1. Eligibility

Mode42 Services are intended for persons aged 18 or older.

Persons under 18 must not create accounts or knowingly use account-based Mode42 Services.

Mode42 does not knowingly collect personal information from children where such collection is prohibited by applicable law.

2. Information Processed

Depending on the Service and the manner in which it is used, Mode42 may process:

Account Data

• username
• email address
• authentication credentials or credential-related data
• account status and configuration
• registration and account-management events

Technical Data

• IP address
• connection timestamp
• connection duration
• requested service, endpoint, or resource
• protocol and transport information
• browser, client, operating-system, and device information
• session identifiers
• authentication events
• error and diagnostic information
• network, bandwidth, and performance metadata where technically required

Security Data

• failed or successful authentication attempts
• abuse reports
• security events
• firewall and intrusion-detection events
• automated security classifications
• information reasonably required to investigate attacks, abuse, fraud, or unauthorized access

Communication and Radio Identifiers

Where supported by a Service, Mode42 may process information such as:

• callsigns
• packet-radio addresses
• terminal identifiers
• usernames
• nicknames
• gateway identifiers
• other identifiers transmitted by the user

User-Provided Content

Where a Service permits content submission or transmission, Mode42 may process:

• messages
• posts
• comments
• files
• terminal data
• configuration data
• support requests
• other information intentionally submitted by the user

The exact information processed depends on the functionality of the individual Service.

3. Automatically Generated Information

Mode42 servers and supporting infrastructure may automatically generate technical records when a connection is established or a Service is accessed.

Such records may include IP addresses, timestamps, request information, protocol information, status codes, authentication events, errors, security events, and performance information.

This processing is primarily used for service operation, security, troubleshooting, abuse prevention, and system integrity.

4. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Mode42 may use cookies, local storage, session identifiers, tokens, pixels, scripts, or comparable technologies.

They may be used for:

• authentication
• session management
• security
• abuse prevention
• essential functionality
• preferences
• analytics
• performance measurement

Technologies that are strictly necessary for a requested Service may be used without consent where permitted by applicable law.

Non-essential analytics, advertising, or similar technologies will be used only where legally permitted and, where required, after obtaining appropriate consent.

Users may control cookies through browser or device settings. Disabling necessary technologies may affect functionality.

5. Analytics

Mode42 may use analytics or measurement systems to evaluate:

• website usage
• performance
• reliability
• errors
• traffic patterns
• technical behavior
• service quality

Analytics may process information such as IP address, approximate location, device information, browser information, timestamps, referring pages, interactions, and technical events.

Where technically and legally appropriate, Mode42 may apply minimization, aggregation, anonymization, pseudonymization, IP truncation, or similar measures.

6. Purposes of Processing

1. providing and operating Services;
2. account creation and management;
3. authentication and authorization;
4. communication;
5. system administration;
6. security and access control;
7. abuse, fraud, and attack prevention;
8. troubleshooting and debugging;
9. monitoring availability and performance;
10. maintaining technical and security logs;
11. analytics and service improvement;
12. responding to requests and reports;
13. enforcing applicable terms and rules;
14. complying with legal obligations;
15. establishing, exercising, or defending legal claims;
16. protecting Mode42, users, infrastructure, and third parties.

Mode42 does not intentionally process personal information for unrelated purposes without an applicable legal basis.

7. GDPR Legal Bases

Where the GDPR applies, processing may be based on:

• Art. 6(1)(a) — consent;
• Art. 6(1)(b) — performance of a contract or requested service;
• Art. 6(1)(c) — compliance with a legal obligation;
• Art. 6(1)(f) — legitimate interests, including security, abuse prevention, service operation, debugging, and infrastructure protection.

Where legitimate interests are relied upon, Mode42 considers the interests, rights, and freedoms of affected individuals.

8. Security and Operational Logging

Mode42 may maintain temporary operational and security logs.

These may contain:

• IP addresses
• timestamps
• connection information
• authentication events
• security events
• errors
• abuse indicators
• network or infrastructure events

Logs are used for security, debugging, abuse prevention, incident investigation, system integrity, and service reliability.

Mode42 aims to retain such information only for the period reasonably necessary for its purpose or as required by law.

Security logs may be retained longer when necessary to investigate an ongoing incident, abuse pattern, security event, or legal matter.

