Weird Gloop

Privacy

Updated on 31 January 2025

We’re committed to protecting the privacy of all of our users across our sites and services, whether you are a reader or a contributor. When you use any of the sites that we operate, we as data controller, collect, process, store, disclose, and use your information in accordance with this policy. Please read this policy carefully and contact us if there are any questions about Weird Gloop’s handling of your information.

Definitions

  • “our services” / “sites” - Any of the websites and services provided by Weird Gloop USA, Inc. This includes but is not limited to the RuneScape Wikis (runescape.wiki), Minecraft Wiki (minecraft.wiki), and the Weird Gloop website (weirdgloop.org).
  • “Weird Gloop” / “us” / “we” / “our” - Weird Gloop USA, Inc., the company that operates the aforementioned sites and provides their associated services.
  • “you” / “your” - You, regardless of whether you are an individual, group, or organization, and regardless of whether you are using our sites and services on behalf of yourself or someone else.
  • “this policy” / “this privacy policy” - This document, entitled the “Weird Gloop Privacy Policy”.
  • “contributions” - Content you add or changes you make to any of our sites.
  • “personal information” / “personal data” - Information, either provided to or collected by Weird Gloop, that could be used to personally identify you.
  • “service providers” / “partners” / “third parties” - individuals or entities not controlled, managed, or operated by Weird Gloop, which may be used to process, analyze, or share your personal information as outlined in this policy.

Data We Collect

We collect information about users as they take part in certain activities on our sites. Most notably, basic user information is collected during the registration of a new user account on any of our sites, which may include but is not limited to email addresses and full names. While using our sites, other demographic data such as gender and age may also be collected if the user chooses to disclose that information.

Contributions

When you make a contribution to any of our sites, you are creating a permanent, public record of every piece of content added, removed, or altered by you. Public historical records will show when your contribution was made, as well as your username (if you are signed in) or your IP address (if you are not signed in). Any of this information is visible on the internet and can be found by search engines. Public contributions are associated with the user that contributed them and this information will be visible on the site.

Account Information

You are not required to create a user account to read or contribute to any of our sites. Some features however, such as the ability to upload files, require a user account for attribution purposes. Creating a new user account requires only a user name and password. An email address and real name can optionally be provided for account recovery and attribution purposes.

Information Received Automatically

When you request a page on any of our sites, the web server automatically collects information about you, such as the your IP address, browser version and type, type and version of your operating system, the URL that referred you to this site, and in some cases the name of your internet service provider or mobile carrier. This data is used to provide a better experience for our users through determining ways to improve, administrate, and customise our site.

Actively Collected Information

We actively collect some types of information with a variety of commonly-used technologies, which can include tracking pixels, JavaScript, our users’ local storage, and cookies. Depending on which technology we use, locally stored data can be anything from text and pictures, to personal information (like your IP address) and information about your use of our sites (like your username or the time of your visit). We use cookies to personalize your experience and retain preferences that you set. Some cookies that are in use are essential for our sites to function, including those that allow us to keep our users logged in for a duration of time.

How We Use Data

We use the collected data for various purposes:

  1. To send administrative information to you, such as changes to our policies.
  2. To arrange access to your account and provide you with related service.
  3. To allow you to participate in interactive features when you choose to do so.
  4. To develop new features and otherwise improve our services.
  5. To monitor and analyze the usage of our services.
  6. To detect, prevent and address technical issues.
  7. To fight spam, identity theft, malware and other kinds of abuse.

When processing personal data for the purposes no. 1 and 4-7 above, we do this on the basis of our legitimate business interests. Processing for the purposes of nos. 2 and 3 is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party.

Data Sharing

We will access, use, preserve, and/or disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to satisfy a valid and legally enforceable warrant, subpoena, court order, law or regulation in the countries where we are present, or other judicial or administrative order. We may disclose your personal information in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

  • To comply with a legal obligation
  • To protect and defend the rights or property of Weird Gloop
  • To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with our services
  • To protect the personal safety of users of our services or the public
  • To protect against legal liability

This site uses cookies and similar tracking technologies such as the Common ID cookie to provide its services. Cookies are important devices for measuring advertising effectiveness and ensuring a robust online advertising industry. The Common ID cookie stores a unique user id in the first party domain and is accessible to our ad partners. This simple ID that can be utilized to improve user matching, especially for delivering ads to iOS and MacOS browsers. Users can opt out of the Common ID tracking cookie by clicking here.

Advertising Privacy Settings

FOR EU USERS ONLY: When you use our site, pre-selected companies may access and use certain information on your device and about your interests to serve ads or personalized content. You may revisit or change consent choices at any time by clicking here.

Playwire

Playwire, as a third party vendor, serves advertisements to users on our sites. For more information on how Playwire uses your information, visit Playwire’s privacy policy page.

Data Management

Data Security

We use a variety of physical and technical measures, policies, and procedures to protect your data from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. However, no method of data transmission or storage is 100% secure, so we can’t guarantee that our security will not be breached (by technical measures or through violation of our policies and procedures).

In the event of a data breach, we will promptly inform any affected users either through private communications or a public notice, as well as any relevant authorities.

Data Retention

We keep any identifiable information we have for the shortest possible time, in accordance with law. Most identifiable information, such as private information attached to edits, is deleted after 90 days unless specifically needed for legal or security concerns. Non-private information, such as contributions to the site, may be kept indefinitely subject to our licensing.

Your Rights

Weird Gloop aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your personal information and data. If you wish to be informed what information we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us. In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:

  • The right to access, update or to delete the information we have on you. Whenever made possible, you can access, update or request deletion of your information directly within your account settings section. If you are unable to perform these actions yourself, please contact us to assist you.
  • The right of rectification. You have the right to request that we correct any information about you that you believe is inaccurate or incomplete.
  • The right to object. You have the right to object to our processing of your personal information.
  • The right of restriction. You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information.
  • The right to data portability. You have the right to request a copy of the information we have on you in a structured, machine-readable and commonly used format.
  • The right to withdraw consent. You also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time where Weird Gloop relied on your consent to process your personal information.
  • The right to lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority.

Children’s Privacy

All users, including children, are able to contribute to many of our services without disclosing or adding any kind of personal information about themselves. We take reasonable efforts to discourage children from disclosing any kind of personal information about themselves on our sites, as well as to keep any self-disclosed personal information they published about themselves removed, reported, and hidden from view.

If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information without your consent, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from children without parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.

Changes to This Policy

Our privacy policy may change on occasion. Changes to the policy will be reflected on this page, and are effective when posted on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. This privacy policy was last updated on 31 January 2025.

Contact Us

If you would like to contact us regarding any concerns with, or if there is a violation or possible violation of this policy, please contact us at meta.weirdgloop.org/w/Special:Contact or support@weirdgloop.org. All communications will be treated as confidential.