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<p>We also may <b>suspend</b>/<i>silence</i> instances if our users are reportedly uncomfortable about them, whether via the users or the content on the instance. Again, we want a safe space for ourselves and friends.</p>
<p>Our actions aren't limited to what is based on interactions from/within our own community. If we find harassment or otherwise any negative behavior towards other users or our close friends/instances, action <i>will</i> still be done. Remember: we moderate <i>collaboratively</i>.</p>
<p>To be frank, we are a small group of burned-out moderators with past negative experiences on the fediverse and therefore choose to moderate how we will to protect ourselves and our community.</p>
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<p>If you're a user, and would like to question any of our moderation decisions or actions, or talk about a specific instance <small>(or for more information on why we block/silence a specific instance)</small>, feel free to bring it up with the moderators/administrators. If it's an instance/user you deem should be up for moderation action, report it instead.</p>
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<p>To see moderation lists, such as silenced and blocked instances, please check the About Instance information on your instance to see if it's made available to you directly. If that is not the case, ask a moderator/administrator and give you a copy of our current list.</p>
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<h1><a href="#privacy">Privacy Policy</a></h1>
<p><small>Updated at <time datetime="2025-08-18 18:03">2025-08-18.</time></small></p>
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<p>By default, for both visitors only browsing our site or those using our public services <small>(that normally do not require any sort of registrations)</small> <i>and</i> already registered users of our services, we store the minimum amount of connection data that is by default in our Caddy logs. This includes:</p>
<p><small>Updated at <time datetime="2025-10-27 19:29">2025-10-27.</time></small></p>
<h2 id="terms"><a href="#terms">Terms</a></h2>
<p>These terms help clarify what this policy mentions and covers.</p>
<ol>
<li>"We/Us" - Synth.Download's administrators.</li>
<li>"Service/Services" - Any service and frontend provided by Synth.Download.</li>
<li>"User" - Any user accessing Synth.Download and its services.</li>
<li>"Registered User/Member" - Any user who is considered a member, and has an account registered on any Synth.Download service.</li>
</ol>
<h2 id="users"><a href="#users">Users</a></h2>
<p>By default, all services, including this website, log the minimum amount of connection data that is collected by default in our Caddy logs. This includes:</p>
<ul>
<li>The <span style="text-transform: none;">IP address</span> used to connect</li>
<li>The user-agent of the application used to connect (Usually, your browser/client, operating system, etc.)</li>
<li>The IP address used to connect.</li>
<li>The user-agent of the application used to connect (Your browser/client, operating system, other related system and software information)</li>
<li>The exact date and time a connection was made.</li>
</ul>
<p>We only store these logs for protection of our services in the case of any malicious behavior against our services, and are wiped/overwritten <b>every 5 days</b>.</p>
<p>We do <i>not</i> send data to be processed by anyone/anywhere else. We do <i>not</i> use or have any sort of analytics system in place. We do <i>not</i> use any of this data to "collect" or "profile" any individual. We do not try or attempt to store more data than is strictly necessary.</p>
<p>We ourselves and the services we provide follow <a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regulation">the GDPR</a> for storing and managing personal data, and allow for complete deletion of all personal data (if any is stored ourselves) whenever possible.</p>
<p>This website <small>(the Synth.Download homepage, <a target="_blank" href="https://forged.synth.download/sd/site">source available here</a>)</small> does not make use of cookies or related technology. We store settings and preferences changed for our site with the menu available in the top right into your browser's local storage, which is otherwise unavailable/not possible if JavaScript is disabled by the client.</p>
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<p>For registered users of any of our services, we will store any extra information that is required by the service or is otherwise optionally provided, such as email addresses <small>(for the case or need of verification or password resets)</small> and passwords <small>(securely stored and hashed)</small>. What information or data is required or otherwise provided varies from service to service.</p>
<p>As a transparency note, all provided data and information is accessible by <a href="/admins">all administrators</a> of Synth.Download, but will <i>not</i> be mishandled/misused for any purposes and will <i>only</i> be accessed for the cases of required moderation/administration actions on our end, for a need of emergency contact, or otherwise for any request asked by the user.</p>
<p>Depending on the service, we may have easier access to specific, possibly personal information for account management or service moderation/administrative purposes.</p>
