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title: "Terms of Service and Privacy Policy"
description: Last updated on February 19th, 2023.
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These are the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy for the gianmarco.gg website and all of its services. Please read carefully and I won't bite you.

# Preface

Don't forget that **I own the server and all of its services**, that means that I have the power to do whatever I want and that includes changing this document whenever I feel like. It's on you to decide if you want to trust me or not with my promises and your data.

"Why the heck do you need a document like this on here?" you might be asking, the reason is simple: the website and other services hosted on it let users **interact with content or upload their own**, so a small number of rules is needed to keep this place nice and tidy; also a set of privacy policies are also necessary because the before mentioned interaction and uploading of stuff require some sort of **authentication** and I want to be transparent about the data that gets collected.

Here's a list of all of the services that have their own set of rules and/or policies:

- **the main site's comments** that are under every article;
- **the Git server** where people can commit, open issues, etc.;
- **the Mumble server** where people can voice chat with each other.

# The main site's comments

Every article of the website has a comments section that looks like this.

![The comments section](/img/comments.png)

The main part has a big text box where you type your comment, right under that there are three optional text boxes for **the display name**, **your email address** for a notification feature of the Isso comments system which is disabled on this site so it's unnecessary to fill that box, and **a website** of your choice, like your personal blog, that people can access by clicking on your display name on the posted comment. After those you have a Preview and a Submit button which are self explanatory.

## Terms for using the comments

Here's what you can and can't do:

- you can submit a comment or reply to another comment with your opinion or whatever you wanna say as long as it's not spam, offensive or too off-topic from the current article;
- you can use whatever name, email or website link you want as long as it's not spam, offensive or impersonating someone;
- you can upvote or downvote comments posted by others;
- you **can't** post more than two comments each minute;
- you can edit or delete a comment of yours until 15 minutes from posting;
- you can report any comment that you think is going against the terms.

Also there are some things that I am exclusively allowed to do at any time:

- delete any comment;
- edit any comment, including their display name, email address and website link.

## Privacy when using the comments

The data the server gets when posting a comment or a reply is:

- the comment itself;
- the display name if specified;
- the email address if specified;
- the website link if specified.

The comment, display name and website link **can be seen by anyone**, while the email **can only be seen by the server and who can access the backend**, that means me. Again, the email is only needed for a notification feature which is disabled, so don't even bother adding your address since I don't guarantee I'll enable that feature in the future.

# The Git server

The Git server is powered by a frontend called Gogs, which has a UI and a feature set very similar to GitHub.

![The Gogs UI](/img/gitserver.png)

You can create or import repos, create organizations, post issues, make pull requests, etc.

## Terms for using the Git server

Here's what you can and can't do:

- you can create or import repos as long as they are related to me or a project of mine (e.g.: a fork of my nsxiv repo) and as long as they're not spam, offensive or illegal;
- you can create organizations as long as they aren't spam, offensive or illegal and as long as they don't impersonate anyone;
- you can post issues or comments as long as they aren't spam, offensive or illegal;
- you can make pull requests;
- you can do remoting with Git via the command line or a frontend of any sort, both HTTPS and SSH are supported (e.g.: `git clone git@git.gianmarco.gg:username/repo`, `git push`);
- you can set any username, full name, email, profile picture, location and website you want as long as they aren't spam, offensive or illegal;
- you can report any user that you think is going against the terms.

Also there are some things that I am exclusively allowed to do at any time:

- delete accounts, repos or organizations;
- edit account details such as full name, email, password, website, location, maximum repo creation limit, activation status, login permission, administrative permissions and Git hook creation permission.

## Privacy when using the Git server

The data the server gets when using the Git server is:

- login credentials (username, email and password);
- extra profile details (profile picture, location and website);
- date of creation of the account;
- anything pushed to the repos, including the commit history;
- any commit, comment, issue, pull request, etc.

The credentials can be remembered on the current browser with a cookie (when you tick "Remember me" on the login page), that's the only cookie that the site gives you.

All of this data **can be seen by anyone**, except for login credentials and private repos which **can only be seen by the account/repo owner, the server and who can access the backend**, that means me, except for the password which **can't be seen at all**.

# The Mumble server

The Mumble server is powered by a backend called Murmur, the official server software for Mumble.

![Me logged into my Mumble server](/img/mumble.png)

## Terms for using the Mumble server

Here's what you can and can't do:

- you can log on with any name and certificate you want as long as you're not impersonating someone;
- you can voice chat or text chat with anybody in any category you're allowed to go into as long as you're not disrespectful, annoying or harmful to others;
- you can contact an administrator to report any user you think is going against the terms.

Also there are some things that I am exclusively allowed to do at any time:

- kick, ban, mute, deafen, prioritize or get information of any user;
- delete or edit any channel.

## Privacy when using the Mumble server

The data the server gets when using the Matrix server is:

- username and certificate details (name, signatures, dates, etc.);
- IP address;
- operating system;
- client version, CELT version and Opus support status;
- ping statistics;
- UDP packet statistics;
- connection uptime and bandwith speed;
- your voice and text messages.

All of this data is **can be seen by the server and who can access the backend**, that means me. Treat this as a public space and don't just give away sensitive info, either via voice or text, to random strangers connected to the server.