Privacy Policy

Effective Date: June 5, 2024

1. Information We Collect

Information You Provide: We may collect personal information you voluntarily provide to us, such as your name and email address when you make a donation through Ko-fi or contact us through our website.
Automatically Collected Information: We automatically collect certain information when you visit our website, including:
- Log Data: Information that your browser sends whenever you visit our website, such as your IP address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our website that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other statistics.
- Cookies: Small data files stored on your device that help us analyze web traffic and improve your experience on our website.
Third-Party Analytics: We use Google Analytics to collect information about your use of our website, including your interactions with our website, the pages you visit, and the length of your visits. Google Analytics may use cookies and similar technologies to collect this information. Please refer to Google’s privacy policy for more information about how Google Analytics collects and uses your data.

2. How We Use Your Information

To Improve Our Website: We use the information we collect to analyze trends, administer the website, track users’ movements around the website, and gather demographic information about our user base.
To Process Donations: We use Ko-fi to process donations made through our website. Please refer to Ko-fi’s privacy policy for information about how Ko-fi collects and uses your data.
To Respond to Your Inquiries: We may use your contact information to respond to your inquiries or requests.

3. How We Share Your Information

Third-Party Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as website hosting, data analysis, and payment processing. These service providers are authorized to use your personal information only as necessary to provide these services to us.
Cloudflare: We use Cloudflare as a content delivery network (CDN). Cloudflare may collect certain information about your use of our website, such as your IP address and information about your browser and device. Please refer to Cloudflare’s privacy policy for more information.
Legal Requirements: We may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a legal obligation, protect and defend the rights or property of shad-base.com, or protect the personal safety of users of the website or the public.

4. Security

We take reasonable precautions to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information.

5. Your Choices

You can disable cookies through your browser settings. However, please note that disabling cookies may affect your ability to use certain features of our website.

6. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.