Who is responsible for data collected about me?

Black Planet represented by Reza Iranpour Mobrakeh is the responsible party, or controller, for the data we collect and process for our own purposes.

How does black planet collect data about me?

Black Planet collects data about you:

Does black planet sell my personal information or share it to serve behavioral advertising?

No, Black Planet does not sell personal information or share it with third parties for the purpose of cross-context behavioral advertising.

What information do we collect?

We collect information from you when you register on our site and gather data when you participate in the forum by reading, writing, and evaluating the content shared here.

When registering on our site, you may be asked to enter your name and e-mail address. You may, however, visit our site without registering. Your e-mail address will be verified by an email containing a unique link. If that link is visited, we know that you control the e-mail address. you may also register or log in through third party service providers such as google and apple authenticaiton, which will enable us to fetch your email from them.

When registered and posting, we record the IP address that the post originated from. We also may retain server logs which include the IP address of every request to our server.

What personal information does Black Planet collect, and why?

We use cookies (read below), server logs, and other methods to collect data about what pages you visit and when.

Black Planet uses data about how you use the website to:

  • optimize the forum, so that it’s quick and easy to use
  • diagnose and debug technical errors
  • defend the forum from abuse and technical attacks
  • compile statistics on forum and topic popularity
  • compile statistics on the kinds of software and computers visitors use

Black Planet usually stores the data identified above for just a few weeks. In special circumstances, like extended investigations about technical attacks, Black Planet may preserve log data longer, for analysis. Black Planet stores aggregate statistics about use of the forum for as long as Black Planet hosts the forum, but those statistics don’t include data identifiable to you personally.

Black Planet collects forum account data.

Many features of the forum require a forum account.

To sign up for a forum account, Black Planet requires your name, a user name, and an e-mail address. You may also sign in with your Black Planet, google or apple accounts, If signed up through these methods, we capture your name and email from these service providers; however, we still ask you to provide us a username.

Black Planet uses your account data to identify you on the forum and to create pages specific to you, such as your profile page. We make your account data available to everyone who can access the forum.

Black Planet uses your e-mail address to:

  • notify you about posts and other activity on the forum
  • reset your password and help keep your account secure
  • contact you in special circumstances related to your account
  • contact you about legal requests, like DMCA takedown requests

You may provide additional data for your account, like a short biography, your location, or your birthday, on the profile settings page for your account. Black Planet makes that data available to others who can access the forum. You don’t have to provide this additional information, and you can erase it at any time.

Black Planet stores your account data as long as your account remains open

Black Planet collects data about posts and other activity on the forum.

Black Planet collects the content of your posts, plus data about bookmarks, likes, and links you follow in order to share that data with others, through the forum. Black Planet makes your activity available only to users permitted to see it.

Black Planet also collects data about private messages that you send through the forum. Black Planet makes private messages available to senders and their recipients, and also to forum administrators.

Black Planet stores your posts and other activity as long as your account remains open.

What do we use your information for?

Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:

  • To personalize your experience — your information helps us to better respond to your individual needs.
  • To improve our site — we continually strive to improve our site offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you.
  • To improve customer service — your information helps us to more effectively respond to your customer service requests and support needs.
  • To send periodic emails — The email address you provide may be used to send you information, notifications that you request about changes to topics or in response to your user name, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions.

How do we protect your information?

We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you enter, submit, or access your personal information.

How can I make choices about data collection?

You can make choices about how data about you is used on the settings page for your account. For example, you can choose who will see your post by choosing the appropriate category.

Most web browsers let you make choices about whether to accept cookies, for specific websites or more generally. aboutcookies.org has instructions for many different web browsers. youronlinechoices.eu and aboutads.info have more information specifically about cookies used for advertising.

Black Planet does not respond to the Do Not Track HTTP header.

Where does Black Planet store data about me?

Our server is located in Sweden

What is your data retention policy?

We will make a good faith effort to:

  • Retain server logs containing the IP address of all requests to this server no more than 7 days.

Do we use cookies?

Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow). These cookies enable the site to recognize your browser and, if you have a registered account, associate it with your registered account.

We use cookies to understand and save your preferences for future visits and compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We do not use any third party cookies on the sub domain house.blackplanet.se.

