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-====== Melonland Privacy Notice ======
+====== MelonLand Privacy Notice ======
-Last updated May 01, 2023
+Last updated: 1st March 2025
-This privacy notice for Daniel Murray / MelonLand ('Company', 'we', 'us', or 'our'), describes how and why we might collect, store, use, and/or share ('process') your information when you use our services ('Services'), such as when you: * Visit our website at forum.melonland.net, or any website of ours that links to this privacy notice * Engage with us in other related ways, such as visiting the surf club, other melonland sites or receiving newsletters
+This policy explains how MelonLand (ML) handles your data, respecting your rights under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and extending those rights to all members worldwide.
-Questions or concerns? Reading this privacy notice will help you understand your privacy rights and choices. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our Services. If you still have any questions or concerns, please contact us at webmaster@melonking.net.
+===== What is MelonLand =====
-===== Summary Of Key Points =====
+ML is an independent, non-commercial arts project that runs a forum and multiple service sites offering extra features and tools for indie web-crafters.
-This summary provides key points from our privacy notice, but you can find out more details about any of these topics by clicking the link following each key point or by using our table of contents below to find the section you are looking for.
+===== What Data does MelonLand Collect & Why =====
+ML only collects what is needed to run the site and provide services.
-What personal information do we process? When you visit, use, or navigate our Services, we may process personal information depending on how you interact with Daniel Murray / MelonLand and the Services, the choices you make, and the products and features you use.
+  * **Account Information:** Username, email, and any profile details you choose to share. Required for login and participation.
+  * **Forum & Other Services:** Posts, comments, images, and any content you create.
+  * **Technical Data:** IP address, browser type, and access logs for security and site performance.
+  * **Cookies:** Used only for login sessions and preferences.
-Do we process any sensitive personal information? We may process sensitive personal information when necessary with your consent or as otherwise permitted by applicable law.
+===== Where is Data Stored =====
+The majority of data is hosted in the ML server located in Ireland and provided by the Blacknight hosting company who are also Irish owned. Our Minecraft server is located in Quebec, Canada and provided by PebbleHost & OVH.
-Do we receive any information from third parties? We may receive information from public databases and other outside sources.
+===== How MelonLand Uses Your Data =====
+Your data is used to:
-How do we process your information? We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law. We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent. We process your information only when we have a valid legal reason to do so.
+  * Keep the site operational.
+  * Enable interaction with other members.
+  * Maintain security and prevent spam.
+  * ML does not sell, trade, or share your data with third parties. No ads, no trackers.
-In what situations and with which parties do we share personal information? We may share information in specific situations and with specific third parties.
+===== Your Rights =====
+No matter where you are in the world, you have these rights:
-How do we keep your information safe? We have organisational and technical processes and procedures in place to protect your personal information. However, no electronic transmission over the internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorised third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information.
+  * **Access:** Request a copy of your data.
+  * **Correction:** Update incorrect data.
+  * **Deletion:** Request account deletion, though some data (like forum posts) may be retained to preserve discussions.
+  * **Restriction & Objection:** Ask ML to limit how your data is used.
+  * **Portability:** Request your data in a portable format.
-What are your rights? Depending on where you are located geographically, the applicable privacy law may mean you have certain rights regarding your personal information.
+To exercise these rights, contact webmaster@melonking.net.
-How do you exercise your rights? The easiest way to exercise your rights is by visiting [[https://forum.melonland.net/index.php?action=profile]], or by contacting us. We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
+===== Account Deletion & Data Retention =====
+If you delete your account:
-Want to learn more about what Daniel Murray / MelonLand does with any information we collect? Review the privacy notice in full.
+  * Personal details will be removed.
+  * Public posts or contributions may remain but will be anonymised within 6 months.
+  * Some data may be kept in logs or databases - either because of needed functionality or because of error.
-===== 1. What Information Do We Collect? =====
+===== Security =====
+ML takes reasonable measures to protect your data, but no system is perfect. Use a strong password and practice online safety.
-==== Personal information you disclose to us ====
-**In Short: We collect personal information that you provide to us.**
-We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you register on the Services, express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and Services, when you participate in activities on the Services, or otherwise when you contact us.