9. Retention

Mode42 does not retain personal information longer than reasonably necessary for the relevant purpose unless a longer period is required or permitted by law.

Retention depends on the data type and processing purpose.

Account data may remain until account deletion or termination, subject to legal and security requirements.

Operational and security logs are normally subject to limited retention and automatic rotation or deletion.

Backups may retain information temporarily after deletion until the applicable backup cycle expires.

10. Account Deletion

Where account functionality is provided, users may request deletion of their account and associated personal information.

Deletion does not necessarily require immediate destruction of information that must be retained for:

• legal obligations
• security
• fraud or abuse prevention
• dispute resolution
• accounting or recordkeeping
• establishing or defending legal claims

Such information will be isolated, restricted, or deleted when the applicable retention requirement ends.

11. Privacy Rights

Depending on applicable law, individuals may have rights to:

• access personal information;
• obtain copies of personal information;
• correct inaccurate information;
• request deletion;
• restrict processing;
• object to processing;
• withdraw consent;
• request data portability;
• obtain information about processing;
• opt out of legally defined sale or sharing;
• lodge a complaint with a competent supervisory authority.

Requests may be sent to info@mode42.com.

Mode42 may request reasonable identity verification before fulfilling a request.

12. European Economic Area / GDPR

Where the GDPR applies, individuals may exercise their applicable rights under the GDPR, including rights under Articles 15–22.

Individuals may also lodge a complaint with the competent data-protection supervisory authority.

Mode42 will process valid requests within the periods required by applicable law.

13. California / CCPA / CPRA

Where applicable, California residents may have rights under the CCPA/CPRA, including rights concerning access, deletion, correction, information about processing, and certain opt-out rights.

Mode42 does not sell personal information for monetary consideration.

Mode42 does not intentionally share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising without complying with applicable legal requirements.

California privacy requests may be submitted to info@mode42.com.

14. International Processing

Mode42 is an internationally accessible service.

Personal information may therefore be processed or stored in countries other than the user's country of residence.

Where applicable law regulates international transfers, Mode42 will use an appropriate legally recognized transfer mechanism, such as:

• an adequacy decision;
• Standard Contractual Clauses;
• another recognized contractual or legal safeguard; or
• another lawful transfer mechanism.

Mode42 does not claim certification under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework unless the relevant entity is actually certified.

15. Service Providers

Mode42 may use third-party infrastructure and service providers for:

• hosting
• networking
• DNS
• CDN
• storage
• backups
• authentication
• email
• analytics
• monitoring
• security
• error reporting
• software infrastructure
• payment processing, where applicable

Providers receive or access only information reasonably required for the relevant function, subject to applicable law and contractual arrangements where required.

Third-party services may operate under their own privacy policies.

16. Data Security

Mode42 uses reasonable technical and organizational measures appropriate to the nature and risk of the processing.

Depending on the Service, these may include:

• access controls
• authentication
• authorization
• encryption in transit
• encryption at rest where appropriate
• network segmentation
• firewalls
• monitoring
• logging
• backups
• security updates
• vulnerability management
• incident response procedures

No Internet-connected system can guarantee absolute security.

17. Public and Unencrypted Communications

Some Mode42 Services may provide public, broadcast, radio, packet-radio, Telnet, or otherwise observable communication channels.

Information intentionally transmitted through such channels may be received, recorded, redistributed, or processed by third parties.

Such channels must not be considered confidential unless the specific Service explicitly provides appropriate confidentiality or encryption.

Users should not transmit passwords, financial information, authentication secrets, private personal information, or other sensitive information over public or unencrypted channels.

18. User-Generated Content

Where Services permit user-generated content, users remain responsible for the information and material they submit or transmit.

Mode42 may technically process such content to provide the relevant Service and may process associated metadata for security, moderation, troubleshooting, legal compliance, or abuse prevention.

Mode42 does not necessarily create, endorse, or control user-generated content.

Where applicable, Mode42 may rely on legal protections available to intermediary, hosting, or service providers.

Nothing in this policy excludes liability that cannot legally be excluded.

19. Legal Disclosure

Mode42 may disclose information where reasonably necessary or legally required to:

• comply with applicable law;
• respond to valid legal process;
• comply with court orders or legally binding governmental requests;
• investigate security incidents;
• prevent fraud or abuse;
• protect users or third parties;
• protect Mode42 systems, infrastructure, and property;
• establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.

