Wiki:Privacy policy
From William Feely
Please read the privacy policy before using this site.
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Information automatically gathered
When you access this site, the following standard information is automatically stored by the server:
- Your Internet Protocol (IP) address
- The current date and time
- The page requested
- Your user agent ID
These logs are occasionally deleted to create a "clean slate" when I debug my site.
Advertising
- Third party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to your website.
- Google's use of the DART cookie enables it and its partners to serve ads to your users based on their visit to your sites and/or other sites on the Internet.
- Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the advertising opt-out page. (Alternatively, you can direct users to opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.)
Information you provide
You may provide information to this website in the following ways:
- By creating or editing a page (including discussion pages)
- By requesting a Wiki account or confirming account creation
- If you add to a discussion page while not logged on, your IP address will be recorded.
- If you request a Wiki account, you will need to provide a valid E-mail address.
- Any user may create a Bugzilla account, which is separate from the MediaWiki system. An E-mail address is required to send the activation E-mail and is used as your username.
- Please note that E-mail addresses are publicly displayed when entering bug reports, so consider getting a free "disposable" account for use on public services such as Bugzilla.
- Any user may create an account on the AppDB system, which is also separate from the MediaWiki system.
- E-mail addresses in the AppDB system are not publicly displayed, but registered users may be able to e-mail you through the site if you submit any content to the AppDB.
- This website has a phpBB based forum, with separate registration. You may control the availability of your information to other useres via the User Control Panel link at the top left of the page.
Use of information
- Server logs may be used for the purpose of diagnosing site problems.
- All page edits are automatically made visible to the public.
- Your username, or IP address if you are not logged on, will be visible to the public whenever an edit is made.
- IP addresses or user names will act as your signature on any edits or discussions on this site, and will be used to help protect against abuse.
- E-mail addresses will be used to send a validation link upon account registration. If an account is approved, it will be associated with your username for the life of your account.
- The Bugzilla system will display your e-mail address along with any bug report you submit.
- Information submitted to this website will not be given to third parties, except in special circumstances:
- If abuse of this site is detected, your information may be disclosed to your Internet Provider's abuse contact.
- In extreme situations, such as criminal activity, information may be disclosed to the relevant authorities as the situation dictates.
- Information may be disclosed in response to a valid legal order, warrant, or subpoena.
- Information will NOT be disclosed if a legal order is from a foreign country, and such disclosure would violate human rights laws or be in violation of United States law.
Protection of information
- To protect sensitive information, certain areas of this website are protected with SSL/TLS and strong encryption. To ensure maximum security, please make sure your web browser is up to date, as this site supports TLS 1.0 and 256-bit AES encryption.
- To ensure maximum protection, the server will automatically translate http:// addresses to https:// addresses.
- To ensure the security of the connection you can check that the certificate was issued by PositiveSSL CA and/or Comodo CA Limited.
External links
- External links are provided for your convenience in certain areas of this site. Please note that they are subject to their own privacy practices, and you should review their privacy policies.
Removal of information
If you have been granted a user name and would like it removed, please leave a message under the discussion tab of this page, with the title USERNAME REMOVAL. You must be logged on to the username that you wish to have removed.
- Your username will still be associated to any contributions you have made, but I will blank out all personal information from the database.
- To remove a Bugzilla account, please send an e-mail to admin@www.williamfeely.info and I will remove the account from the Bugzilla system.
