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== Collection of Personal Information == | == Collection of Personal Information == | ||
The only personal information collected automatically by the software used by this Site are your IP address and email. There is strict access to your IP and email | :''For more information on the choice to register, see [[Tardis:Why create an account?]]'' | ||
The '''''only''''' personal information collected automatically by the software used by this Site are your '''IP address and email'''. There is '''very strict access''' to your IP and email; only '''system administrators''' — and sometimes '''[[Tardis:bureaucrats|bureaucrats]]''' — can gain access. This will only ever be used when absolutely necessary, for site security, in [[T:SOCK|highly probable cases of ban evasion]], or to [[tardis:vandalism|put a stop to recurring vandalism]]. | |||
If you | If you are unwilling to have your IP tracked: consider either not editing and remaining a '''visitor''', or simply [[Tardis:Why create an account?|continuing to maintain a '''''registered''''' account]], which will hide your IP even from the above-mentioned users unless there is reason to check it. | ||
If you learn that Tardis Wiki is collecting data beyond the scope of this privacy policy or in violation of the law, please discontinue using the | On the other hand, note that if you do not register an account, there is no necessity to accept cookie requests from this Site. | ||
If you learn that Tardis Wiki is collecting data beyond the scope of this privacy policy or in violation of the law, please discontinue using the Wiki and [[User talk:Tardis sysadmin|inform system administrators]] immediately. (Ping [[User talk:SOTO|SOTO]] or [[User talk:Bongolium500|Bongolium500]] separately as well, to be safe, so we can make sure to get their attention.) | |||
=== IP Address === | === IP Address === | ||
Contributions/Edits by unregistered users or | Contributions/Edits by '''unregistered users''', or editors who are not currently logged in, '''will reveal the IP address''' in the page history of the article they have edited, alongside other places on the Site, like [[Special:Watchlist|watchlists]] and [[Special:RecentChanges|recent changes]], and in any external feeds made of such pages. | ||
This is used to differentiate one "IP user" from another, in order to provide attribution for unregistered edits, and to facilitate maintenance by [[Tardis:Administrators|admins]] and [[Special:ListUsers/Trusted|trusted users]]. | |||
=== Email === | === Email === | ||
During user registration, | During user registration, you will be asked to verify your email address. <!--Email confirmation is required to edit for Anti-Spam and Security purposes. [not currently true]-->This is not currently ''required'', but it is '''highly recommended''' so that you can '''regain access to your account''' should you forget your password. Tardis Wiki may make email confirmation required for all editors, at any point, for Anti-Spam and Security purposes. | ||
You may provide your email address in your [[Special:Preferences|Preferences]]. The email address may be used by Tardis Wiki to communicate with users on a wider scale. | You may provide your email address later on in your [[Special:Preferences|Preferences]]. The email address may be used by Tardis Wiki to communicate with users on a wider scale (through an internal process). | ||
If you | <div id=box>If you did not provide an email address, and have forgotten your password, you may still contact [[User talk:Tardis sysadmin|a system administrator]], or [[Tardis:Administrators|an active admin]], so that we can help you enter a new email address in your Preferences, provided that you have authenticated using Two Factor Authentication on the wiki<!-- or by wiki-bot on the Discord server [not currently apicable]-->. You can remove your email address from your preferences at any time to prevent it from being used.</div> | ||
== User Internet Protections == | == User Internet Protections == | ||
