Originally adapted from the <a href="https://joindiaspora.com/terms">Diaspora*</a> and <a href="https://github.com/appdotnet/terms-of-service">App.net</a> privacy policies, also licensed under <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">CC BY-SA</a>.
By accessing or using the Service, this means you agree to be bound by all the terms below. If these terms are in any way unclear, please let us know by contacting %{contact}.
We collect information from you when you register on this instance and gather data when you participate in the platform by reading, writing, and interacting with content shared here. If you register on this instance, you will be asked to enter <b>an email address, a password</b> (hashed) and at least <b>an username</b>. Your email address will be verified by an email containing a unique link. Once the link is activated, we know you control that email address. You may also enter additional profile information such as <b>a display name and biography, and upload a profile picture and header image</b>. The username, display name, biography, profile picture and header image <b>are always listed publicly</b>. <b>You may however visit this instance without registering</b>.
When you create an account you agree to maintain the security and confidentiality of your password and accept all risks of unauthorized access to your account data and any other information you provide to <b>%{instance_name}</b>.
When you post, link or otherwise make available content to the Service, you grant us the right and license to display and distribute your content on or through the Service (including via applications). We may format your content for display throughout the Service, but we will not edit or revise the substance of your content itself. The displaying and distribution of your content happens only according to the visibility rules you have set for the content. We will not modify the visibility of the content you have set.
Your <b>events</b> and <b>comments</b> are delivered to other instances that follow your own, meaning they are delivered to different instances and copies are stored there. When you delete events or comments, this is likewise delivered to these other instances. All interactions related to event features - such as joining an event - or group features - such as managing resources - are federated as well. Please keep in mind that the operators of the instance and any receiving instances may view such messages and information, and that recipients may screenshot, copy or otherwise re-share them.
Your content may be downloaded by other instances in the network. Your public events and comments are delivered to the instances following your own instance. Content created through a group is forwarded to all the instances of all the members of the group, insofar as these members reside on a different instance than this one.
