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OshiSocial Privacy Policy

OshiSocial Privacy Policy

This privacy policy describes how OshiSocial (“Oshi.social”, “we”, “us”) collects, protects, and uses the personally identifiable information you may provide through the OshiSocial website or its API.

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What information do we collect?

Basic account information: If you register on this server, you may be asked to enter a username, an e-mail address, and a password. You may also enter additional profile information such as a display name and biography, and upload a profile picture and header image. The username, display name, biography, profile picture, and header image are always listed publicly.

Posts, following, and other public information: The list of people you follow is listed publicly; the same is true for your followers. When you submit a message, the date and time are stored as well as the application you submitted the message from. Public and unlisted posts are available publicly. Your posts are delivered to your followers; in some cases, it means they are delivered to different servers, and copies are stored there.

Compression and Metadata Removal: When you upload media and choose to compress it, we automatically remove any embedded metadata (EXIF data) to protect your privacy. However, if you choose not to compress your media, the original EXIF metadata may be preserved and could potentially be accessible to others who view your media.

Direct and followers-only posts: All posts are stored and processed on the server. Followers-only posts are delivered to your followers and users who are mentioned in them, and direct posts are delivered only to users mentioned in them. Please keep in mind that the operators of the server and any receiving server may view such messages, and that recipients may screenshot, copy, or otherwise reshare them. Do not share any sensitive information over OshiSocial.

IPs and other metadata: When you log in, we record the IP address you log in from, as well as the name of your browser application. The latest IP address used is stored for up to 12 months.

What do we use your information for?

Any of the information we collect from you may be used in the following ways:

  • To provide the core functionality of OshiSocial.
  • To aid moderation of the community, for example comparing your IP address with other known ones to determine ban evasion or other violations, and to hash images for scanning, identifying, and reporting of CSAM material.
  • The email address you provide may be used to send you information, notifications about other people interacting with your content or sending you messages, and to respond to inquiries.

How do we protect your information?

We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information. Among other things, your browser session, as well as the traffic between your applications and the API, are secured with SSL, and your password is hashed using a strong one-way algorithm. You may enable two-factor authentication to further secure access to your account.

What is our data retention policy?

We will make a good faith effort to:

  • Retain server logs containing the IP address of all requests to this server no more than 90 days.
  • Retain the IP addresses associated with registered users no more than 12 months.

You can request and download an archive of your content, including your posts, media attachments, profile picture, and header image. You may irreversibly delete your account at any time.

Do we use cookies?

Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser. These cookies enable the site to recognize your browser and, if you have a registered account, associate it with your registered account.

We use cookies to understand and save your preferences for future visits.

Do we disclose any information to outside parties?

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety.

Your public content may be downloaded by other servers in the fediverse network.

Site usage by children

Our site, products, and services are all directed to people who are at least 18 years old. If you are under the age of 18, per the direction of the admin team, do not use this site.