warpSpeed Open is committed to ensuring the privacy and confidentiality of your personal information, and to protecting it from unauthorized access and disclosure. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to clearly communicate how we handle your personal information when you use our open source software, visit our website, or interact with our community, and to comply with our legal obligations. This Privacy Policy applies to all websites, repositories, and services owned or operated by us, as amended from time to time.

Information We Collect

We may collect a variety of personal information about you or your devices from various sources, as described below:

Information You Provide to Us

Account Information:

If you create an account to use our Services or contribute to our project, we may ask you for basic contact information, such as name, email address, and username.

Your Communications:

If you contact us directly (via GitHub issues, pull requests, forums, email, or other means), we may collect and store personal information from you, including the contents of messages or attachments that you send.

Contributions:

When you contribute to our open source project, we collect information about your contributions, including code, documentation, issues, and comments.

Information Collected Automatically

Log Data:

We collect information that your browser or device automatically sends when you use our Services. Log data includes your Internet Protocol address, browser type and settings, the date and time of your request, and how you interact with our website and services.

Usage Data:

We collect information about your use of our Services, such as the features you access, actions you take, time zone, country, dates and times of access, device type, and browser information.

Device Information:

We collect information about the device you use to access our Services, such as operating system, device identifiers, and browser information. The information collected may depend on the type of device you use and its settings.

Location Information:

We may determine the approximate location of your device from your IP address for security reasons and to improve your experience with our Services.

Cookies and Similar Technologies:

We use cookies and similar technologies to operate and administer our Services, make your experience better, and gather usage data. For details about our use of cookies, please see our Cookie Policy section below.

How We Use Your Information

We use the personal information we collect to:

• Provide, maintain, and improve our open source software and Services

• Respond to your comments, questions, and requests

• Monitor and analyze usage patterns and trends

• Enhance the security of our Services

• Communicate with you about our project, including updates, security alerts, and support messages

• Comply with our legal obligations

Retention of Information

We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which we collected it, including:

• Providing our Services to you

• Meeting our legal and regulatory obligations

• Resolving disputes

• Enforcing our agreements

The criteria used to determine our retention periods include:

• The purpose for which we hold the personal data

• Our legal and regulatory obligations

• Whether retention is advisable in light of our legal position (such as for statutes of limitations, litigation, or regulatory investigations)

Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information:

• Access:

Request access to your personal information.

• Correction:

Request that we correct inaccurate personal information.

• Deletion:

Request that we delete your personal information.

• Portability:

Request that we transfer your personal information to another service or provider.

• Restriction:

Request that we limit how we use your personal information.

• Objection:

Object to how we process your personal information, particularly for direct marketing.

• Withdrawal of Consent:

Where we rely on consent as the legal basis for processing, withdraw your consent at any time.

To exercise these rights, please contact us using the information in the "Contact Us" section below.

Security

We implement reasonable technical, administrative, and organizational measures designed to protect personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no Internet or email transmission is ever fully secure or error-free. Please take special care in deciding what information you provide through our Services.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices of any third-party services that you may use in connection with our open source project.

Data Sharing and Disclosure

Service Providers

We share information with third-party vendors and service providers who work on our behalf and provide us with services related to our open source project. These parties are contractually prohibited from using personal information for any purpose other than providing services to us.

Analytics

We use analytics services such as Google Analytics to gather usage data. These services may use their own cookies and collect information about your use of our website. This information is processed in a way that does not directly identify individuals.

Legal Requirements

We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or government agency).

Community Sharing

As an open source project, certain information you provide, such as code contributions, comments on issues, and forum posts, will be publicly available to our community and the general public.

International Data Transfers

Your personal information may be transferred to, and processed in, countries other than the country in which you reside. These countries may have data protection laws that are different from the laws of your country.

We ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your personal information when transferred internationally, in compliance with applicable data protection laws.

Children's Privacy

Our Services are not directed to individuals under the age of 13 (or the applicable age of digital consent in your jurisdiction). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you become aware that a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from children without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.

Cookie Policy

Cookies are small text files saved by your browser when visiting websites. These files allow websites to remember your preferences and details. We use the following types of cookies:

Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable core functionality such as security, network management, and account authentication.

Analytics Cookies

We use analytics cookies, such as those provided by Google Analytics, to measure engagement with our website and improve our services. These cookies track information about how visitors use our website, which pages they visit, and which links they click on.

Third-Party Cookies

Some third-party services, such as GitHub (for repository statistics) may place their own cookies on your device when you interact with our project through their platforms.

Managing Cookies

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. Please consult your browser's help function for information on how to disable cookies if you do not wish to have them stored on your device.

Legal Basis for Processing

We process your personal information on the following legal bases:

• Performance of a Contract:

Processing necessary to provide you with our Services.

• Legitimate Interests:

Processing necessary for our legitimate interests, provided these interests do not override your fundamental rights and freedoms.

• Compliance with Legal Obligations:

Processing necessary to comply with our legal obligations.

• Consent:

Where you have given clear consent for us to process your personal information for a specific purpose.

Providing your data is generally voluntary. However, it may not be possible for us to provide you with certain services if you choose not to provide necessary information.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Last Updated" date at the top of this page. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy practices, or wish to exercise your rights, please contact us at: info@iamwarpspeed.com