Name Essential Expires Purpose
email Yes Session remembers your e-mail as you create an account
destination_url Yes Session helps redirect you to your requested page after logging in
sso_destination_url Yes Session helps redirect you to your request page after single sign on
sso_payload Yes Session used during SSO authentication when two-factor authentication is enabled
authentication_data Yes Next Page View temporarily stores user information during login flows
theme_ids Yes 1 year remembers your theme personalization if you don’t tick “Make this my default theme on all my devices”
color_scheme_id Yes 1 year remembers your color personalization if you don’t tick “Set default colour scheme(s) on all my devices”
dark_scheme_id Yes 1 year remembers your color personalization if you don’t tick “Set default colour scheme(s) on all my devices”
cn Yes Session temporarily stores notification read state
_bypass_cache Yes Session allows the server-side cache to be bypassed during login flows
_t Yes 1440 Hours remembers who you are when you log in
_forum_session Yes Session associates an ID, and other security-related information, with your browsing session
dosp Yes Next Page View enables client denial of service protection, a security protection
text_size Yes 1 year remembers default text size when a user wants to change it on only one device
cookietest Yes Session checks if cookies are enabled when authentication fails
__profilin No Session used by software developers to bypass rack-mini-profiler

Do we disclose any information to outside parties?

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our site, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

Third party links

Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party products or services on our site. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

Online Privacy Policy Only

This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our site and not to information collected offline.

Your Consent

By using our site, you consent to our web site privacy policy.

Does Black Planet comply with the EU General Data Protection Regulation?

Black Planet respects privacy rights under Regulation (EU) 2016/679, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Information that GDPR requires Black Planet to give can be found throughout this privacy notice, including information on the rights of data subjects

What are my rights under the GDPR?

The GDPR provides the following rights with respect to personal information about you that we collect or process:

  • the right to access your personal data
  • the right to rectification of inaccurate or incomplete personal data
  • the right to erasure of your personal data
  • the right to data portability
  • the right to restrict the processing of your personal data
  • the right to object to certain processing of your information, including automated decision-making and direct marketing
  • the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

Information on how to exercise these rights is provided throughout this privacy policy notice. While Black Planet strives to make these rights easy to exercise on your own through your account settings, for more complicated inquiries the best option will be to contact our data officer at mira@blackplanet.se

Where can I access data about me?

You can see your account data at any time by visiting your account page on the forum. Your account page also lists your posts and other activity on the forum.

Your account activity page also includes a link to download all of your activity in standard comma-separated values format.

If you do not have account with us but have a data access request, please contact our data officer at mira@blackplanet.se

How can I change or erase data about me?

You can change your account data at any time by visiting the profile settings page for your account. you may also close your account, on the settings page for your account. Closing your account starts a process of erasing or anonymizing our records of data you provided for your account. Forum administrators can also erase and anonymize accounts.

You are also be able to edit, anonymize, or erase your posts. When you edit posts, Black Planet will keep all versions of your posts. Forum administrators can view old versions of posts, and optionally make them visible to other forum visitors.

Black Planet classifies posts as spam automatically.

Black Planet uses data about your posts and other activity to make automated decisions about whether your posts are spam. When Akismet (read read Privacy Policy – Akismet for more info ) decides that a post is likely spam, the forum refuses to accept the post.

If you think a post has been wrongly blocked or removed, contact an administrator. They can override the decision that a post was spam.

Black Planet uses data about posts and activity to set trust levels automatically.

The forum may use data about your posts and activity to award you badges and calculate a trust level for your account. Your trust level may affect how you can participate in the forum, such as whether you can upload images, as well as give you access to moderation and management powers in the forum. Your trust level therefore reflects forum administrators’ confidence in you, and their willingness to delegate community management functions, like moderation.

If you think your trust level has been set incorrectly, contact an administrator of your forum. They can manually adjust the trust level of your account.

Black Planet uses community flags to hide posts and silence users automatically.

Your posts may be automatically hidden, or your ability to post automatically suspended, as a result of your posts being flagged by other users.

Complaints

If you believe that your privacy rights have been violated, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Swedish Data Protection Authority (Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten).
Website:https://www.imy.se
Email:imy@imy.se
Postal Address:Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten, Box 818, 341 28 Ljungby, Sweden.

Changes to our Privacy Policy

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page.

last updated [2025-08-03].