Privacy and Data

What cookies do you store?

One. Just one cookie. That is all we put on your computer. That cookie is a simple randomly generated session ID.

What is it used for?

It is used to associate temporary runtime information about how you are using the site. Such things as which user ID you are currently logged into the site as, or what you are currently searching for.

How long do you keep that information?

All information connected to your session is stored in a memcached database. This is a temporary data store which is never written to disk. The data expires after a month if not used, or if the storage system should get restarted. In other words, it's ephemeral and we don't store it past holding it in memory.

What other data do you store about me?

Only what you provide when you register for an account - username, email and password (which is hashed so cannot be seen by anyone, ever).

Will you ever sell or otherwise pass on my data to someone else?

No. Absolutely not. Since we don't really store any data of note, there's not really anything to sell, and even if there was we wouldn't sell it anyway. Selling people's data is just scummy and evil, and we don't want to be scummy and evil.