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| ==General Scope==
| | '''Modsrepository Privacy Policy''' |
| This policy covers personally identifiable information collected or stored by the Mods Repository Wiki on its servers in relation to the Projects and their communities. Consistent with its Data Retention Policy, the the Mods Repository Wiki collects and retains the least amount of personally identifiable information needed to fulfill the Projects' operational needs.
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| ==The public and collaborative nature of the projects==
| | This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or make a purchase from http://wiki.modsrepository.com (the “Site”). |
| All Projects of the Mods Repository Wiki are collaboratively developed by its users using the MediaWiki software. Anyone with Internet access (and not otherwise restricted from doing so) may edit the publicly editable pages of these sites with or without logging in as a registered user. By doing this, editors create a published document, and a public record of every word added, subtracted, or changed. This is a public act, and editors are identified publicly as the author of such changes. All contributions made to a Project, and all publicly available information about those contributions, are irrevocably licensed and may be freely copied, quoted, reused and adapted by third parties with few restrictions.
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| ==Activities on the Mods Repository Wiki projects== | | == PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT == |
| In general, this Policy only applies to private information stored or held by the the Mods Repository Wiki which is not publicly available.
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| Interactions with the Projects not covered by this Policy include, but are not limited to, aspects of browsing and editing pages, use of the wiki "email user" function, subscribing and posting to the Mods Repository Wiki Forums. These interactions may reveal a contributor's IP address, and possibly other personal information, indiscriminately to the general public, or to specific groups of volunteers acting independently of the the Mods Repository Wiki.
| | When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, we collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically-collected information as “Device Information.” |
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| Users may also interact with one another outside of the Mods Repository Wiki sites, via email, IRC or other chat, or independent websites, and should assess the risks involved, and their personal need for privacy, before using these methods of communication.
| | We collect Device Information using the following technologies: |
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| ==User accounts and authorship==
| | * “Cookies” are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org. |
| | * “Log files” track actions occurring on the Site, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps. |
| | * “Web beacons,” “tags,” and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site. |
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| The Mods Repository Wiki does not require editors to register with a project. Anyone can edit without logging in with a username, in which case they will be identified by network IP address. Users that do register are identified by their chosen username. Users select a password, which is confidential and used to verify the integrity of their account.
| | When we talk about “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, we are talking both about Device Information and Order Information. |
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| Except insofar as it may be required by law, no person should disclose, or knowingly expose, either user passwords and/or cookies generated to identify a user. Once created, user accounts will not be removed. It may be possible for a username to be changed, depending on the policies of individual projects. The Mods Repository Wiki does not guarantee that a username will be changed on request.
| | == HOW DO WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION? == |
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| ==Purpose of the collection of private information==
| | We use the Order Information that we collect generally to fulfill any orders placed through the Site (including processing your payment information, arranging for shipping, and providing you with invoices and/or order confirmations). Additionally, we use this Order Information to: |
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| The Mods Repository Wiki limits the collection of personally identifiable user data to purposes which serve the well-being of its projects, including but not limited to the following:
| | * Communicate with you; |
| | * Screen our orders for potential risk or fraud; and |
| | * When in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or services. |
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| | We use the Device Information that we collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimize our Site (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the Site, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns). |
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| :To enhance the public accountability of the projects. The Mods Repository Wiki recognizes that any system that is open enough to allow the greatest possible participation of the general public will also be vulnerable to certain kinds of abuse and counterproductive behavior. The Mods Repository Wiki and the project communities have established a number of mechanisms to prevent or remedy abusive activities. For example, when investigating abuse on a project, including the suspected use of malicious “sockpuppets” (duplicate accounts), vandalism, harassment of other users, or disruptive behavior, the IP addresses of users (derived either from those logs or from records in the database) may be used to identify the source(s) of the abusive behavior. This information may be shared by users with administrative authority who are charged by their communities with protecting the projects.
| | == SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION == |
| :To provide site statistics. The Mods Repository Wiki statistically samples raw log data from users' visits. These logs are used to produce the site statistics pages; the raw log data is not made public.
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| :To solve technical problems. Log data may be examined by developers in the course of solving technical problems and in tracking down badly-behaved web spiders that overwhelm the site.
