Privacy Policy
Last updated October 11, 2025
π Privacy Policy
Effective Date: October 11, 2025
Last Updated: October 11, 2025
Our Commitment to Your Privacy
Tales.Tiggi.es is committed to protecting your privacy. This policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and your rights regarding your data.
When you create an account, we collect:
- Username
- Password (encrypted and hashed)
- Email address (optional, if provided for notifications or password recovery)
Content You Create
- Blog posts and drafts
- Blog customizations (titles, descriptions, custom CSS)
- Comments and interactions (if applicable)
- IP addresses (for security and anti-abuse purposes)
- Browser type and device information
- Access logs (standard web server logs)
We use your information to:
- Provide and maintain the tales.tiggi.es service
- Enable you to publish and share your writing
- Protect against abuse, spam, and malicious activity
- Communicate with you about your account (if you provided an email)
- Improve the platform based on usage patterns
β We do not sell your data β Ever. Period.
β We do not share your data with advertisers β We don't have ads.
β We do not use your data for marketing β We're not a marketing company.
β We do not track you across the web β No third-party trackers or analytics.
We will only share your information when:
- Legally Required: We may disclose information if required by law, court order, subpoena, or other legal process.
- You Choose to Share: When you publish a public blog post, that content is publicly accessible and may be federated across the fediverse via ActivityPub.
- With Your Consent: We will ask for your explicit consent before sharing your information in any other circumstance.
We will not voluntarily share your personal information with third parties unless we are legally obligated to do so.
Federation and ActivityPub
tales.tiggi.es supports federation via the ActivityPub protocol. This means:
- Public posts are shared across the fediverse and can be viewed on other federated platforms
- Your username and public profile information may be visible on other federated instances
- Private, password-protected, and unlisted content is NOT federated
- You can control what gets federated by choosing your blog's visibility settings
Data Retention and Backups
Live Data
- Account data: Retained for as long as your account is active
- Published content: Retained until you delete it or delete your account
- Logs: Server logs are retained for 90 days for security purposes, then automatically deleted
Backup Data
For disaster recovery purposes, we maintain backups on LTO-6 tape media using a 3-month rotation cycle. This means:
- Backup retention: Data may remain in backups for up to 12 months after deletion from live systems
- Backup purpose: Backups are solely for disaster recovery and system restoration
- Backup access: Backup media is stored securely and only accessed in emergency situations
- Deletion timeline: When you delete your account, it is immediately removed from live systems, but may persist in offline backups for up to one year
Deleted Accounts
When you delete your account:
β Your data is immediately and permanently removed from our live systems
β Your data may remain in offline backups for up to 12 months before being completely purged
β During this period, backup data is only accessible for disaster recovery purposes and will not be restored to live systems except in catastrophic data loss scenarios
Your Rights
You have the right to:
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Access your data β Request a copy of the information we have about you
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Correct your data β Update or correct inaccurate information
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Delete your data β Request deletion of your account and all associated data (immediate from live systems, up to 12 months from backups)
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Export your data β Download your posts and content
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Object to processing β Contact us if you have concerns about how we process your data
To exercise these rights, contact us via our Contact page.
Ownership and Copyright
You own your content. Period.
- βοΈ You retain full ownership and copyright of everything you write and publish on tales.tiggi.es
- π¨ We claim no rights to your creative work
- π We do not license your content for our own use
- π« We will never sell or monetize your writing
By publishing on tales.tiggi.es, you grant us only the minimal technical license necessary to:
- Display your content on the platform
- Transmit your content via federation (if you choose to make it public)
- Create backups for disaster recovery
This license is non-exclusive, revocable (by deleting your content), and solely for the purpose of operating the service. You are free to publish your work elsewhere, modify it, sell it, or do anything else you want with it.
Your stories are yours. Always.
Age Restriction
tales.tiggi.es is only available to users 18 years of age or older. By creating an account, you confirm that you are at least 18 years old. We do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 18. If we discover that someone under 18 has created an account, we will immediately delete it.
Security
We take reasonable measures to protect your information:
- Passwords are encrypted using industry-standard hashing algorithms
- HTTPS encryption for all connections
- Regular security updates and monitoring
- Secure backup storage on LTO-6 tape media
- Limited access to user data (only administrators for legitimate purposes)
However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security.
Cookies
tales.tiggi.es uses minimal cookies:
- Session cookies: To keep you logged in
- Preference cookies: To remember your settings (if applicable)
We do not use tracking cookies or third-party advertising cookies.
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
tales.tiggi.es does not use, support, or permit the use of content hosted on our platform for training artificial intelligence or machine learning models.
Our Stance on AI Training
- β We do not train AI models on user content hosted on tales.tiggi.es
- β We do not sell or license content to AI companies or data aggregators
- β We do not permit third parties to scrape or use our platform's content for AI training purposes
- β We will not enter into partnerships that involve using user content for machine learning
What We Cannot Control
While we take a strong stance against AI training on user content, we acknowledge that:
- Public content on the open web may be accessed by automated scrapers
- Federated content distributed via ActivityPub may be scraped from other instances
- We implement reasonable technical measures to discourage scraping, but cannot guarantee complete protection against determined actors
What You Can Do
Writers concerned about AI training can:
- Use private or password-protected blogs to limit public access
- Include explicit copyright notices and AI training prohibitions in their blog descriptions
- Use unlisted visibility to keep posts off public timelines while still being shareable via direct links
- Contact us if you discover unauthorized scraping or AI training using tales.tiggi.es content
Our Commitment
If we become aware of any organization systematically scraping tales.tiggi.es for AI training purposes, we will assist with:
- Taking technical measures to block the scraping
- Sending cease and desist notices when appropriate
- Informing our community about the situation
- Supporting writers who wish to take legal action to protect their work
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do:
- We will update the βLast Updatedβ date at the top
- Significant changes will be announced on the instance
- Your continued use of tales.tiggi.es after changes constitutes acceptance
Jurisdiction and Governing Law
tales.tiggi.es is operated from the state of Texas, United States of America. This Privacy Policy and your use of the service are governed by the laws of the State of Texas and the United States of America, without regard to conflict of law principles.
Any legal disputes arising from your use of tales.tiggi.es will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located in Texas, USA.
Questions about this Privacy Policy? Contact us:
tales.tiggi.es β A community-run platform that respects your privacy and your creative rights. πΎβ¨
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