Privacy Policy

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Information We Collect

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User-Provided Information

When you create an account on JForums, we collect personal information including your:

• Username
• Email address
• Additional information you choose to provide in your profile such as nickname

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Automatically Collected Information

We may also collect certain information automatically, including:

• IP address
• Browser and device information
• Usage patterns

This information helps us analyze trends, administer the site, and track user interactions.

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Cookies

We use essential cookies for proper website functioning (such as user authentication and account management) and analytics cookies for gathering insights to improve our services.

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How We Use Your Information

We use the collected information for the following purposes:

• Providing and maintaining forum services
• Personalizing your experience on JForums
• Communicating with you regarding your account or forum-related updates
• Improving our forum by analyzing user behavior and preferences

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Sharing Your Information

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties. However, we may share your information:

• To comply with legal obligations
• To protect our community’s rights, privacy, safety, or property
• To protect our site from spam, abuse, or attack
  • Posts and replies may be checked through an automated spam detection service, Akismet, to filter spam and harmful information. Akismet’s privacy policy can be viewed here.
  • Turnstile, a smart CAPTCHA service by Cloudflare is enabled on our login and registration forms to protect our site from abuse. Your browser and system information may be sent to Cloudflare when you access these pages. Please refer to Cloudflare’s privacy policy and terms of use.

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Security Measures

We’re committed to protecting your personal information. While we take reasonable steps to secure your data from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction, please note that no online transmission or storage is entirely secure. If you have any security concerns, please contact us.

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Your Choices

You have the right to:

• Review and update your personal information
• Request for an export of your account data
• Request for an account deletion

You may perform the above actions in your account settings.

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Changes

We reserve the right to update or change this Privacy Policy at any time. Registered users will be notified for any material changes.