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| ==Details of data retention==
| | We use Google Analytics to help us understand how our visitors use the Site -- you can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. |
| ===General expectations===
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| ====IP and other technical information====
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| :When a visitor requests or reads a page, or sends email to a Wikimedia server, no more information is collected than is typically collected by web sites. the Mods Repository Wiki may keep raw logs of such transactions, but these will not be published or used to track legitimate users.
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| :When a page is edited by a logged-in editor, the server confidentially stores related IP information for a limited period of time. This information is automatically deleted after a set period. For editors who do not log in, the IP address used is publicly and permanently credited as the author of the edit. It may be possible for a third party to identify the author from this IP address in conjunction with other information available. Logging in with a registered username allows for better preservation of privacy.
| | Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights. |
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| ====Cookies==== | | == BEHAVIOURAL ADVERTISING == |
| :The sites set a temporary session cookie on a visitor's computer whenever a Project page is visited. Readers who do not intend to log in or edit may deny this cookie; it will be deleted at the end of the browser's session. More cookies may be set when one logs in to maintain logged-in status. If one saves a user name or password in one's browser, that information will be saved for up to 30 days, and this information will be resent to the server on every visit to the same Project. Contributors using a public machine who do not wish to show their username to future users of the machine should clear these cookies after use.
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| | As described above, we use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you. For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page at http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work. |
| :Edits or other contributions to a Project on its articles, user pages and talk pages are generally retained forever. Removing text from a project does not permanently delete it. Normally, in projects, anyone can look at a previous version of an article and see what was there. Even if an article is "deleted", a user entrusted with higher level of access may still see what was removed from public view. Information can be permanently deleted by individuals with access to Wikimedia servers, but aside from the rare circumstance when the the Mods Repository Wiki is required to delete editing-history material in response to a court order or equivalent legal process, there is no guarantee any permanent deletion will happen.
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| ====User contribution====
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| :User contributions are also aggregated and publicly available. User contributions are aggregated according to their registration and login status. Data on user contributions, such as the times at which users edited and the number of edits they have made, are publicly available via user contributions lists, and in aggregated forms published by other users.
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| ==Access to and release of personally identifiable information== | | <pre> |
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| | FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads |
| | GOOGLE - https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous |
| | BING - https://advertise.bingads.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/policies/personalized-ads |
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| Projects are primarily run by volunteer contributors.
| | Additionally, you can opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out portal at: http://optout.aboutads.info/. |
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| Other users who may have access to private identifiable information include, but are not limited to, the CheckUser and Oversight functions, users elected by project communities to serve as stewards.
| | == DO NOT TRACK == |
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| Access to and publication of this information is governed by the Access to nonpublic data policy, as well as specific policies covering some of the functions in question. Sharing information with other privileged users is not considered "distribution."
| | Please note that we do not alter our Site’s data collection and use practices when we see a Do Not Track signal from your browser. |
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| Release: Policy on Release of Data
| | == YOUR RIGHTS == |
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| It is the policy of this wiki that personally identifiable data collected in the server logs, or through records in the database via the CheckUser feature, or through other non-publicly-available methods, may be released by this wiki's volunteers or staff, in any of the following situations:
| | If you are a European resident, you have the right to access personal information we hold about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us through the contact information below. |
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| # In response to a valid subpoena or other compulsory request from law enforcement,
| | Additionally, if you are a European resident we note that we are processing your information in order to fulfill contracts we might have with you (for example if you make an order through the Site), or otherwise to pursue our legitimate business interests listed above. Additionally, please note that your information will be transferred outside of Europe, including to Canada and the United States. |
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| # When necessary for investigation of abuse complaints,
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| # Where the information pertains to page views generated by a spider or bot and its dissemination is necessary to illustrate or resolve technical issues,
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| # Where the user has been vandalizing articles or persistently behaving in a disruptive way, data may be released to a service provider, carrier, or other third-party entity to assist in the targeting of IP blocks, or to assist in the formulation of a complaint to relevant Internet Service Providers,
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| # Where it is reasonably necessary to protect the rights, property or safety of the Mods Repository Wiki, its users or the public.
