Meta:Privacy policy
IdeaWaza respects the privacy of its visitors. This Privacy Policy explains the types of information that may be collected when you visit or use IdeaWaza, how that information may be used, and some of the choices available to you.
By using IdeaWaza, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
Information collected automatically
Like most websites, IdeaWaza and its hosting infrastructure may automatically receive and record certain technical information when you access the website.
This information may include:
- Your Internet Protocol (IP) address
- The date and time of a request
- Pages or resources requested
- Browser type and version
- Operating system or device information
- Referring pages or websites
- Error, security, and server log information
- Other technical information ordinarily transmitted when accessing a website
This information may be used to operate and maintain the website, diagnose technical problems, understand general usage patterns, prevent abuse, investigate security incidents, and improve IdeaWaza.
Server and security logs may contain IP addresses even when those addresses are not publicly displayed.
Google Analytics
IdeaWaza uses Google Analytics to better understand how visitors use the website.
Google Analytics may collect information such as page visits, session information, approximate geographic information, browser and device information, interactions with pages, and identifiers stored in cookies or similar technologies.
The information is used to understand website traffic and usage, determine which content is useful to visitors, identify technical problems, and improve the website.
Google operates Google Analytics and processes information according to its own policies and terms.
More information about Google's privacy practices is available at:
Google also provides a browser add-on that can be used to opt out of Google Analytics measurement:
Cookies and similar technologies
IdeaWaza may use cookies and similar technologies for website functionality, authentication, security, preferences, analytics, and, if advertising is enabled, advertising.
MediaWiki may use cookies to maintain login sessions, remember user preferences, provide security features, and support other website functionality.
Google Analytics and other third-party services used by IdeaWaza may also set or read cookies or use similar technologies.
You can generally control or delete cookies through your web browser. Blocking cookies may affect certain website features, including account login or saved preferences.
User accounts
If user accounts are available, IdeaWaza may store information associated with an account, including a username, email address when provided, account preferences, account activity, authentication information, and other information necessary to operate the account.
Some account information may be visible publicly. Other information, such as an email address supplied for account administration, is generally not intended to be publicly displayed unless the user chooses to publish it.
Website administrators may have access to non-public account information when reasonably necessary for administration, security, abuse prevention, technical troubleshooting, or enforcement of website policies.
Editing and public contributions
IdeaWaza is not necessarily open for unrestricted public editing. Editing privileges may be limited or granted selectively.
If you are permitted to edit, publish, upload, discuss, or otherwise contribute material to IdeaWaza, information associated with those activities may be stored.
Wiki contributions can become part of a permanent or long-term public record. Depending on how the website is configured, this may include:
- Your username
- The content of your edits
- Edit summaries
- Dates and times of edits
- Revision histories
- Public logs
- Discussion or talk page contributions
- Uploaded files and associated information
Information intentionally published through a wiki page, user page, discussion page, edit summary, or other public portion of IdeaWaza should be considered public information.
You should not publish personal information that you do not want others to see, copy, archive, redistribute, or retain.
IP addresses and editing
MediaWiki and the underlying server infrastructure may record IP addresses for security, administration, authentication, spam prevention, abuse prevention, or other technical purposes.
If editing by users who are not logged in is ever enabled, additional information relating to those edits may be recorded by MediaWiki.
Whether an IP address or other identifier associated with an edit is publicly visible depends on the configuration and version of the software being used.
Spam, security, and abuse prevention
Information submitted to IdeaWaza may be examined or processed for purposes such as detecting spam, malicious content, fraud, automated abuse, security threats, vandalism, or violations of website policies.
IdeaWaza may use third-party or automated services to assist with security, moderation, spam detection, abuse prevention, technical analysis, or similar website operations.
Information reasonably necessary to perform these functions may be transmitted to service providers involved in providing those services.
Communications
If you contact IdeaWaza, information you provide in that communication may be retained as reasonably necessary to respond to you, maintain records, resolve disputes, investigate problems, prevent abuse, or comply with legal obligations.
Please do not submit confidential, highly sensitive, or unnecessary personal information through public wiki pages.
Embedded and third-party content
IdeaWaza may contain embedded content or resources provided by other websites or services, including videos, images, scripts, fonts, advertisements, analytics services, or other externally hosted material.
Third-party content may allow the third party to receive information about your browser or your visit to the page on which the content appears.
