Fyreplace Privacy policy

TL;DR: your data is stored securely, and is never sold to third parties for profit or targeted advertising.

Information collected

Fyreplace collects and stores some information in order to function. The following information is asked directly upon registration:

• Email address
  An email will be sent to your email address during registration, as well as on each login attempt. Your address is sent to Mailgun, which is the service used for sending the emails.
  Additionally, a digital signature of the email (known as a "hashed" version of the address) is sent upon registration to Gravatar in order to retrieve an initial profile picture, if available.
  Your email address is not shared with any other third party.
• Username
  A username is used to identify yourself while using the platform. It is presented to other users, and never shared with any third party.
• Personal bio
  Optionally, a personal bio can be entered in your profile. It is presented to other users, and never shared with any third party.

The following information is collected automatically upon login:

• Device type and operating system
  For each connection, the type of device and the operating system used are stored. This will be used in the future for listing currently logged in devices, and allowing remote disconnection of a device.

Third parties

Aside from Mailgun and Gravatar, your information is not sent to any other third party. Fyreplace is not made for profit, and thus no conflict of interest gets in the way of your privacy.

Security

Data security is two-fold. Firstly, your data is transmitted in a secure manner. Secondly, it is stored in a secure place.

Transmission

Your data is handled using the widely used standard of TLS encryption. Communications between the client and server applications never occur in clear text, and thus cannot be intercepted and read/tampered with by a malicious actor.

Storage

Access to the database requires a secure, random password, and is restricted to a private network, making it inaccessible to potential attackers.

Your rights

Your data belongs to you, and you only. Your account information may be deleted automatically at your request, without human intervention. The deletion process starts as soon as the request is made, and is not cancellable.
All your personal information, as well as all of the content you have created on Fyreplace, will be removed.