-Personal Information Provided by You. The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the Services, the choices you make, and the products and features you use. The personal information we collect may include the following: * email addresses * usernames * passwords * contact preferences * contact or authentication data
-Sensitive Information. When necessary, with your consent or as otherwise permitted by applicable law, we process the following categories of sensitive information: (Melon's Explanation: this is a forum so you can post any info you wish; severely personal data will generally be removed, however, we typically allow the following kinds of data made in public posts) * data about a person's sex life or sexual orientation * information revealing religious or philosophical beliefs * information revealing political opinions * information revealing race or ethnic origin * genetic and health data
-All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete, and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information.
-==== Information automatically collected: ====
-**In Short: Some information — such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address and/or browser and device characteristics — is collected automatically when you visit our Services.**
-We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate the Services. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information) but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our Services, and other technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Services, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.
-We also collect information through cookies and similar technologies.
-The information we collect includes: Log and Usage Data. Log and usage data is service-related, diagnostic, usage, and performance information our servers automatically collect when you access or use our Services and which we record in log files. Depending on how you interact with us, this log data may include your IP address, device information, browser type, and settings and information about your activity in the Services (such as the date/time stamps associated with your usage, pages and files viewed, searches, and other actions you take such as which features you use), device event information (such as system activity, error reports (sometimes called 'crash dumps'), and hardware settings). Device Data. We collect device data such as information about your computer, phone, tablet, or other device you use to access the Services. Depending on the device used, this device data may include information such as your IP address (or proxy server), device and application identification numbers, location, browser type, hardware model, Internet service provider and/or mobile carrier, operating system, and system configuration information.
-==== Information collected from other sources ====
-**In Short: We may collect limited data from public databases and other outside sources.**
-In order to enhance our ability to provide relevant services to you and update our records, we may obtain information about you from other sources, such as public databases, data providers, and from other third parties. This information includes data from your personal homepage such as its title, url and images, it also includes public data such as that provided by the neocities api or other public apis.
-===== 2. How Do We Process Your Information? =====
-**In Short: We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law. We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent.**
-We process your personal information for a variety of reasons, depending on how you interact with our Services, including: To facilitate account creation and authentication and otherwise manage user accounts. We may process your information so you can create and log in to your account, as well as keep your account in working order. To deliver and facilitate delivery of services to the user. We may process your information to provide you with the requested service. To respond to user inquiries/offer support to users. We may process your information to respond to your inquiries and solve any potential issues you might have with the requested service. To send administrative information to you. We may process your information to send you details about our products and services, changes to our terms and policies, and other similar information. To enable user-to-user communications. We may process your information if you choose to use any of our offerings that allow for communication with another user. To request feedback. We may process your information when necessary to request feedback and to contact you about your use of our Services. To protect our Services. We may process your information as part of our efforts to keep our Services safe and secure, including fraud monitoring and prevention. To save or protect an individual's vital interest. We may process your information when necessary to save or protect an individual’s vital interest, such as to prevent harm.
-===== 3. What Legal Bases Do We Rely On To Process Your Information? =====
-**In Short: We only process your personal information when we believe it is necessary and we have a valid legal reason (i.e. legal basis) to do so under applicable law, like with your consent, to comply with laws, to provide you with services to enter into or fulfil our contractual obligations, to protect your rights, or to fulfil our legitimate business interests.**
-==== If you are located in the EU or UK, this section applies to you. ====
-The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and UK GDPR require us to explain the valid legal bases we rely on in order to process your personal information. As such, we may rely on the following legal bases to process your personal information: Consent. We may process your information if you have given us permission (i.e. consent) to use your personal information for a specific purpose. You can withdraw your consent at any time. Learn more about withdrawing your consent. Performance of a Contract. We may process your personal information when we believe it is necessary to fulfil our contractual obligations to you, including providing our Services or at your request prior to entering into a contract with you. Legitimate Interests. We may process your information when we believe it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate business interests and those interests do not outweigh your interests and fundamental rights and freedoms. For example, we may process your personal information for some of the purposes described in order to: Diagnose problems and/or prevent fraudulent activities Understand how our users use our products and services so we can improve user experience Legal Obligations. We may process your information where we believe it is necessary for compliance with our legal obligations, such as to cooperate with a law enforcement body or regulatory agency, exercise or defend our legal rights, or disclose your information as evidence in litigation in which we are involved. Vital Interests. We may process your information where we believe it is necessary to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of a third party, such as situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person. In legal terms, we are generally the 'data controller' under European data protection laws of the personal information described in this privacy notice, since we determine the means and/or purposes of the data processing we perform. This privacy notice does not apply to the personal information we process as a 'data processor' on behalf of our customers. In those situations, the customer that we provide services to and with whom we have entered into a data processing agreement is the 'data controller' responsible for your personal information, and we merely process your information on their behalf in accordance with your instructions. If you want to know more about our customers' privacy practices, you should read their privacy policies and direct any questions you have to them.
