Privacy Policy

Introduction

This Privacy Policy explains how Turdsout (“we”, “our”, or “us”) collects, uses, and protects information when you use the Turdsout Social application (the “Service”). By using the Service, you agree to this policy.

What Turdsout Social Is

Turdsout Social is a community where you can post short content, vote, bookmark, and view public profiles.

Information We Collect

We collect the following categories of information:

• Account information: your email address (used for passwordless sign-in) and a user id.
• Profile information: optional handle, display name, and avatar URL (if you provide them).
• User-generated content: posts you create, and actions you take such as votes, bookmarks, and reports.
• Security and abuse-prevention data: Turnstile challenge tokens, rate-limiting identifiers, and basic request metadata such as IP address and user agent (when available).
• Usage data: pages viewed and interactions with the Service (to keep the Service reliable and to understand feature usage).

How We Use Information

We use information to:

• Operate the Service (create accounts, authenticate, and maintain sessions).
• Enable community features (publishing posts, displaying profiles, recording votes/bookmarks, and processing reports).
• Prevent abuse, spam, and fraud (bot checks, rate limiting, and moderation tooling).
• Maintain and improve the Service (debugging, performance, and reliability).

Cookies and Similar Technologies

We use cookies to keep you signed in and to protect the Service from abuse. For example, we set authentication session cookies and may set anti-abuse cookies related to bot checks. You can control cookies through your browser settings, but some features may not function without them.

Third-Party Services

We use third-party providers to run the Service, including:

• Email delivery for sign-in links (e.g., Resend).
• Bot protection (e.g., Cloudflare Turnstile).
• Data storage (e.g., MongoDB).
• Rate limiting (e.g., Upstash).
• Content management for informational pages (Hygraph).

These providers process data on our behalf to provide their services, subject to their own privacy policies.

Data Retention

We retain information for as long as necessary to provide the Service and for legitimate business and security purposes. Examples:

• Verification tokens for magic-link sign-in expire after a short period; used tokens are deleted when consumed. Expired unused tokens may remain in the database until cleaned up.
• Sessions persist until they expire or you sign out.
• Posts and profile information remain until you delete them (where available) or we remove content for moderation, safety, or legal reasons.

Your Choices and Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, or delete your information. You can also sign out at any time. To request deletion or ask questions, contact us at the email below.

Children’s Privacy

The Service is not intended for children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

Security

We use standard technical and organizational measures to help protect information. However, no method of transmission or storage is completely secure.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date.

Contact Us

Email: mail@turdsout.com