Last updated Feb 10, 2023
This privacy policy describes how The Markup ("The Markup", "we", "us") collects, protects and uses the personally identifiable information you may provide through the mastodon.themarkup.org website or its API. The policy also describes the choices available to you regarding our use of your personal information and how you can access and update this information. This policy does not apply to the practices of companies that The Markup does not own or control, or to individuals that The Markup does not employ or manage. You can also see The Markup's general privacy policy, and the privacy policy of our hosting provider Masto.Host.
Any of the information we collect from you may be used in the following ways: - To provide the core functionality of Mastodon. You can only interact with other people's content and post your own content when you are logged in. For example, you may follow other people to view their combined posts in your own personalized home timeline. - To aid moderation of the community, for example comparing your IP address with other known ones to determine ban evasion or other violations. - The email address you provide may be used to send you information, notifications about other people interacting with your content or sending you messages, and to respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions.
We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you enter, submit, or access your personal information. Among other things, your browser session, as well as the traffic between your applications and the API, are secured with SSL, and your password is hashed using a strong one-way algorithm. You may enable two-factor authentication to further secure access to your account.
We will make a good faith effort to: - Retain server logs containing the IP address of all requests to this server, in so far as such logs are kept, no more than 90 days. - Retain the IP addresses associated with registered users no more than 12 months. You can request and download an archive of your content, including your posts, media attachments, profile picture, and header image. You may irreversibly delete your account at any time.
Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow). These cookies enable the site to recognize your browser and, if you have a registered account, associate it with your registered account. We use cookies to understand and save your preferences for future visits.
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our site, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety. Your public content may be downloaded by other servers in the network. Your public and followers-only posts are delivered to the servers where your followers reside, and direct messages are delivered to the servers of the recipients, in so far as those followers or recipients reside on a different server than this. When you authorize an application to use your account, depending on the scope of permissions you approve, it may access your public profile information, your following list, your followers, your lists, all your posts, and your favorites. Applications can never access your e-mail address or password.
If this server is in the USA: Our site, products and services are all directed to people who are at least 13 years old. If you are under the age of 13, per the requirements of COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act) do not use this site.
This document is CC-BY-SA. Adapted from the Mastodon privacy policy, which was originally adapted from the Discourse privacy policy.