-==== If you are located in Canada, this section applies to you. ====
-We may process your information if you have given us specific permission (i.e. express consent) to use your personal information for a specific purpose, or in situations where your permission can be inferred (i.e. implied consent). You can withdraw your consent at any time.
-In some exceptional cases, we may be legally permitted under applicable law to process your information without your consent, including, for example: If collection is clearly in the interests of an individual and consent cannot be obtained in a timely way For investigations and fraud detection and prevention For business transactions provided certain conditions are met If it is contained in a witness statement and the collection is necessary to assess, process, or settle an insurance claim For identifying injured, ill, or deceased persons and communicating with next of kin If we have reasonable grounds to believe an individual has been, is, or may be victim of financial abuse If it is reasonable to expect collection and use with consent would compromise the availability or the accuracy of the information and the collection is reasonable for purposes related to investigating a breach of an agreement or a contravention of the laws of Canada or a province If disclosure is required to comply with a subpoena, warrant, court order, or rules of the court relating to the production of records If it was produced by an individual in the course of their employment, business, or profession and the collection is consistent with the purposes for which the information was produced If the collection is solely for journalistic, artistic, or literary purposes If the information is publicly available and is specified by the regulations
-===== 4. When And With Whom Do We Share Your Personal Information? =====
-**In Short: We may share information in specific situations described in this section and/or with the following third parties.**
-Vendors, Consultants, and Other Third-Party Service Providers. We may share your data with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents ('third parties') who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work. We have contracts in place with our third parties, which are designed to help safeguard your personal information. This means that they cannot do anything with your personal information unless we have instructed them to do it. They will also not share your personal information with any organisation apart from us. They also commit to protect the data they hold on our behalf and to retain it for the period we instruct. The third parties we may share personal information with are as follows: Web and Mobile Analytics - Simple Analytics
-We also may need to share your personal information in the following situations: * Other Users. When you share personal information (for example, by posting comments, contributions, or other content to the Services) or otherwise interact with public areas of the Services, such personal information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly made available outside the Services in perpetuity. Similarly, other users will be able to view descriptions of your activity, communicate with you within our Services, and view your profile.
-===== 5. Do We Use Cookies And Other Tracking Technologies? =====
-**In Short: We use cookies to collect and store your information.**
-The Cookies We Set: * Account-related cookies - If you create an account with us then we will use cookies for the management of the signup process and general administration. These cookies will usually be deleted when you log out however in some cases they may remain afterwards to remember your site preferences when logged out.
-* Login-related cookies - We use cookies when you are logged in so that we can remember this fact. This prevents you from having to log in every single time you visit a new page. These cookies are typically removed or cleared when you log out to ensure that you can only access restricted features and areas when logged in.
-Disabling Cookies - You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser's Help for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies will render your account semi-non functional, you will be randomly logged out and you will probably lose the posts you are trying to write!
-Third-Party Cookies? We do not use third-party cookies.
-Local Storage / Non-cookie browser-based storage we set: * Post drafts - draft versions of your posts are saved privately in your browser's local storage as you write them, this allows posts to be recovered in the event of an error - these are usually deleted once a post is made or after 24 hours passes.
