1. Data Controller
The site’s operator is the data controller responsible for protecting your personal information. If you have any questions or requests regarding your data, you can reach our privacy team at contact [at] escodes.com.
2. Information We Collect
- Information you give us: When you register, you provide your email address, a password (which we securely hash), a username, and your date of birth. You can optionally add a display name, profile photo, gender, and your city and country. We also store the posts, replies, and direct messages you write.
- Information collected automatically: When you visit the site, our server automatically records your IP address, browser type, pages viewed, and the time of each visit. We use your IP address to estimate an approximate city and country. We also set a single first-party cookie holding a random ID strictly to count unique visits; this cookie does not track you across other websites.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use your information strictly to:
- Create your account, authenticate your sign-ins, and help you recover access
- Verify you meet our age limit of 16 or older
- Deliver your profile, posts, and messages to their intended audience
- Allow other users to find you via search by city or country (only if you choose to make this location data public)
- Maintain platform security, monitor system health, and prevent spam, fraud, or abuse
- Analyze overall traffic patterns and count site visits
We do not use third-party analytics, advertising cookies, tracking scripts, or cross-site data brokers.
4. What Others Can See
- Public Profile & Content: Your username, display name, profile photo, and public posts are visible to anyone visiting the platform.
- Optional Details: Your city, country, gender, and birth day/month stay private by default. They are only shown to others if you explicitly choose to make them public in your settings, and you can hide them again at any time.
- Strictly Private Data: Your email address, exact date of birth (including birth year), and account password are encrypted or hashed and are never displayed to other users. Direct messages are restricted entirely to the participants in the conversation.
5. How We Protect Your Information
- Encryption at Rest: Personally identifiable information (PII)—including email addresses, dates of birth, and private messages—is stored on disk using industry-standard AES-256-GCM encryption.
- Access Limitations: To maintain platform safety and compliance, authorized operators may access this stored information strictly on a need-to-know basis. This is limited to resolving abuse reports, maintaining system security, or complying with valid legal obligations.
6. Who We Share Your Information With
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information, nor do we share it with advertisers. Your data is only shared under the following limited circumstances:
- Service Providers: We host our website and store all data (including the encrypted fields mentioned above) on servers located in Singapore provided by our hosting partner OVH. They process this data strictly on our behalf to keep the service running.
- Legal Obligations: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law, such as in response to a valid court order, subpoena, or government regulation.
- Other Users (By Your Choice): Information is shared with other users only when you explicitly choose to make it public (such as your public profile) or when you send them a private message.
7. Your Rights
You can ask to:
- See the personal information we hold about you
- Correct information that is inaccurate or incomplete
- Delete your account and its associated information (except where we are legally required to retain specific data)
- Withdraw your consent to optional uses, by hiding or removing those details
- Receive a copy of the information you provided, in a structured, common format
Most of this you can do yourself directly in your settings. For anything else, write to us at contact [at] escodes.com; we will respond within 30 days. If you are not satisfied with our response, you have the right to contact the data protection authority where you live.
8. Data Retention & Demo Limitations
Standard Retention Rules
Under normal operations, we retain your data only as long as necessary:
- Account Info, Posts, and Messages: Kept until you choose to delete them or close your account.
- Server Logs: Retained for [X] days for security analysis, then permanently deleted.
- Cookies: Session and visit cookies expire automatically after [X] days.
⚠️ Important Notice: Demo Environment Resets
Because this website currently operates as a public demonstration, the standard retention rules above are subject to administrative resets. All user-created accounts, posts, messages, and profile configurations are permanently deleted whenever the demo database is refreshed. These resets can happen at any time and without prior notice. Do not store sensitive or essential data on this demo platform.
9. Security Incidents
If a security incident puts your personal information at risk, we will notify affected users directly and report the incident to the appropriate authorities where required by law.
10. Age Limit
This site is intended exclusively for people aged 16 and older. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 16. If we learn that an account belongs to someone under this age limit, we will permanently delete it.
11. Changes to This Policy
When we update this policy, we will revise the "Last Updated" date at the very top. For significant or material changes, we will also notify signed-in users directly through a notice on the site.
12. Contact Information
For formal privacy requests, legal inquiries, or further assistance regarding this policy, please use our on-site contact form or write to us at contact [at] escodes.com. We respond to all valid requests within 30 days.