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Privacy Policy

This policy explains what information Silex processes, why it is used and the choices available to you.

1. Scope

This policy applies to the Silex website, connected-account sign-in, project and contact submissions, community interactions and administration of the Silex editorial listing service.

2. Information we process

Connected accounts

When you sign in with an enabled provider such as Discord or Google, Silex receives a stable provider identifier and may receive your provider username, email address and avatar. Silex stores the provider identity needed to associate future sign-ins with your account.

Sessions and security records

Silex processes session tokens, CSRF tokens, account roles, account status, OAuth state and timestamps needed to operate secure sessions and protected administrative features. The browser receives a session cookie; server-side records use protected token representations.

Information you submit

Contact, listing and advertising forms may include names, contact details, project information, contract addresses and message content you choose to provide.

Community and technical information

Votes and community interactions may use an identifier and timestamps to enforce limits and calculate aggregate results. Standard server and analytics records may include page activity, device or browser characteristics, approximate network information, error information and request timestamps.

3. How information is used

We process information to:

  • authenticate users and maintain secure sessions;
  • enforce account roles and protect administrative actions;
  • respond to contact, listing and advertising submissions;
  • operate community voting and prevent duplicate or abusive activity;
  • maintain editorial records and attributable administrative audit history;
  • diagnose faults, secure the service and understand aggregate product usage;
  • comply with legal obligations and protect legitimate interests.

4. Cookies and analytics

Silex uses strictly functional cookies or local browser storage for sign-in sessions, OAuth safety, community-vote limits and similar product operation. Blocking these may prevent account or voting features from working.

In non-local environments, Silex uses PostHog EU Cloud for cookieless aggregate web analytics, interaction measurement and Web Vitals. PostHog uses a privacy-preserving server hash and does not place analytics cookies or use local or session storage in this mode. Silex does not enable PostHog person profiles or session replay, and respects the browser Do Not Track signal on a best-effort basis. Browser privacy settings and content-blocking tools may still limit analytics.

5. Service providers and external destinations

Information is shared only as needed to operate the service, comply with law or protect Silex and its users. Relevant recipients can include:

  • Discord or Google when you choose that provider for authentication;
  • hosting, infrastructure, email and analytics providers used to operate Silex;
  • authorities or professional advisers where disclosure is legally required or necessary to protect rights.

Project links, market embeds and other external destinations have their own privacy practices. Opening them may disclose information directly to that third party.

Silex does not sell personal information.

6. Retention

Information is kept only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, security and dispute handling, editorial accountability, or a legal obligation. Session and OAuth-state records expire according to configured security periods. Administrative audit records may be retained longer to preserve the integrity of editorial decisions.

7. Your choices and rights

Depending on applicable law, you may request access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection or portability concerning your personal information. You may also withdraw consent where processing relies on consent and lodge a complaint with a competent data-protection authority.

You can stop future connected-account sign-ins by revoking Silex access through the relevant provider. Revocation at the provider does not automatically erase information already held by Silex; contact us for an account-data request.

8. Security and international processing

Silex uses technical and organizational controls intended to protect account and administrative data, including signed sessions, CSRF protection, role enforcement, origin validation, rate limits and server-side audit attribution. No online service can guarantee absolute security.

Some providers may process information outside your country. Where required, appropriate safeguards should apply through those providers' terms and applicable data-transfer mechanisms.

9. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy as Silex or applicable requirements change. Revisions will be published here with an updated effective date.

10. Contact

For privacy questions or a data-rights request, use the current operator contact channel published through the official Silex community destination in the shared footer. Provide enough information to locate the relevant account or submission without sending secrets, passwords or private keys.