-===== 6. How Long Do We Keep Your Information? =====
-**In Short: We keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this privacy notice unless otherwise required by law.**
-We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy notice, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements). No purpose in this notice will require us keeping your personal information for longer than twelve (12) months past the termination of the user's account.
-When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymise such information, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.
-===== 7. How Do We Keep Your Information Safe? =====
-**In Short: We aim to protect your personal information through a system of organisational and technical security measures.**
-We have implemented appropriate and reasonable technical and organisational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorised third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our Services is at your own risk. You should only access the Services within a secure environment.
-===== 8. What Are Your Privacy Rights? =====
-**In Short: In some regions, such as the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom (UK), and Canada, you have rights that allow you greater access to and control over your personal information. You may review, change, or terminate your account at any time.**
-In some regions (like the EEA, UK, and Canada), you have certain rights under applicable data protection laws. These may include the right (i) to request access and obtain a copy of your personal information, (ii) to request rectification or erasure; (iii) to restrict the processing of your personal information; and (iv) if applicable, to data portability. In certain circumstances, you may also have the right to object to the processing of your personal information. You can make such a request by contacting us by using the contact details provided in the section 'HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?' below.
-We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
-If you are located in the EEA or UK and you believe we are unlawfully processing your personal information, you also have the right to complain to your Member State data protection authority or UK data protection authority.
-If you are located in Switzerland, you may contact the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner.
-Withdrawing your consent: If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, which may be express and/or implied consent depending on the applicable law, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us by using the contact details provided in the section 'HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?' below or updating your preferences.
-However, please note that this will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before its withdrawal nor, when applicable law allows, will it affect the processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.
-==== Account Information ====
-If you would at any time like to review or change the information in your account or terminate your account, you can: Log in to your account settings and update your user account. Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases. However, we may retain some information in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our legal terms and/or comply with applicable legal requirements.
-Cookies and similar technologies: Most Web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove cookies and to reject cookies. If you choose to remove cookies or reject cookies, this could affect certain features or services of our Services.
-If you have questions or comments about your privacy rights, you may email us at webmaster@melonking.net.
-===== 9. Controls For Do-Not-Track Features =====
-Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track ('DNT') feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. At this stage no uniform technology standard for recognising and implementing DNT signals has been finalised. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this privacy notice.
-===== 10. Do California Residents Have Specific Privacy Rights? =====
-**In Short: Yes, if you are a resident of California, you are granted specific rights regarding access to your personal information.**
-California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the 'Shine The Light' law, permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to us using the contact information provided below.
-If you are under 18 years of age, reside in California, and have a registered account with Services, you have the right to request removal of unwanted data that you publicly post on the Services. To request removal of such data, please contact us using the contact information provided below and include the email address associated with your account and a statement that you reside in California. We will make sure the data is not publicly displayed on the Services, but please be aware that the data may not be completely or comprehensively removed from all our systems (e.g. backups, etc.).
-===== 11. Do We Make Updates To This Notice? =====
-**In Short: Yes, we will update this notice as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws.**
-We may update this privacy notice from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated 'Revised' date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make material changes to this privacy notice, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this privacy notice frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.
-===== 12. How Can You Contact Us About This Notice? =====
-If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO) , Daniel Murray, by email at webmaster@melonking.net:
-If you are a resident in the European Economic Area, the 'data controller' of your personal information is Daniel Murray / MelonLand. Daniel Murray / MelonLand has appointed Daniel Murray to be its representative in the EEA. You can contact them directly regarding the processing of your information by Daniel Murray / MelonLand, by email at webmaster@melonking.net, by visiting [[https://loom.cafe]]
-===== 13. How Can You Review, Update, Or Delete The Data We Collect From You? =====
-You have the right to request access to the personal information we collect from you, change that information, or delete it. To request to review, update, or delete your personal information, please visit: [[https://forum.melonland.net/index.php?action=profile]].
+===== Changes to This Policy =====
+If this policy is updated, members will be notified.
+===== Contact =====
+For questions or data requests, contact: webmaster@melonking.net.