ToyChats Forum Privacy Policy

This privacy policy governs the use of the Internet forum at https://forum.toychats.com, operated by ToyChats Media Inc. By using the forum, you agree to the terms outlined in this policy.

What Information Do We Collect?

We collect information from you when you register on our forum at https://forum.toychats.com and gather data when you participate in the forum by reading, writing, and evaluating the content shared here.

When registering on our forum, you will be asked to provide your name and email address. You may visit our forum without registering; however, certain features, such as posting or replying, require registration. Your email address will be verified by an email containing a unique link. If that link is visited, we confirm that you control the email address.

When you are registered and posting, we record the IP address from which the post originates. We also retain server logs that include the IP address of every request to our server.

What Do We Use Your Information For?

The information we collect from you may be used in the following ways:

  • To personalize your experience — your information helps us better respond to your individual needs, such as customizing your forum experience.
  • To improve our forum — we continually strive to enhance our forum based on the information and feedback we receive from you.
  • To improve customer service — your information helps us respond more effectively to your customer service requests and support needs.
  • To send periodic emails — the email address you provide may be used to send you information, notifications about changes to topics, responses to your username, replies to inquiries, and other requests or questions related to your participation in the forum.

How Do We Protect Your Information?

We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you enter, submit, or access your personal information. These measures include:

  • Using secure protocols (e.g., HTTPS) for data transmission.
  • Storing sensitive data, such as passwords, in encrypted formats.
  • Limiting access to personal information to authorized personnel only.

What Is Your Data Retention Policy?

We will make a good faith effort to:

  • Retain server logs containing the IP address of all requests to this server for no more than 90 days. After this period, logs are securely deleted to protect your privacy.

Do We Use Cookies?

Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your web browser (if you allow). These cookies enable the forum to recognize your browser and, if you have a registered account, associate it with your account.

We use cookies to:

  • Understand and save your preferences for future visits.
  • Compile aggregate data about forum traffic and interaction to improve user experience and tools.

We use the following third-party services that may set cookies:

  • Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics: These services help us analyze forum traffic and user behavior to improve our services. They may set cookies to track user interactions anonymously.
  • Discourse: As the platform hosting our forum, Discourse uses cookies to manage user sessions, authentication, and preferences.

You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings. However, disabling cookies may affect your ability to use certain features of the forum.

Do We Disclose Any Information to Outside Parties?

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personally identifiable information to outside parties, except as described below:

  • Trusted Third Parties: We use Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, and Discourse to operate our forum and analyze usage. These third parties have access to certain data (e.g., IP addresses, usage patterns) but are contractually obligated to keep this information confidential and use it only to provide services to us.
  • Legal Compliance: We may release your information when we believe it is necessary to comply with the law, enforce our forum policies, or protect our or others’ rights, property, or safety.
  • Non-Personally Identifiable Information: We may share non-personally identifiable visitor information (e.g., aggregated usage statistics) with other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

Third-Party Links

Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include links to third-party products or services on our forum, such as links to https://toychats.com or other related sites. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We are not responsible or liable for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our forum and welcome any feedback about these sites.

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance

Our forum at https://forum.toychats.com, as well as all products and services offered by ToyChats Media Inc., are directed to individuals who are at least 13 years old. In compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13.

If you are under 13 years old, please do not use this forum or provide any personal information. If we discover that we have inadvertently collected personal information from a child under 13, we will promptly delete that information from our records. Parents or guardians who believe their child under 13 has provided personal information to us may contact us at contact@toychats.com to request its deletion.

Online Privacy Policy Only

This privacy policy applies only to information collected through our forum at https://forum.toychats.com and not to information collected offline.

Your Consent

By using our forum, you consent to this privacy policy.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page and update the “last updated” date below. For significant changes, we may also notify registered users via email or through a forum announcement.

This document is licensed under CC-BY-SA. It was last updated on March 24, 2025.