Privacy Policy

We value your privacy and therefore protecting your personal data is very important to us. We do our best to NOT collect any personal data but some data needs to be stored out of technical necessity or is stored because you asked us to do so. Below you can read which information is recorded, why and how long.


1. Who is the data controller of your personal information?

The SolydXK Community site is maintained by a group of volunteers, is not for profit and not connected to any business. If you wish to contact us, you can find our contact details at the end of this privacy policy.

2. Unavoidable collection of personal information

We collect personal data if it is technically or legally necessary to run our server and we delete it as soon as possible without compromising server security or legal obligations. We also collect personal data you provided, especially if you asked us to do so (consent). In that case you can withdraw your consent whenever you wish and delete the personal data yourself through the interface provided by us. We may need to keep data you provided by correspondence if this is necessary for our legitimate interests. The following personal data is collected:

  • If you merely visit our website: IP address, operating system and browser type, Uniform Resource Locator (URL) - transferred by your webbrowser - are logged in the server log. We need this information to protect our site against attacks and spam. We delete the server log after 2 weeks.
  • If you download, pull or deploy images or packages without registration: The server will see your IP address but that information is not stored, other than in the log mentioned above.
  • If you log in to use our forum, additionally:
    • Nick name and e-mail address as you provide it - without this data we cannot operate a forum. We keep this data until you delete your account.
    • Other personal data that you actively provide for your forum profile. You can edit or delete this data at any time through your profile interface.
    • A cookie (*) to handle your authentication and your site settings. You can change the settings of your browser to delete the cookie and to modify the permissions for the storing of and gaining access to cookies on your device.
  • If you post content on our forum, additionally: Content you posted yourself. We do not allow personal information in posted content. Please make sure that you respect this condition. If you posted personal information by mistake you can edit it yourself as long as you are logged in.
  • If you contact us, send us an inquiry or post to our forum, additionally: Name, e-mail address, IP address, information on our communication with you and any additional information you provide us with. We delete this data as soon as it is not required for our legitimate interests.

3. Security of personal data

SolydXK Community takes the protection of your data seriously and takes appropriate measures to prevent misuse, loss, unauthorized access, unwanted disclosure and unauthorized modification. If you have the impression that your data is not properly secured or there are indications of abuse, please contact us.

We do not intend to collect data about website visitors under the age of 16 years, unless they have permission from parents or guardians. If you are under age 16, please do not give us any personal data. However, we can not check if a visitor is at least 16 years. We encourage parents to be involved in the online activities of their children, in order to prevent data about children being collected without parental consent. If you are convinced that we have collected personal information about a minor without this consent, please contact us and we will delete this information.

4. What do we use your personal information for and do we share it?

We will only use your information for the purposes for which we have collected it. We will not use your information for other purposes, especially not for marketing of any kind.

We also do not integrate third party tracking by social media services or advertising services.

We will not share your personal information with any third parties except with law enforcement, regulators and other parties as required by law, but only if we reasonably believe that such action is necessary to:
(a) comply with the law and the requests of law enforcement;
(b) enforce our legal claims or protect the security or integrity of our server or of ourselves.

Our server is located in the European Union. We do not transfer any personal information to countries outside of the EU.

5. Rights held by citizens of the European Union

If you wish to exercise one of these rights, please use the interface we provide to registered users. If you are not a registered user contact us using the contact details below.

  • Right to view, correct or delete your personal data and the right to withdraw your consent
    We provide an interface for these use cases via the personal settings of your account. You can delete your forum account from the User Control Panel. When your personal data is removed from the forum, your forum posts will be anonymized. Anonymized forum posts are not considered personal data but published content. For this reason you are not allowed to include any personal data in your postings.
  • Right to restriction
    The right to obtain restriction of the processing undertaken by us on your personal information in certain circumstances, such as, where the accuracy of the personal information is contested by you, for a period of time enabling us to verify the accuracy of that personal information.
  • Right to portability
    The right to portability allows you to move, copy or transfer personal information easily from one organization to another.
  • Right to object
    You have the right to object to any processing based on your legitimate interests where there are grounds relating to your particular situation. You can object to marketing activities for whatever reason whatsoever.
  • Right to data portability and the right to to object to the processing of your personal data
    If you wish to exercise your right of objection and/or right to data portability or if you have other questions/comments about data processing, please send a specified request to our contact details below. In order to ensure that the request for access has been made by you, we ask you to provide the account's login information: the registered user e-mail address and the current password. SolydXK Community will respond to your request as soon as possible, but in any case within four weeks.
  • Right to complain
    If you wish to file a complaint with the national supervisory authority, this can be done via the following link: Dutch Data Protection Authority. You can find more information at http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/bodies/authorities/index_en.htm.

(*) Addendum: What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored in your browsing device (computer, tablet or mobile) by the websites you are visiting. They help the browser remember stateful information related to your profile during your browsing session or between sessions. Only the website that provided you with a cookie has the ability to read it. There are four types of cookies:

  • Authentication Cookies
    These cookies work in conjunction with the login and authentication mechanisms of our website. When you are authenticated, they are essential to make our websites work as intended and enable you to use the features specific to your account profile. Without these cookies, you would not be able to use these services whilst authenticated.
  • Functional Cookies
    These cookies allow us to remember choices you make and tailor our website to provide enhanced features and content to you. For example, these cookies can be used to remember your IP address, language choice, geolocation and requested Services.
  • Analytical Cookies (we do not use them)
    These cookies - often from third parties - collect information about how people are using websites and if they experiences errors on certain pages. All information these cookies collect is grouped together with information from other people's use of the website to provide analytical information for website improvement. Not on our site!
  • Third Party and Social Media Cookies (we do not use them):
    Some websites may contain tools or applications that are linked to third party social media service providers or third party advertising providers. Through these tools or applications, the third party service provider may set its own cookies on your device. Not on our site!

How long will cookies stay on your browsing device?
The length of time a cookie will stay on your browsing device depends on whether it is a "persistent" or "session" cookie. Session cookies will only stay on your device until you stop browsing the website that has set the cookie. Persistent cookies stay on your browsing device after you have finished browsing a particular website, until they are deleted or until they expire.

How can you manage cookies?
If you do not wish to receive cookies, most browsers allow you to change your cookie settings. These settings will typically be found in the "options" or "preferences" menu of your browser. Please note that if you choose to refuse cookies you may not be able to use the full functionality of a website.

How to contact us

If you have any questions or concerns about our Privacy Policy or if you want to exercise your rights, please use our contact form.