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Expand Up @@ -57,22 +57,36 @@ This data may be used for the following purposes:
- To respond to support inquiries by email or our support system.
- Compliance with valid legal processes and legislation.

Where data is necessary to run our service, the Lawful Basis we use will
generally be "Legitimate Interest" - i.e. the genuine need of Libera Chat to
process data on you while operating a service which you benefit from, and where
you have chosen to use the service, in order to make it available to you and
others. In rare instances where required by law to hold or process data, our
lawful basis may be "Legal Obligation" or "Public Task".
This data will generally be collected directly from you or sent to us by your
computer(s) when you use our systems. Rarely, for instance if we receive an
abuse report connected with our system, we may receive data which is not
collected directly from you.

We will generally not process data on you which is "Special Category".
Where data is necessary to run our service, the Lawful Basis we use will
generally be "Legitimate Interest" - where our 'Interest' is the need of Libera
Chat to process data on you in order to operate a service which you benefit
from, and where you have chosen to use the service, in order to make it
available to you and others, support you effectively and prevent misuse. In
rare instances where required by law to hold or process data, our lawful basis
may be "Legal Obligation" or "Public Task".

We will generally not process data on you which is "Special Category" unless
you explicitly make it public, for instance by sending it to channels. In
rare instances - for instance in the event we believe criminal activity is
being undertaken on our systems - we may process it for reasons of
substantial public interest.

Libera Chat does not collect or log private or public IRC messages. However,
users may privately log messages they send and receive so be mindful of the
personal information you share as it may be logged by third parties, which is
beyond the control of Libera Chat.

Libera Chat will not share your data with third parties for direct marketing
purposes.
purposes. Rarely, we may share information with third parties such as other
service providers or Law Enforcement Agencies in order to prevent the abuse
of our systems, staff, or users. We will only do this on a case-by-case basis,
and where necessary to prevent significant harm, disruption, or criminal use
of our systems or targeting of our staff.

Libera Chat normally stores your data collected on the IRC network for the
purpose of debugging and restoration for no more than 60 days after you last
Expand All @@ -87,6 +101,9 @@ comes last. The following information is covered by this policy:
IP address, timestamp of effect)
- account registrations for the purposes of network policy violation (email
address, nickname, username, hostname, IP address, timestamp, known aliases)
- other narrative or case-handling data - for instance details of your
misuse of our systems or interactions with our staff or others - where
needed for handling a specific case

Data collected by email or our support system in relation to project
registration, sponsorship and channel namespace management will be stored at
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