Privacy Policy
Your privacy is important to us. This policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your information.
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Quick Summary
✓ What We Do
- • Provide free mixing chain platform
- • Use cookies for ads to keep service free
- • Protect your personal information
- • Respect your privacy choices
✗ What We Don't Do
- • Sell your personal data
- • Share user-specific information
- • Track you across other websites
- • Require unnecessary data
📋 Your Rights
- • Access your data
- • Delete your account
- • Opt out of ads
- • Data portability
Last Updated: July 7, 2025
1. Information We Collect
Information You Provide
- • Account Information: Username, email address, and password when you register
- • Profile Information: Display name and any optional profile details you choose to share
- • Content: Mixing chains, comments, and other content you post on our platform
- • Communications: Messages you send us through feedback forms or support requests
Information Automatically Collected
- • Usage Data: Pages visited, features used, and time spent on our platform
- • Device Information: Browser type, operating system, and device identifiers
- • IP Address: For security, analytics, and legal compliance purposes
- • Cookies: Small files stored on your device (see Cookies section below)
We do not collect: Credit card information or other sensitive personal identifiers.
2. How We Use Information
Service Operations
- • Provide and maintain our platform
- • Process user registrations and logins
- • Enable sharing and discovering mixing chains
- • Facilitate community interactions
- • Provide customer support
Improvements & Analytics
- • Analyze usage patterns to improve our service
- • Develop new features and functionality
- • Monitor and prevent technical issues
- • Ensure platform security and integrity
- • Comply with legal obligations
4. Advertising
Ads keep our platform completely free for all users. We work with trusted partners to show relevant, quality advertisements.
Our Advertising Partners
Google AdSense: Our primary advertising partner
- • Uses cookies to show relevant ads based on your interests
- • Does not access your personal account information
- • Follows Google's strict privacy policies
- • You can opt out of personalized ads anytime
How Ads Work
What Advertisers See:
- • Anonymous demographic data
- • General interest categories
- • Ad performance metrics
- • Aggregated usage statistics
What They Don't See:
- • Your name or email address
- • Your specific account activity
- • Your personal mixing chains
- • Any identifying information
5. Data Sharing
We do not sell your personal data. Your account information and personal details are never sold to third parties.
When We Share Data
- • Public Content: Mixing chains and comments you choose to make public
- • Service Providers: Hosting, analytics, and security services (anonymized data only)
- • Legal Requirements: When required by law or to protect our users
- • Business Transfers: In the unlikely event of a merger or acquisition
What We Never Share
- • Your email address or contact information
- • Your private account settings
- • Your usage patterns or behavior data
- • Any personally identifiable information
6. Your Rights
You have extensive rights regarding your personal data under GDPR, CCPA, and other privacy laws.
Access
Right to Access
Request a copy of all personal data we have about you
Rectification
Right to Correct
Update or correct inaccurate personal information
Deletion
Right to Delete
Request deletion of your account and associated data
Portability
Data Portability
Export your data in a machine-readable format
Restriction
Restrict Processing
Limit how we process your personal data
Object
Right to Object
Object to processing for marketing or legitimate interests
How to Exercise Your Rights
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at contact@mixingchains.com with:
- • Your username and email address
- • The specific right you want to exercise
- • Any additional details to help us process your request
We will respond to your request within 30 days (or sooner as required by law).
7. Data Retention
How Long We Keep Data
- • Account Data: Until you delete your account
- • Public Content: Until you or we remove it
- • Usage Analytics: Up to 26 months (Google Analytics standard)
- • Log Files: Up to 30 days for security purposes
- • Backup Data: Up to 90 days in secure backups
After Account Deletion
- • Personal information is immediately removed
- • Public content may remain with username anonymized
- • Analytics data becomes anonymous
- • Backups are purged within 90 days
- • Legal obligations may require some data retention
8. International Transfers
Your data may be processed in countries other than your own, but we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place.
Where Data is Processed
- • Primary Servers: United States (GDPR-compliant hosting)
- • Backup Systems: Multiple secure global data centers
- • CDN Services: Global content delivery networks
- • Analytics: Google services (Privacy Shield certified)
Legal Safeguards
- • Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs)
- • GDPR Article 44-49 compliance
- • Adequacy decisions where applicable
- • Regular security and privacy audits
9. Security
We implement industry-standard security measures to protect your personal information.
Encryption
- • HTTPS/TLS encryption
- • Password hashing
- • Database encryption
- • Secure file storage
Access Control
- • Role-based permissions
- • Secure authentication
- • Regular access reviews
- • Minimal data exposure
Monitoring
- • Security logging
- • Intrusion detection
- • Regular security audits
- • Incident response plan
Security Incident Response
In the unlikely event of a security breach:
- • We will notify affected users within 72 hours
- • Relevant authorities will be informed as required by law
- • We will provide clear information about what happened and what we're doing
- • Steps to protect yourself will be communicated immediately
10. Contact Us
Privacy Questions or Concerns
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or how we handle your data, please contact us:
Data Protection Rights
Subject Line: "Data Protection Request"
Include your username and specific request details
Updates to This Policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. When we do:
- • We will notify users of significant changes via email or platform notification
- • The "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy will be revised
- • Continued use of our service constitutes acceptance of the updated policy
- • Previous versions will be archived for reference
Thank you for trusting Mixing Chains with your data. Your privacy is important to us.
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