Privacy PolicyPrivacy Policy

1. Introduction

Dak Washbrook ("we," "us," or "our") operates dak.dev (the "Website"). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our Website. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not access the Website.

We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time and for any reason. We will alert you about any changes by updating the "Last Updated" date of this Privacy Policy. You are encouraged to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed of updates. You will be deemed to have been made aware of, will be subject to, and will be deemed to have accepted the changes in any revised Privacy Policy by your continued use of the Website after the date such revised Privacy Policy is posted.

2. Information We Collect

Personal Data

We may collect personally identifiable information that you voluntarily provide to us when you register on the Website, express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and services, or otherwise contact us. The personal information we collect may include:

• Name
• Email address
• Username
• Profile picture (from third-party authentication providers)
• Account identifiers from third-party services (such as Discord)

Automatically Collected Information

When you access the Website, we may automatically collect certain information about your device and your use of the Website, including:

• Device information (browser type, operating system, device type)
• IP address
• Usage data (pages visited, time spent on pages, links clicked)
• Referring URL
• Date and time of access

3. How We Use Your Information

We may use the information we collect about you for various purposes, including to:

• Create and manage your account
• Provide, operate, and maintain the Website
• Improve, personalize, and expand the Website
• Understand and analyze how you use the Website
• Develop new products, services, features, and functionality
• Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, for customer service, updates, and other Website-related purposes
• Send you emails or notifications
• Find and prevent fraud and abuse
• Comply with legal obligations

4. Disclosure of Your Information

We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:

By Law or to Protect Rights

If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation.

Third-Party Service Providers

We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, including data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance.

Business Transfers

We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.

With Your Consent

We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your consent.

5. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We may use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies on the Website to help customize the Website and improve your experience. When you access the Website, your personal information is not collected through the use of tracking technology. Most browsers are set to accept cookies by default. You can remove or reject cookies, but be aware that such action could affect the availability and functionality of the Website.

Types of Cookies We Use

• Essential Cookies: Required for the Website to function properly, including authentication and security cookies
• Analytics Cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with the Website by collecting and reporting information anonymously
• Preference Cookies: Enable the Website to remember information that changes the way the Website behaves or looks

6. Third-Party Websites

The Website may contain links to third-party websites and applications of interest, including advertisements and external services, that are not affiliated with us. Once you have used these links to leave the Website, any information you provide to these third parties is not covered by this Privacy Policy, and we cannot guarantee the safety and privacy of your information. Before visiting and providing any information to any third-party websites, you should inform yourself of the privacy policies and practices of the third party responsible for that website, and should take those steps necessary to, in your discretion, protect the privacy of your information.

7. Security of Your Information

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse. Any information disclosed online is vulnerable to interception and misuse by unauthorized parties. Therefore, we cannot guarantee complete security if you provide personal information.

8. Data Retention

We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies.

If you wish to request that we no longer use your information, you may contact us at privacy@dak.dev. However, please note that we may need to retain certain information for recordkeeping purposes, and/or to complete any transactions that you began prior to requesting such change or deletion.

9. Your Privacy Rights

Account Information

You may at any time review or change the information in your account or terminate your account by contacting us using the contact information provided below. Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases. However, some information may be retained in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our Terms of Service, and/or comply with legal requirements.

California Residents

If you are a California resident, you have the right to request information about how we share certain categories of your personal information with third parties. California law gives you the right to send us a request at a designated address to receive the following information:

• The categories of personal information we collected about you
• The categories of sources from which we collected the personal information
• The business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling the personal information
• The categories of third parties with whom we shared the personal information
• The specific pieces of personal information we collected about you

You also have the right to request deletion of your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.

European Residents (GDPR)

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. We aim to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your personal information. You have the following rights:

• Right of Access: The right to request copies of your personal data
• Right to Rectification: The right to request correction of inaccurate data
• Right to Erasure: The right to request deletion of your personal data
• Right to Restrict Processing: The right to request restriction of processing of your personal data
• Right to Data Portability: The right to request transfer of your data to another organization
• Right to Object: The right to object to our processing of your personal data

10. Children's Privacy

The Website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13, do not use or provide any information on this Website. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at privacy@dak.dev.

11. Do Not Track Signals

Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems include a Do-Not-Track ("DNT") feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. No uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online.

12. International Data Transfers

Your information, including personal data, may be transferred to and maintained on computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction. If you are located outside the United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including personal data, to the United States and process it there. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

13. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. We will let you know via a prominent notice on our Website prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

14. Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Dak Washbrook
Email: privacy@dak.dev
Website: dak.dev