CorningWiki:Privacy policy

= Preamble =

It's important that you, the user, are aware of how your privacy and how it is used. So I put everything out bluntly. As the site grows, I will migrate to more privacy-friendly options than the ones you may read below.

Cookies

 * Okay, so CorningWiki does issue you a cookie. It is for your account if you even have one. If you deny the account cookie, you'll keep getting signed out. This is just how the standard session authentication cookies work.

IP Address

 * There's no need to worry about your IP being revealed on a page when you edit it. Editing is for those who have accounts. This was put in place to prevent spam accounts and fake pages from being made.
 * If you use the Contact form to contact me, it emails me your message along with the IP you sent the message from unless you're signed into your account. I'm looking into ways around this for that is the default action for the Contact form.

Email address

 * CorningWiki does not require an email address. Nor would I give it out to third-parties for any reason what so ever. However, if you need to reset your password, it makes it a lot easier on me if you have an email associated with your account. Otherwise, I have got to do all this geeky wizardry to try and reset your password.
 * The email service provider that CorningWiki uses as a "DoNotReply" is Google. This was recommended by the MediaWiki team. However, I plan to migrate to Riseup.net and then to our own mail server in the future. The use of Google is only temporary so that Contact forms and password resets work. These are important.