Those third parties may use cookies or other technologies and may collect information according to their own privacy policies.
IdeaWaza does not control the privacy practices of independent third-party websites and services.
Links to other websites
IdeaWaza contains links to websites operated by other people and organizations.
Following a link to another website may result in that website collecting information about you. The privacy practices of external websites are governed by their own policies and not by this Privacy Policy.
The inclusion of a link on IdeaWaza does not imply responsibility for the privacy, security, or data practices of the linked website.
Advertising
IdeaWaza may display advertising in the future.
If advertising services such as Google AdSense are enabled, third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies or similar technologies to serve, personalize, measure, and evaluate advertisements.
Google and its advertising partners may use advertising cookies to serve advertisements based on a visitor's activity on IdeaWaza or other websites.
Users may manage Google's personalized advertising settings at:
More information concerning Google's use of information on partner websites is available at:
If other advertising networks or vendors are used, those providers may have their own privacy policies and privacy controls.
Some advertising or analytics activities may be treated as a "sale," "sharing," targeted advertising, or similar activity under certain privacy laws even where personal information is not sold in exchange for money. Where required by applicable law, additional notices, consent mechanisms, or opt-out choices may be provided.
How information may be used
Information collected through IdeaWaza may be used to:
- Provide and operate the website
- Maintain user accounts and authentication
- Understand website traffic and usage
- Improve content and website functionality
- Maintain security
- Detect and prevent spam, abuse, malicious activity, or unauthorized access
- Diagnose technical problems
- Enforce website policies
- Respond to communications or requests
- Protect IdeaWaza, its users, or others
- Comply with applicable legal obligations
- Establish, exercise, or defend legal rights
- Support advertising or measurement services if those services are enabled
Sharing of information
IdeaWaza may share information with service providers that perform functions necessary to operate, secure, analyze, host, maintain, or support the website.
These may include hosting providers, analytics providers, security services, spam detection services, content delivery providers, advertising services, and other technical service providers.
Information may also be disclosed when reasonably believed to be necessary to comply with applicable law, legal process, court orders, governmental requests, protect legal rights, investigate fraud or abuse, protect website security, or protect the safety and rights of users or others.
Publicly submitted wiki content may be viewed, copied, archived, indexed, redistributed, or otherwise used by third parties.
Data retention
Retention periods vary depending on the type of information and the reason it is collected.
Technical and security information may be retained for periods reasonably necessary for website administration, security, troubleshooting, recordkeeping, or legal purposes.
Information maintained by third-party services may be retained according to the settings selected by IdeaWaza and the policies of those service providers.
Wiki revision histories, public contributions, logs, and other records associated with the historical integrity of the wiki may be retained indefinitely.
Removal of information from a current page does not necessarily remove that information from revision histories, backups, caches, archives, search engines, or copies maintained by third parties.
Your choices and privacy rights
Depending on where you live, applicable privacy laws may provide rights concerning personal information, which may include rights to request access, correction, deletion, restriction, portability, or information concerning how personal information is used or disclosed.
These rights are not absolute and may be subject to exceptions, including requirements relating to security, recordkeeping, legal obligations, freedom of expression, public information, and the maintenance of legitimate website records.
If you have an IdeaWaza account, certain information may be editable through the account interface when those features are available.
You may also control many cookie settings through your browser and may use privacy controls provided directly by third-party services.
Requests concerning personal information may be submitted using the contact information provided by IdeaWaza.
Reasonable verification of identity may be required before acting on certain privacy requests.
Security
Reasonable efforts may be made to protect information and maintain the security of IdeaWaza.
However, no website, server, network, database, or Internet transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Users should use appropriate precautions when deciding what information to provide through the website.
International visitors
IdeaWaza may be accessible from many countries.
Information may be processed or stored in the United States or in other jurisdictions where IdeaWaza's service providers operate. Privacy and data protection laws in those jurisdictions may differ from the laws where you live.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may be revised from time to time as IdeaWaza changes, new services are introduced, or legal and technical requirements evolve.
The current version published on this page governs the privacy practices described here.
Significant changes may be identified through the page history, an updated notice, or other appropriate means.
Contact
Questions, concerns, or requests relating to this Privacy Policy or personal information may be submitted using the contact information provided on IdeaWaza.
Because wiki pages and website technologies can change over time, users are encouraged to review this Privacy Policy periodically.