:shield: Skiff HQ Privacy Policy

Last updated: May 30, 2025

What information do we collect?

We collect information from you when you register and when you participate in the forum by reading, writing, or engaging with posts.

When registering, you may be asked to provide your name and email address. Your email address will be verified through a confirmation link. If you visit that link, we know you control that email.

When posting or interacting, we log the IP address your request comes from and may retain server logs for diagnostic and anti-abuse purposes.

What do we use your information for?

We use the information we collect for the following:

  • To personalize your experience — Better responses and relevant content.
  • To improve our platform — Insights from community usage help shape future features.
  • To improve support — Helps us respond to questions and issues more effectively.
  • To send notifications — Based on your preferences, we’ll notify you of activity, replies, or private messages.

How do we protect your information?

We implement security best practices to protect your personal data, including HTTPS encryption, access controls, and regular updates to software infrastructure.

What is our data retention policy?

We retain user-generated content indefinitely to preserve community history. However, we make a good faith effort to:

  • Retain IP logs for no more than 30 days unless necessary for abuse or diagnostics.

Do we use cookies?

Yes. Cookies help us:

  • Keep you logged in
  • Save your preferences
  • Understand how people use the site (to improve it)

We never use tracking cookies for advertising. This site is community-funded and ad-free.

Do we disclose your information?

We don’t sell or trade personal data. We may share limited information with trusted third parties only when necessary for:

  • Delivering emails
  • Running the site
  • Responding to support requests

These providers must keep your information confidential and use it only for agreed purposes.

Third-party links

We may link to helpful third-party resources. We’re not responsible for their privacy policies, but we do our best to recommend only trustworthy content.

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)

Our site is intended for individuals 13 years and older. If you’re under 13, please don’t use this forum.

Online-only policy

This policy covers data collected online at forum.skiffhq.com and skiffhq.com. It doesn’t cover offline data collection or unrelated services.

Your consent

By using Skiff HQ, you agree to this privacy policy.

Changes to this policy

We’ll post updates here if we change this policy.

:open_mailbox_with_raised_flag: Have questions? Contact the admins or message us directly in the forum.