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| Except as described above, Wikimedia policy does not permit distribution of personally identifiable information under any circumstances.
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| Third-party access and notifying registered users when receiving legal process:
| | The Site is not intended for individuals under the age of 13. |
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| As a general principle, the access to, and retention of, personally identifiable data in all projects should be minimal and should be used only internally to serve the well-being of the projects. Occasionally, however, the the Mods Repository Wiki may receive a subpoena or other compulsory request from a law-enforcement agency or a court or equivalent government body that requests the disclosure of information about a registered user, and may be compelled by law to comply with the request. In the event of such a legally compulsory request, the Mods Repository Wiki will attempt to notify the affected user within three business days after the arrival of such subpoena by sending a notice by email to the email address (if any) that the affected user has listed in his or her user preferences.
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| The Mods Repository Wiki cannot advise a user receiving such a notification regarding the law or an appropriate response to a subpoena. The Mods Repository Wiki does note, however, that such users may have the legal right to resist or limit that information in court by filing a motion to quash the subpoena. Users who wish to oppose a subpoena or other compulsory request should seek legal advice concerning applicable rights and procedures that may be available.
| | We may update this privacy policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. |
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| If the Mods Repository Wiki receives a court-filed motion to quash or otherwise limit the subpoena as a result of action by a user or their lawyer, the Mods Repository Wiki will not disclose the requested information until Wikimedia receives an order from the court to do so.
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| Registered users are not required to provide an email address. However, when an affected registered user does not provide an email address, the Mods Repository Wiki will not be able to notify the affected user in private email messages when it receives requests from law enforcement to disclose personally identifiable information about the user.
| | For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by e-mail at modsrepository@zeroy.com or by mail using the details provided below: |
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| ==Disclaimer==
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| the Mods Repository Wiki believes that maintaining and preserving the privacy of user data is an important value. This Privacy Policy, together with other policies, resolutions, and actions by the the Mods Repository Wiki, represents a committed effort to safeguard the security of the limited user information that is collected and retained on our servers. Nevertheless, the the Mods Repository Wiki cannot guarantee that user information will remain private. We acknowledge that, in spite of our committed effort to protect private user information, determined individuals may still develop data-mining and other methods to uncover such information and disclose it. For this reason, the the Mods Repository Wiki can make no guarantee against unauthorized access to information provided in the course of participating in the Mods Repository Wiki Projects or related communities.
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Modsrepository Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or make a purchase from http://wiki.modsrepository.com (the “Site”).
PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT
When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, we collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically-collected information as “Device Information.”
We collect Device Information using the following technologies:
- “Cookies” are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
- “Log files” track actions occurring on the Site, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
- “Web beacons,” “tags,” and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.
When we talk about “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, we are talking both about Device Information and Order Information.
HOW DO WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
We use the Order Information that we collect generally to fulfill any orders placed through the Site (including processing your payment information, arranging for shipping, and providing you with invoices and/or order confirmations). Additionally, we use this Order Information to:
- Communicate with you;
- Screen our orders for potential risk or fraud; and
- When in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or services.
We use the Device Information that we collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimize our Site (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the Site, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns).
SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We use Google Analytics to help us understand how our visitors use the Site -- you can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.
BEHAVIOURAL ADVERTISING
As described above, we use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you. For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page at http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work.
You can opt out of targeted advertising by:
FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads
GOOGLE - https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous
BING - https://advertise.bingads.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/policies/personalized-ads
Additionally, you can opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out portal at: http://optout.aboutads.info/.
DO NOT TRACK
Please note that we do not alter our Site’s data collection and use practices when we see a Do Not Track signal from your browser.
YOUR RIGHTS
If you are a European resident, you have the right to access personal information we hold about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us through the contact information below.
Additionally, if you are a European resident we note that we are processing your information in order to fulfill contracts we might have with you (for example if you make an order through the Site), or otherwise to pursue our legitimate business interests listed above. Additionally, please note that your information will be transferred outside of Europe, including to Canada and the United States.
MINORS
The Site is not intended for individuals under the age of 13.
CHANGES
We may update this privacy policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons.
CONTACT US
For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by e-mail at [email protected] or by mail using the details provided below:
