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Nixos.wiki Privacy Policy

Introduction

At nixos.wiki, we regard your privacy as important, same as we regard our own privacy. This policy provides information about how we collect, use, and safeguard your personal data when you interact with our website.

Information We Collect

Log Data

Whenever you visit nixos.wiki, our servers automatically record certain information, referred to as "log data." This includes specifics that your browser transmits to us, such as your Internet Protocol address, the URL you accessed on our site, your browser type, and the date and time of your request. It also incorporates data about your usage of nixos.wiki and any cookie data.

We store this log data for a maximum of 7 days. Afterwards the data is automatically deleted. The primary purpose is to protect our website from harmful activities, like those caused by spam bots and DOS attacks. For example, we may block IP addresses that generate an excessive number of requests.

Cookies

Nixos.wiki uses "cookies" or equivalent technologies to capture data. Cookies are small text files that your computer sends each time you visit our website. Depending on their function, we may use session cookies (which expire when you close your browser) or persistent cookies (which remain on your device until you or your browser delete them).

We use cookies to remember your preferences and settings on nixos.wiki, thus saving you from the need to set them up each time you visit our site. Some cookies may be linked to your nixos.wiki account, which might include information like the email address or username you provided us, while others are not. Our usage of cookies is consistent with standard practices for MediaWiki installations. We refrain from using cookies for additional user tracking or advertising purposes.

Wiki Data

Given the intrinsic nature of a wiki and especially the MediaWiki software, we must save and process specific additional data. This includes (but is not limited to) your wiki username, language settings, email address (if provided), a log of all your wiki edits, and the time, date, and associated account of each edit.

Third-Party Services

In order to further protect our website from threats and to enhance its performance, we utilize Cloudflare, a third-party DDOS protection and CDN service. Cloudflare may collect certain information about your interaction with our website, including log data and cookie information. For more details about how Cloudflare collects and uses this data, please refer to their website: https://www.cloudflare.com/trust-hub/privacy-and-data-protection/

Requesting Removal of Your Personal Data

If you want your personal data removed from nixos.wiki, please reach out to us at admin-team@nixos.wiki. Make sure to specify:

The precise personal information you want us to remove. Providing as many details as possible will help avoid unnecessary correspondence.
A method for us to verify that the data you wish to have removed indeed belongs to you.

Please note:

We can't process requests that lack the required information.
Certain data is essential for the proper functioning of the wiki and, under the legitimate interest provision, will not be removed. This includes your wiki username, for instance.

Contacting Us

Should you have any questions or concerns about this privacy policy, feel free to contact our admin team at admin-teamTemplate:@nixos.wiki. Our admin team consists entirely of volunteers, and all work is carried out on a best-effort basis. As such, we can't guarantee immediate response times.

By using our site, you consent to the terms of this privacy policy. We may occasionally update this policy, so we recommend you review it regularly to stay informed about our data practices

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+= Nixos.wiki Privacy Policy =
+== Introduction ==
+At nixos.wiki, we regard your privacy as important, same as we regard our own privacy. This policy provides information about how we collect, use, and safeguard your personal data when you interact with our website.
+== Information We Collect ==
-== What Data is Collected? ==
+=== Log Data ===
-; Log data
+Whenever you visit nixos.wiki, our servers automatically record certain information, referred to as "log data." This includes specifics that your browser transmits to us, such as your Internet Protocol address, the URL you accessed on our site, your browser type, and the date and time of your request. It also incorporates data about your usage of nixos.wiki and any cookie data.
-: When interacting with nixos.wiki, our servers record information (“log data”), including information that your browser automatically sends whenever you visit a website. This log data includes (but is not limited to) your Internet Protocol address, the URL you accessed, browser type, the date and time of your request, how you used nixos.wiki, and cookie data.
-: This data is stored for up to 7 days and used to secure the wiki from malicious entities like spam bots and DOS attackers (e.g. by blocking IP addresses that create an unreasonable amount of requests).
-; Cookie data
-: We also use “cookies” (small text files sent by your computer each time you visit our website) or similar technologies to capture data. When we use cookies or other similar technologies, we use session cookies (that last until you close your browser) or persistent cookies (that last until you or your browser delete them). For example, we use cookies to store your wiki preferences (e.g. to keep you logged in) or other settings so you don‘t have to set them up every time you visit nixos.wiki. Some of the cookies we use are associated with your nixos.wiki account (including information about you, such as the email address you gave us) and other cookies are not.
-: Those cookies correspond to those used by a usual MediaWiki installation. We do not employ cookies for any kind of additional user tracking and/or advertisement.
-; Wiki data
-: Due to the nature of a wiki and especially the MediaWiki software other data has to be saved and processed. This includes (but is not limited to) your wiki username, real name (if provided), language settings, grammatical gender (if configured), email address (if provided), a protocol of all wiki edits, time and date of the edit and account associated with the edit.
-== Want to Remove Your Personal Data? ==
+We store this log data for a maximum of 7 days. Afterwards the data is automatically deleted. The primary purpose is to protect our website from harmful activities, like those caused by spam bots and DOS attacks. For example, we may block IP addresses that generate an excessive number of requests.
-In the case you want your personal data removed from nixos.wiki please contact fadenb+nixoswikiprivacy{{@}}utzutzutz.net by email.
-Please make sure to include ...
-* ... what personal information you wish to be removed
-** Please be specific to avoid unnecessary inquiries
-* ... some way to allow us to verify the claim that it is your personal data you want removed
-== Questions? ==
+=== Cookies ===
-In case you have any questions feel free to ask in [irc://irc.freenode.net/nixos-wiki ''#nixos-wiki'' on freenode] or send an email to fadenb+nixoswikiprivacy{{@}}utzutzutz.net.
+Nixos.wiki uses "cookies" or equivalent technologies to capture data. Cookies are small text files that your computer sends each time you visit our website. Depending on their function, we may use session cookies (which expire when you close your browser) or persistent cookies (which remain on your device until you or your browser delete them).
+We use cookies to remember your preferences and settings on nixos.wiki, thus saving you from the need to set them up each time you visit our site. Some cookies may be linked to your nixos.wiki account, which might include information like the email address or username you provided us, while others are not. Our usage of cookies is consistent with standard practices for MediaWiki installations. We refrain from using cookies for additional user tracking or advertising purposes.
+=== Wiki Data ===
+Given the intrinsic nature of a wiki and especially the MediaWiki software, we must save and process specific additional data. This includes (but is not limited to) your wiki username, language settings, email address (if provided), a log of all your wiki edits, and the time, date, and associated account of each edit.
+=== Third-Party Services ===
+In order to further protect our website from threats and to enhance its performance, we utilize Cloudflare, a third-party DDOS protection and CDN service. Cloudflare may collect certain information about your interaction with our website, including log data and cookie information. For more details about how Cloudflare collects and uses this data, please refer to their website: https://www.cloudflare.com/trust-hub/privacy-and-data-protection/
+== Requesting Removal of Your Personal Data ==
+If you want your personal data removed from nixos.wiki, please reach out to us at admin-team@nixos.wiki. Make sure to specify:
+* The precise personal information you want us to remove. Providing as many details as possible will help avoid unnecessary correspondence.
+* A method for us to verify that the data you wish to have removed indeed belongs to you.
+Please note:
+* We can't process requests that lack the required information.
+* Certain data is essential for the proper functioning of the wiki and, under the legitimate interest provision, will not be removed. This includes your wiki username, for instance.
+== Contacting Us ==
+Should you have any questions or concerns about this privacy policy, feel free to contact our admin team at admin-team{{@}}nixos.wiki. Our admin team consists entirely of volunteers, and all work is carried out on a best-effort basis. As such, we can't guarantee immediate response times.
+By using our site, you consent to the terms of this privacy policy. We may occasionally update this policy, so we recommend you review it regularly to stay informed about our data practices