Privacy Policy

Updated at 2025-10-27.

Terms

These terms help clarify what this policy mentions and covers.

1. "We/Us" - Synth.Download's administrators.
2. "Service/Services" - Any service and frontend provided by Synth.Download.
3. "User" - Any user accessing Synth.Download and its services.
4. "Registered User/Member" - Any user who is considered a member, and has an account registered on any Synth.Download service.

Users

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:

• The IP address used to connect.
• The user-agent of the application used to connect (Your browser/client, operating system, other related system and software information)
• The exact date and time a connection was made.

We only store these logs for protection of our services in the case of any malicious behavior against our services, and are rolled over every week.

All logs are stored locally. We do not send data to be processed by anyone or anywhere else. We do not user or have any sort of analytics system in place. We do not 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.

Under Canadian laws, the PIPEDA applies with how we handle data protection. We also attempt to follow the GDPR, 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.

This website does not make any external connections except for the Donate page, which embeds a Stripe widget, and ocasionally, embedded Sharkey notes and timelines, of which is from our instance 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.

We utilize Backblaze to store media, files, and encrypted off-site backups, and Bunny as our CDN to help with media network speeds. Their Privacy Policies and Terms of Service also applies.

Registered Users

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 (for the case or need of verification or password resets) and passwords (securely stored and hashed).

As a transparency note, all provided data and information on the members end is accessible by all administrators of Synth.Download, but will not be mishandled or misused for any purposes and will only be accessed for the cases of:

• Required moderation/administration actions on our end.
• Need of emergency contact.
• (By) Any request asked by the member.

Depending on the service, we may have easier access to specific information for account management or service moderation/administrative purposes.