期电子邮件—您提供的电子邮件地址可用于向您发送信息，您请求的有关主题更改的通知或响应您的用户名，响应查询和/或其他请求或问题。
我们如何保护您的信息？
当您输入，提交或访问您的个人信息时，我们会采取各种安全措施来维护您的个人信息的安全。
您的数据保留政策是什么？
我们将真诚努力：
/保留包含对该服务器所有请求的IP地址的服务器日志的时间不得超过90天。
/与注册用户及其帖子关联的IP地址保留时间不得超过5年。
我们使用cookie吗？
是。 Cookies是网站或其服务提供商通过网络浏览器（如果允许）传输到计算机硬盘的小文件。这些cookie使站点能够识别您的浏览器，并且如果您具有注册帐户，则将其与您的注册帐户相关联。
我们使用Cookie来了解和保存您对以后的访问的偏好，并汇总有关网站流量和网站互动的汇总数据，以便将来我们可以提供更好的网站体验和工具。我们可能会与第三方服务提供商签约，以帮助我们更好地了解网站访问者。这些服务提供商不得使用代表我们收集的信息来帮助我们开展和改善业务。
我们是否透露任何信息给其他方？
我们将尽最大努力不依赖任何第三方的服务。但是，这并非总是可能的，但是我们不会出售，交易或以其他方式将您的个人识别信息转让给外部方。这不包括协助我们运营我们的网站，开展业务或为您提供服务的受信任的第三方，只要这些第三方同意对这些信息保密。当我们认为发布适合遵守法律，执行我们的网站政策或保护我们或其他人的权利，财产或安全时，我们也可能会发布您的信息。
第三方链接
有时，我们可能会酌情决定在我们的网站上包含或提供第三方产品或服务。这些第三方网站具有独立的隐私政策。因此，我们对这些链接站点的内容和活动不承担任何责任。尽管如此，我们仍致力于保护我们网站的完整性，并欢迎您对这些网站提出任何反馈。
符合《儿童在线隐私保护法》
我们的网站，产品和服务均针对至少13岁或以上的人群。如果您未满13岁，则根据COPPA（儿童在线隐私保护法）的要求，请勿使用此网站。
仅在线隐私政策
本在线隐私政策仅适用于通过我们的网站收集的信息，不适用于离线收集的信息。
您的同意
使用我们的网站，即表示您同意我们的网站隐私政策。
更改我们的隐私政策
如果我们决定更改我们的隐私政策，我们将在页面上发布这些更改。
本文档为CC-BY-SA。最后更新时间为2020年8月5日。
援引并修改自https://forum.mechaenetia.com/privacy
