TekWiki:Privacy policy
This Privacy Policy applies to our collection and handling of information about you that we receive as a result of your use of TekWiki, and explains how we collect, use, and share your Personal Information.
By using this website, you consent to this Policy.
General use
- We do not sell or rent your Personal Information, nor do we give it to others to sell you anything.
- You are not required to create an account to read or contribute to TekWiki.
- Your IP address is automatically submitted when you access the site, which could be used to infer your geographical location, and we record it temporarily. This is technically necessary to deliver content. We keep IP addresses confidential, except as provided in this Policy.
- Because of how browsers work, we receive some information automatically when you visit TekWiki. This information includes the type of device you are using, the type and version of your browser, your browser's language preference, the type and version of your device's operating system, in some cases the name of your internet service provider or mobile carrier, the website that referred you to TekWiki, which pages you request and visit, and the date and time of each request you make to TekWiki.
- This web site uses "cookies" exclusively for security and session management purposes, not to identify or track you across other websites, and not to store Personal Information.
- Third-party web sites, even if linked from this site, are not under our control and have their own privacy guidelines.
User accounts
- To contribute – create or edit pages, upload files, etc. – you need a user account on TekWiki. Unlike Wikipedia, for example, we do not allow anonymous editing, because we do not have the resources to deal with spam and vandalism.
- To have an account created, we will need your email address because accounts are only created by email request.
- Your password is only used to verify that the account is yours.
- Once created, user accounts cannot be removed entirely (although you can usually hide the information on your user page if you choose to). This is because your public contributions must be associated with their author (you!).
Contributing
- Whatever you post on TekWiki can be seen and used by everyone.
- When you make a contribution to TekWiki, including on user or discussion pages, you are creating a permanent, public record of every piece of content added, removed, or altered by you. The page history will show when your contribution or deletion was made, as well as your username.
- You should assume that information that you actively contribute to TekWiki, including Personal Information, is publicly visible and can be found by search engines. Like most things on the Internet, anything you share may be copied and redistributed throughout the Internet by other people. Please do not contribute any information that you are uncomfortable making permanently public, like revealing your real name or location in your contributions.
- Sometimes, we automatically receive location data from you. For example, if you upload a photo, we may receive embedded metadata such as the place and time you took the photo. If you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device or remove the metadata before uploading.
How We Use Information We Receive From You
We and our service providers use your information for the legitimate purpose of operating TekWiki, including:
- To help you share your knowledge with the world
- To arrange access to your account
- To send administrative information to you
- To allow you to send messages to another person if you choose to do so. Direct communications between users (such as messages sent through the "Email this user" feature), to the extent such communications are nonpublic and stored in or in transit through TekWiki systems, are kept confidential by us.
- To alert you when there has been a change to an article that you have decided to follow.
We will send emails to you only with your consent. We do not sell, rent, or use your email address to advertise third-party products or services to you. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile.
We use and share your Personal Information when you give us specific permission to do so, for legal reasons, and in the other circumstances described below.
For legal reasons
We will disclose your Personal Information to public authorities or other persons in response to an official legal process only to comply with our legal obligations.
Because You Made It Public
Information that you post is public and can be seen and used by everyone.
Any information you post publicly on TekWiki is just that – public. For example, if you put your mailing address on your talk page, that is public, and not specifically protected by this Policy. Please think carefully about your desired level of privacy before you disclose Personal Information on your user page or elsewhere.