Terms & Privacy

Last updated 2024-06-20.

Terms

If you do not agree with these terms and the privacy policy, you must not use Veritula and you must leave immediately.

The following passage from the MIT license applies (bold emphasis added), where “SOFTWARE” refers to this website, Veritula:

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

We grant use of Veritula at our discretion and may discontinue the service at any time and without notice.

Do not use Veritula for any illegal activities.

We are not responsible for the accuracy of quotes or any other information provided by users. We are not responsible for third-party content of any kind, including links to other sites and content hosted on other sites.

Privacy

Information collected

What information Veritula processes depends on whether you submit any content and the information contained in those submissions. Any such submissions are public, and you consent to Veritula publicly displaying them in perpetuity.

It also depends on whether you make an account.

Note that typing content transmits information as you type. This is to generate a preview of the content for you before you submit it.

Certain types of information are processed automatically, even if all you do is browse Veritula. That information is sent by your browser and beyond Veritula’s control. It usually includes:

Your IP address
Device specifics (such as your browser type and version, screen resolution, operating system, device brand, device model, etc.)
Referring website, if any
Language preferences

Any website processes this information when you visit it; Veritula is no exception.

If you make an account, we collect:

First name
Last name
Email address
Password

Tracking technology

Veritula does not use fingerprinting. It does use cookies for user authentication, a strictly essential part of Veritula.

Veritula does use web analytics offered by plausible.io, a “privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative”. Read their privacy and data policies.

Data sharing

Collected information is shared and processed internationally with third parties. We use:

Heroku as a server, owned by Salesforce. Privacy policy
plausible.io for web analytics, as stated above. Privacy policy and data policy
Proton to receive and respond to user inquiries. Privacy policy

Note that these third parties may use cookies or cookie-like technology.

We do not sell any collected information.

We do not knowingly collect information from minors, nor do we target minors, ie people under the age of 18.

CCPA, CDPA compliance

Veritula doesn’t need to be CCPA or CDPA compliant.

Data retention

Server logs are stored for 7 days. Information in and associated with discussions is stored in perpetuity to display on the site. If you send us an email, we’ll store it for one year to provide satisfactory customer service. All other information is potentially stored in perpetuity – check the respective third-party privacy policies above for data-retention limits.

Request to delete information

Email us and we’ll see what we can do. Whether we are obligated to delete your information depends on the laws of your country.

We don’t like to delete content. Think before you write.

Legal basis (EU, UK)

We process information based on your consent and/or to protect and enact our legitimate interests, including offering Veritula to the public, preventing fraud, ensuring the security of Veritula more generally, improving Veritula by eg diagnosing problems, and responding to user inquiries. We also process information to fulfill orders of Pro articles.

You can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us, but note that this has no effect on information already processed. The best way to stop producing processable information is to stop visiting this website.

Security

No technology is ever 100% secure, but we follow industry standards to keep your information safe. Veritula is a very low-stakes environment so there’s really no need to worry. Just don’t divulge anything in your submissions that you might later regret. That said, visit and use Veritula at your own risk. You are responsible for your security, not us.

Updates

We may revise these terms and privacy notice without notifying you. Your continued use of this site implies agreement. You are obligated to check the terms and privacy notice for changes from time to time – the date of the last update will be posted at the top.

Contact

You can contact us at veritula@dennishackethal.com