Privacy policy for the no-spec Community

This policy explains what the no-spec Community at no-spec.com/community/ stores about you, why it stores it, and what you can do about it. It is written to be short, plain and conservative. The community is run by the no-spec editors, who also run the rest of no-spec.com.

If you only read

If you only read threads, the forum does not ask you for anything and does not need you to sign in. Like any website, the servers that deliver the pages handle ordinary technical information about each request, such as the page requested, the time, the browser type and the network address it came from. That information is used to deliver pages, keep the service running and deal with abuse.

Visit counts

We count visits in aggregate so we can see which pages are read and whether the forum is working. The counting does not set cookies, does not build a profile of you, and does not follow you to other websites. We look at totals, such as how many times a page was viewed, not at individual readers. We do not sell or share these numbers with advertisers, and the forum carries no advertising trackers.

What the forum stores if you post

If you create an account and post, the forum stores the following.

• Your email address. Members sign in with a link sent by email, and there are no passwords. We use your address to send the sign-in link, to match your account and to send notifications you ask for. We do not publish it and do not use it for marketing.
• Your posts. The questions, answers and replies you write, with the time you wrote them. Posts are public. Search engines may index them, and other websites may quote them. Do not post anything you would not want to be public, and do not post a client's name, contract or invoice.
• Your display name. The name shown beside your posts. It is public, so do not use your real name unless you want it shown.
• Moderation records. If a post is reported, edited or removed, we keep a record of what happened so that decisions can be reviewed.

The cookie we set

When you sign in, the forum sets a session cookie that keeps you signed in so you can post. It is needed for sign-in to work. Readers who never sign in do not get it. You can delete it in your browser at any time, which signs you out.

Hosting

The forum runs on a commercial hosting and content delivery network. As part of serving pages, the network processes request information such as network addresses and the pages requested, and its standard logs may record that information. We use it to keep the forum available, find faults and block abuse, not to identify readers.

How we use what we store

We use your information to run the forum: to let you sign in, show your posts, moderate the community, answer your messages and keep the service secure. We do not use forum posts to profile members, and we do not sell member information.

Email to the editors

Messages you send to editors@no-spec.com are read by the editors and kept as long as we need them to deal with your request.

Your choices and deletion requests

You can ask to see, correct or delete the information we hold about you at any time. Write to editors@no-spec.com from the email address you use on the forum, with the subject line "Data request", and say what you want done. We will match the request to your account, tell you what we did, and delete what you ask us to delete. Because posts are public and may have been quoted or indexed elsewhere, deleting a post here cannot remove copies held by other sites. If a post by someone else identifies you, send us its address and we will review it.

Children

The forum is meant for working designers and design students who are adults. It is not meant for children, and we do not knowingly collect their information. If you believe a child has an account, tell us and we will review it.

Changes to this policy

If we change what the forum stores, we will update this page and the date at the top. A change that affects how we handle your information will be shown clearly, not left for you to find.