Where legally permitted, Mode42 may attempt to notify affected users of legally compelled disclosures.

Mode42 does not voluntarily disclose personal information solely on the basis of informal requests without an appropriate legal or operational basis.

20. Copyright and Abuse Reports

Copyright, abuse, security, privacy, and legal notices may be submitted to info@mode42.com.

Requests should contain sufficient information to identify the relevant account, content, system, incident, or legal issue.

Mode42 may restrict, remove, suspend, or otherwise process affected content, accounts, or services where legally justified or necessary to protect the Services.

21. Third-Party Websites

Mode42 may link to or integrate with third-party websites, applications, APIs, repositories, communication systems, or other services.

Mode42 does not control third-party privacy practices.

Use of a third-party service may be governed by that provider's own privacy policy and terms.

22. Privacy Signals

Browsers and devices may transmit privacy signals such as Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control.

Where applicable law requires recognition of a particular signal, Mode42 will process the signal as required by that law.

23. Data Incidents

If Mode42 becomes aware of a personal-data incident that creates a legal notification obligation, Mode42 will investigate and take reasonable containment and remediation measures.

Where legally required, affected individuals and competent authorities will be notified within the applicable statutory period.

24. Automated Processing and AI

Mode42 may use automated technical systems for purposes such as:

• security detection
• spam and abuse prevention
• anomaly detection
• traffic analysis
• diagnostics
• system monitoring
• classification
• operational automation

Where artificial-intelligence or machine-learning systems are used, they may process technical or user-provided information only to the extent reasonably necessary for the relevant function and subject to applicable law.

Mode42 does not use personal information to train general-purpose AI models unless such processing is separately disclosed and legally permitted.

Automated processing does not automatically constitute legally significant automated decision-making. Where applicable law grants rights concerning solely automated decisions producing legal or similarly significant effects, those rights will be respected.

25. No Data Sale

Mode42 does not sell, rent, or trade personal information as a commercial data product.

Mode42 does not intentionally provide personal information to data brokers.

Third-party infrastructure providers may process information on behalf of Mode42 where necessary to operate the Services.

26. Changes to this Policy

Mode42 may modify this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in:

• Services
• technology
• infrastructure
• security practices
• legal requirements
• data-processing activities

The current version will be published on the Mode42 website.

The effective date identifies the current version.

Where legally required, material changes will be communicated through an appropriate notice.

27. Contact

For all privacy-related matters, including:

• GDPR requests
• CCPA/CPRA requests
• access requests
• deletion requests
• correction requests
• security/privacy questions
• data-processing questions
• copyright notices
• abuse reports

28. Applicable Law

This Privacy Policy is intended to operate internationally.

Mandatory privacy and data-protection rights applicable in the user's jurisdiction remain unaffected.

If a provision of this Privacy Policy conflicts with mandatory applicable law, the mandatory legal requirement prevails to the extent of the conflict.

29. Privacy Principle

Data Minimization

Collect and process only information reasonably necessary for the relevant purpose.

Purpose Limitation

Use information for defined operational, security, legal, or service-related purposes.

Security

Protect information using reasonable technical and organizational measures.

Limited Retention

Delete, anonymize, or restrict information when it is no longer required.

Transparency

Describe relevant processing in an understandable and technically accurate manner.

User Control

Provide applicable access, correction, deletion, objection, consent, and other privacy rights.

No Commercial Sale of Personal Information

Mode42 does not operate a personal-data sales business.

30. Final Privacy Summary

Mode42 may process account information, IP addresses, connection metadata, technical information, security logs, analytics information, and content that users intentionally submit to its Services.

Processing is performed primarily to operate, secure, maintain, improve, and legally protect the Services.

Security and operational logs may be retained temporarily and automatically rotated.

Non-essential analytics and similar technologies are subject to applicable consent requirements.

Mode42 does not sell, rent, or trade personal information.

Users may submit privacy requests, including applicable access and deletion requests, to:

Public, broadcast, radio, packet-radio, Telnet, or otherwise unencrypted communications should not be considered confidential.

This Privacy Policy applies internationally subject to mandatory local law.