Tin Foil Who – Privacy Policy
Last Updated: 26/01/2026
At Tin Foil Who (“we”, “our”, “us”), we are committed to protecting your privacy and respecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your data when you access or use our website: https://tinfoilwho.com.
By using our Services, you acknowledge that you have read and accept this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use our Services.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect the following information from you:
- Basic Information:
- Name or username
- Email address
- IP address
- Optional Information:
- Profile details you choose to provide
- Payment information (e.g., bank or credit card details) for donations or purchases
- Technical Information:
- Browser type, device type, and other non-identifiable technical data for analytics and site performance
2. How We Use Your Information
Your personal information may be used for the following purposes:
- To provide, operate, and improve our Services
- To communicate with you about activity on our site
- To detect and prevent fraud, spam, or abuse of the Services
- To monitor security and protect against unauthorized access or malicious activity
- To generate anonymized statistics and analytics to improve site performance
Your IP address is never publicly visible and sensitive personal information is treated as confidential.
3. Sharing Your Information
We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties. We may share your information only in the following circumstances:
- If required by law (e.g., Court Order or law enforcement agencies)
- To prevent abuse, harassment, or threats to our users or moderators
- If we reasonably believe the site is being used to commit crimes or harmful acts
- To identify sources of spam, malicious behavior, or identity theft
- With trusted service providers who need access to perform work on our behalf; these providers are bound by strict confidentiality requirements
4. Cookies and Tracking
We use cookies to improve your experience, including:
- Site functionality: Remembering login sessions and preferences
- Forum functionality (wpForo): Tracking visited forums and topics, and storing your username and email for guests creating posts or topics
- Analytics: Using WP-Statistics for privacy-focused traffic and site usage analysis (IP addresses anonymized)
You can control cookies via your browser settings at any time. By using our site, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
5. Embedded Content
Articles or posts on our site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves as if you visited the external site directly, meaning that:
- The external site may collect information about you
- They may use cookies or third-party tracking
- Interactions with the embedded content may be tracked if you are logged in to that site
6. Your Rights
You have the following rights regarding your personal information:
- Access and correction: Request a copy of your personal data or ask us to correct inaccuracies
- Erasure: Request that we remove your personal data
- Consent management: You can withdraw consent for certain uses of your data at any time
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us directly.
7. Security
We are committed to ensuring that any information you provide is secure. We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction of your data.
8. Acceptance of Privacy Policy
By continuing to use the Tin Foil Who website, you accept the terms of this Privacy Policy. Explicit acceptance of the Privacy Policy may also be required during registration or transactions on our site.
9. Update of Privacy Policy
UPDATE OF PRIVACY POLICY: We reserve the right to amend the Privacy Policy at any time without prior notice. All changes will be effective immediately upon posting on the Site. Please review the Privacy Policy regularly to stay informed about how we handle your information.