<p>For some services, we utilize <a target="_blank" href="https://bunny.net">Bunny</a> as our public CDN and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.backblaze.com">Backblaze</a> for files and storing whole, encrypted, off-site system backups. Their privacy policies may also apply with our services.</p>
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<p>For our Fediverse instances (which includes <a href="/sharkey">Sharkey</a>, <a href="/iceshrimp">Iceshrimp</a> and <a href="/mastodon">Mastodon</a>), we cannot guarantee 100% privacy. Federation isn't reliable nor private by design, and is a public network where posts made are cloned and stored by other instances with their own administrators.</p>
<p>Direct messages are <i>not</i> completely private or encrypted in any way. Post deletion and edits <i>can</i> be ignored or missed by other instances, although we do attempt to block instances with malicious intents <small>(see <a href="/sharkey/#moderation">moderation</a> for more details)</small>. Other instances may have different privacy policies or different ways of handling data and protection standards.</p>
<p>Note that only any information made public by you (your posts, your bio and profile picture, other related information meant to be viewed by others) is what gets federated. Any other private information related to your account such as your email address and passwords will <i>never</i> be federated.</p>
<p>All media uploaded through our instance get uploaded to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.backblaze.com">Backblaze</a>, which stores files, then forwarded through <a target="_blank" href="https://bunny.net">Bunny</a> as our CDN for faster file delivery and media loading. Some software, like <a href="/mastodon">Mastodon</a>, have tools to help with personal privacy, such as post auto-deletion.</p>
<p>We only store these logs for protection of our services in the case of any malicious behavior against our services, and are rolled over <b>every week</b>.</p>
<p>All logs are stored locally. We do <i>not</i> send data to be processed by anyone or anywhere else. We do <i>not</i> user or have any sort of analytics system in place. We do <i>not</i> use any of this data to "collect" or "profile" any individual. We do <i>not</i> try or attempt to store more data than is strictly necessary.</p>
<p>Under Canadian laws, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_privacy_law">the PIPEDA</a> applies with how we handle data protection. We also attempt to follow <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regulation">the GDPR</a>, along with running services with GDPR in mind, for storing and managing personal data, and allow for complete deletion of all personal data (if any is stored ourselves) whenever possible.</p>
<p>This website does not make any external connections <i>except</i> for the <a href="/donate">Donate</a> page, which embeds a <a href="https://stripe.com">Stripe</a> widget, and ocasionally, embedded Sharkey notes and timelines, of which is from <a href="https://booping.synth.download">our instance</a> that we run and manage ourselves. This websites use of technology such as JavaScript is only used to store user preferences and add additional client-side improvements.</p>
<p>We utilize <a href="https://www.backblaze.com">Backblaze</a> to store media, files, and encrypted off-site backups, and <a href="https://bunny.net">Bunny</a> as our CDN to help with media network speeds. Their Privacy Policies and Terms of Service also applies.</p>
<h2 id="registered-users"><a href="#registered-users">Registered Users</a></h2>
<p>Users who have registered accounts of any Synth.Download service are required to provide extra information that is required by said service, or is to be optionally provided by the member. This information usually includes email addresses <small>(for the case or need of verification or password resets)</small> and passwords <small>(securely stored and hashed)</small>.</p>
<p>As a transparency note, all provided data and information on the members end is accessible by <a href="/admins">all administrators</a> of Synth.Download, but will <i>not</i> be mishandled or misused for any purposes and will <i>only</i> be accessed for the cases of:</p>
<ul>
<li>Required moderation/administration actions on our end.</li>
<li>Need of emergency contact.</li>
<li>(By) Any request asked by the member.</li>
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<p>Depending on the service, we may have easier access to specific information for account management or service moderation/administrative purposes.</p>
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<h2><a href="#tos">Terms of Service</a></h2>
<p><small>Updated at <time datetime="2025-08-18 18:06">2025-08-18.</time></small></p>
<p><i>TL;DR: Be nice to one and another, stay chill, use common sense, don't do (or continue doing) anything that makes others uncomfortable, and if someone else is making you/another person uncomfortable, bring it up with a moderation/administrator.</i></p>
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<p>Our Terms of Service can be treated as our general rulebook, and what we expect from our members and also outsiders/visitors of our services. Note that for our registered members, these aren't exactly <i>hard</i> guidelines, and exceptions can be made depending on the case - for those cases, we usually provide proper <i>rules</i> for other services.</p>
<p>Our guidelines are as followed:</p>
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