Privacy Policy

Who we are

We are a forum website that provides you with the best information that solves all your queries. And one of the main objectives of our company is to keep the privacy of our visitors intact. Our website address is https://blackhatworld.community.

If you want to solve any extra query which is not mentioned in this set of documents, then you are free to contact us. 

What personal data do we collect, and why do we collect it?

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data that is shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string, to help in spam detection.

An anonymous string produced from your email address (also called a hash) may be given to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it or not. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture will be visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload any image to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location information (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and draw out any location data from images on the website.

Contact forms

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site, you may save your name, website, and email address in cookies. These are for your ease so that you do not need to fill in your details again when you leave any other comment. These cookies will last for a year.

If you come upon our login page, we will set a non-permanent cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal information and is abandoned when you close your browser.

We will also set up several cookies to conserve your login information and your screen display choices when you log in. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will be saved for about two weeks. If you log out from your account, the login cookies will be removed.

An additional cookie shall be saved in your browser if you edit or publish an article. This cookie includes no personal information and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just rescripted. It expires after one day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content such as videos, images, articles, etc. Embedded content from other websites behaves similarly as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you using cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and examine your interactivity with that embedded content, including tracking your activity with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

How and to who do we share your data?

When you use the services, some information will be shared with other users. The points below will tell you how and to whom we share your information:

  • Every time you post any content or any information, it can be seen by the visitors and the user of that site. The visitor can also see your user name along with the time and date when you have posted that content. 
  • Your information can also be fetched by the user when they visit your profile. The other users can see your activities and other information such as username, prior posts, comments, karma, trophies, moderator status, Reddit Gold status, and for how long you have been a member of this service.

How long do we retain your data?

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can automatically recognize and approve any follow-up comments instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users those register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profiles. All users can edit, see, or delete their personal information at any time, except that they cannot change their username. Website executives may also see and edit that data.

What rights do you have over your data?

If you have an account on this website or have left comments, you can appeal to receive an exported file of the personal information we have about you, including any other data you have provided to us. You can also appeal that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any information we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

How do we use information about you?

Our website uses the information about you to do the following tasks:

  • Help protect the safety of the user and block suspected spammers, and address abuse. 
  • Maintain, improve and provide the services.
  • Send security alerts, notices and updates, and other support and administration information. 
  • Your personal information can help to personalize the services and provide the content and advertisements that match your interest and profile. 

Your contact information

Your account information is visible to everyone, but you can delete your account information at any time by logging into your account. When you delete your account, your profile will no longer be visible to other users and disassociated from content you posted under that account. However, please note that the posts, comments, and messages you submitted before deleting your account will still be visible to others till you do not delete such content. We may also retain certain information or data about you for legitimate business purposes or as required by law after you delete your account.

Additional information

How do we protect your data?

We protect your data and information with reasonable measures against loss, misuse, theft, disclosure, unauthorized access, destruction, alterations, etc. 

Your choices:

As a black hat world user, we have various choices for you regarding how to protect your data, limit the collection of data, and disclose information about you.  

Preferences:

We provide you with the preference setting that permits you to collect, delete, and modify the information related to your account. 

Advertising and Analytics:

We provide you with a personalized feature to choose the type of ads you want to see. You can also abandon yourself from receiving advertisements from any third-party advertiser. 

The analytical provider we partnered with may give an opt-out mechanism. 

Do not track:

The most web browser provides you with a choice to send a Do Not Track signal to the websites you visit, showing that you do not want to be tracked. In contrast, there is no specific standard for how the website would respond to such a signal. We do not take any step or action in response to such signals. Rather, in addition to the third-party tools, we offer you to manage the collection and use of your information. 

Children under13: 

We provide you with another privacy policy that adds protection for children while they are using this platform. We request parents to look into or monitor the activity of the children. If you feel your child is getting any inappropriate information over our website, you can make contact with us, and we assure you that we will do our best to remove such content from our record permanently. 

What data breach procedures do we have in place?

In any security case of breach of confidentiality, it is likely that the breach poses a risk to a user’s rights and freedoms. In that case, the breach would be notified to the higher authority of the organization without any delay or within the next 24 hours of knowing the breach. 

In case the data breach consists of high risk to the individuals, they should also be informed till there is an organizational security measure that has been fixed up. 

From what third parties do we receive data?

We may receive the data about you from other sources such as other users and third-party. The information collected can be based on interest or on demographic information. The third party may consist of advertisers, and the data collected from advertisers would be combined with their own data using a common account identifier such as email address and mobile device ID or IP address. 

What automated decision-making and or profiling do we do with user data?

The user data or interest is taken into consideration before showing any result. The ads shown on the website are also based on users’ preferences. Our website evaluates the personal aspect of the individuals. 

Automated decision-making and profiling can lead to quick and more appropriate decision-making, particularly where a large amount of data is given.