privacy policy

your privacy is paramount. THE BABELANG FOUNDATION has a few fundamental principles:

we really only want to know about your experiences with otherworldly instantiations.
we are thoughtful about the personal information we ask you to provide and the personal information that we collect about you through the operation of our services.
we store personal information for only as long as we have a reason to keep it.
we aim for full transparency on how we gather and use your personal information.
we will never share your personal information at all unless we are legally and unavoidably compelled.

below is our privacy policy, which incorporates and clarifies these principles.

this privacy policy applies to information that we collect about you when you use our website, babelang.org.

below we explain how we collect, use, and share information about you, along with the choices that you have with respect to that information.

creative commons sharealike license

this privacy policy is available under a creative commons sharealike license, borrowed in large part from github.

information we collect

we only collect information about you if we have a reason to do so — for example, to provide our services, to communicate with you, or to make our services better.

we collect this information from two sources: if and when you provide information to us and automatically through operating our services.

information you provide to us

it's probably no surprise that we collect information that you provide to us directly. here are some examples:

basic account information: we ask for basic information from you in order to set up your account.
public profile information: if you have an account with us, we collect the information that you provide for your public profile.
payment and contact information: if you pay for a subscription with us, you'll provide additional personal and payment information like your name, credit card information, and contact information. we also keep a record of the purchases you've made.
content information: you might provide us with information about you in draft and published content (a blog post or comment that includes biographic information about you). we discourage sharing personal information in comments, but that remains in your control.
communications with us: you may also provide us with information when you respond to surveys, communicate with us about a support question, post a question in our public forums, or sign up for a newsletter. When you communicate with us via form, email, phone, comment, or otherwise, we store a copy of our communications (including any call recordings as permitted by applicable law). we will never disclose any personal information provided to us in our research — those data will always be anonymized and separated from your identity.

information we collect automatically

we also collect some information automatically:

transactional information: when you make a purchase through our services, we collect information about the transaction, such as product details, purchase price, and the date and location of the transaction.
usage information: we collect some information about your usage of our services so we can make our content better. for example, we collect information about which posts you read, whether you have opened our newsletter, and comments that you make.

how and why we use information

purposes for using information

We use information about you for the purposes listed below:

to provide our services. for example, to set up and maintain your account, process payments, and share our content with you.
to communicate with you. for example, by emailing you to share our content, ask for your feedback, and distribute research materials. if you don't want to hear from us, you can opt out of newsletter communications at any time. (if you opt out, we'll still send you important updates relating to your account.)

as a general rule, we do not share information about you.

we will make every effort to keep any information about you that we have stored private. however, we may be legally required to disclose information about you in response to a subpoena, court order, or other valid and legal governmental request.

canary: we have not received any requests by any governmental entity for user information.

information shared publicly

information that you choose to make public is — you guessed it — disclosed publicly.

that means information like your public profile, posts, other content that you make public on our site, and your "likes" and comments on other websites are all available to others.

public information may also be indexed by search engines or used by third parties.

please keep all of this in mind when deciding what you would like to share publicly.

how long we keep information

we generally discard information about you when it's no longer needed for the purposes for which we collect and use it — described in the section above — and we're not legally required to keep it.

choices

you have several choices available when it comes to information about you:

limit the information that you provide: if you have an account with us, you can choose not to provide the optional account information, profile information, and transaction and billing information. please keep in mind that if you do not provide this information, certain features of our services may not be accessible to you.
close your account: while we'd be very sad to see you go, you can close your account if you no longer want to use our services. we may keep records of prior payments or donations for tax purposes.

how to reach us

if you have a question about this privacy policy or information we have about you, please contact us at admin@babelang.org.

privacy policy changes

although most changes are likely to be minor, we may change our privacy policy from time to time. if we make changes, we will notify you by revising the change log below, and, in some cases, we may provide additional notice (like adding a statement to our homepage or sending you a notification through email or your dashboard). your further use of the SITE after a change to our privacy policy will be subject to the updated policy.

translation

our privacy policy was originally written in english (US). we may translate it into other languages.

in the event of a conflict between a translated version of our privacy policy and the english version, the english version will control.

that's it! thanks for reading.