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Privacy Policy
Our privacy policy is that we exist to protect your privacy and other human rights. It’s why we do what we do.
What data do you gather when I visit this site?
No data that is linked to you is collected or stored by us as you browse this site.
This site runs on Site.js.
Site.js collects aggregate access statistics that are ephemeral (they reset when the server restarts). Aggregate statistics are the only truly anonymous analytics you can have (if we note, for example, that 3 people have accessed a page, there’s no way to go from that who those people are). This is mostly useful for us to see how much traffic the site is getting and notice broken links or the occasional misconfigured bot or hack attempt.
You can view the current statistics at https://web0.small-web.org/7ef24b8ff9c62f9fba175605e4157de1
What data do you gather if I sign the manifesto?
When you sign the manifesto, we collect two types of data. Data about you and data about the signatory (which might also be you or it might be a project or organisation that you’re signing on behalf of).
(A) Data about you:
- Your name
- Your email address
(B) Data about the signatory:
- Name of signatory
- Web address of signatory
Data about you (A) is not displayed on the site and only used for the following purposes:
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To know who is signing the manifesto on behalf of the signatory and have a means to communicate with you should, for example, someone representing the signatory (e.g., project or organisation) informs us that you do not have permission to sign the manifesto on their behalf.
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To send you transactional email to confirm your email address (to reduce the likelihood of spam/fraudulent signatures), confirm that your signature has been accepted, confirm that your signature request has been cancelled, and to confirm that your signature has been deleted from the manifesto following your request.
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To reply to you should you contact us with questions or requests.
We will not use your name or email address for any other purpose although we may have to hand over the information should be receive a subpoena to do so. (We leave how likely that is or what value it would have given we store no other data about you as an exercise for the reader.)
Data about the signatory (B) is displayed on the signatory list on the site.
How long do you keep my data?
If signed the manifesto, we will keep the data in Groups A and B for as long as your signature remains on the manifesto.
How can I get my data removed?
If you signed the manifesto, you will have received a confirmation email that contains a link you can follow to delete your signature.
Once you delete your signature from the manifesto, we will:
- Prepare one last transactional email to confirm that your signature has been removed from the manifesto and that your data has been deleted.
- Delete all your data.
- Send you the transactional email we prepared.
Note that if you emailed Small Technology Foundation by replying to any of the transactional emails, we will still have your email address and any emails you sent to us in our inboxes. If you’d like us to remove/delete those emails at any point, please let us know at hello@small-tech.org
Do you use any third-party services to send emails?
No. Emails are sent using code we’ve written that contacts your mail server directly.
Do you use any third-party services to host this site and what data do they have access to?
This site is hosted on a Hetzner VPS.
We have a data processing agreement for Hetzner that you can download and read here (PDF).
TODO: Generate new one with our new org address and add to link, above.
Other than that we do not use any other third-party services for the hosting of this site.
Can I see exactly what the site is doing?
Yes, of course.
All our work is free and open source.
You can view the source of the site here: https://github.com/small-tech/web0
(If you notice any bugs or have suggestions for improvements, please let us know by opening an issue. Thanks!)
Can I talk to a human being?
Always
Email hello@small-tech.org and either Laura or Aral will get back to you as soon as we can.