General
If you want to use Libgmodstore, you must read and agree on all of the below. It's important, so read all of it!
For Libgmodstore to function right now, we do have to (unfortunately) collect some data.
Data we collect and store:
- (Public) Steam Username (used on this site to identify you)
- (Public) Steam ID (used on this site to identify you for internal functions)
- GmodStore API-key (only when manually set, stored in encrypted form, used to access addon informations for update notifications in the Libgmodstore addon)
- The IP(s) you were using when logging in (used to secure our service against attacks and verifying your sessions when logged in)
- Your User Agents you were using when logging in (used to secure our service against attacks and verifying your sessions when logged in)
- The files you upload (also deleted files for up to 30 days)
Cookies
For our site to function we need to store cookies on your Computer.
Cookies we use and why:
| Name | Purpose | Type | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
| libgmod_session | Storing your Session ID to authenticate you. | Session | 2 Hours |
| XSRF-TOKEN | Used to check if the action is actually done by you. | Persistent | 2 Hours |
| _lcp, _lcp2, _lcp3 | Used by our Hosting provider to protect our service from Bots. They dont contain any information based on the user. More information: Welche Daten speichert lima-city von Webseitenbesuchern? (German) | Persistent | 10+ Years |
Steam based Login
We are using Steam's Authentication-API to make sure that you don't need to remember a new password again.
You can find Steam's Privacy Policy here.
Data Retention
Daily backups of the database and files are taken, these backups are retained for 3 months before they "rotate out" and are disposed of. Any accounts or files deleted will remain in the backups until the files expire after 3 months.
IP Addresses are retained indefinitely to allow us to identify abusive users and implement IP bans for said users.
Web server access and error logs are retained for 3 months before beeing disposed of, these logs contain your IP Addresses, which pages you have visited and information about your web browser version. These logs exist for diagnostic purposes and for investigating malicious traffic.
Data Privacy
The limited personal information we store will never be shared with any third party (exept law enforcement organisations upon request), and any processing of your personal information is handled internally with no dependencies on third parties.
Right to Delete
We want to be as privacy friendly as possible. Do your part: do not post any personally-identifiable info on this site. When you ask an admin for your account to be removed, some data will be retained in our database in order for us to keep offering a quality service:
- Your IPs used will be retained, for the same reasons as above.