OctoPrint.orgPrivacy Policy
1. An overview of data protection
General
The following gives a simple overview of what happens to your personal information when you visit our website. Personal information is any data with which you could be personally identified. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our privacy policy found below.
Analytics and third-party tools
When visiting our website, statistical analyses may be made of your surfing behavior. This happens primarily using cookies and analytics. The analysis of your surfing behavior is usually anonymous, i.e. we will not be able to identify you from this data. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. Detailed information can be found in the following privacy policy.
You can object to this analysis. We will inform you below about how to exercise your options in this regard.
2. General information and mandatory information
Data protection
The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data as confidential and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.
If you use this website, various pieces of personal data will be collected. Personal information is any data with which you could be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what information we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.
Please note that data transmitted via the internet (e.g. via email communication) may be subject to security breaches. Complete protection of your data from third-party access is not possible.
Notice concerning the party responsible for this website
The party responsible for processing data on this website is:
Gina Häußge
c/o IP-Management #11901
Ludwig-Erhard-Str. 18
20459 Hamburg
Germany
Telephone: +49 6104 6893863
Email: privacy@octoprint.org
The responsible party is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (names, email addresses, etc.).
SSL or TLS encryption
This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and for the protection of the transmission of all content. You can recognize an encrypted connection in your browser’s address line when it changes from “http://” to “https://” and the lock icon is displayed in your browser’s address bar.
If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transfer to us cannot be read by third parties.
Opposition to promotional emails, mails or phone calls
We hereby expressly prohibit the use of contact data published in the context of website legal notice requirements with regard to sending promotional and informational materials not expressly requested. The website operator reserves the right to take specific legal action if unsolicited advertising material, such as email spam, is received.
3. Data collection on our website
Cookies
Some of our web pages use cookies. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain any viruses. Cookies help make our website more user-friendly, efficient, and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.
Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies.” They are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies remain in your device’s memory until you delete them. These cookies make it possible to recognize your browser when you next visit the site.
You can configure your browser to inform you about the use of cookies so that you can decide on a case-by-case basis whether to accept or reject a cookie. Alternatively, your browser can be configured to automatically accept cookies under certain conditions or to always reject them, or to automatically delete cookies when closing your browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.
Cookies which are necessary to allow electronic communications or to provide certain functions you wish to use (such as the shopping cart) are stored pursuant to Art. 6 paragraph 1, letter f of GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the storage of cookies to ensure an optimized service provided free of technical errors. If other cookies (such as those used to analyze your surfing behavior) are also stored, they will be treated separately in this privacy policy.
Server log files
The website provider automatically collects and stores information that your browser automatically transmits to us in “server log files”. These are:
- Browser type and browser version
- Operating system used
- Referrer URL
- Time of the server request
- IP address
These log files are used for security measures and are deleted after 30 days.
These data will not be combined with data from other sources.
The basis for data processing is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, which allows the processing of data to fulfill a contract or for measures preliminary to a contract.
4. Analytics and advertising
Plausible Analytics
We use the open source Plausible Analytics hosted on our plausible subdomain to count website visits, downloads,
etc. You can see the same data we can see on the public dashboard. No cookies are used and no personal data - not even
an IP address or browser user agent - is stored. For more information, see the Plausible Data Policy.
Carbon Ads
This website uses Carbon Ads, a service for including advertisements from BuySellAds.com Inc. (“BuySellAds”). It is operated by BuySellAds.com Inc., P.O. Box 55071 #30027, Boston, MA 02205-5071, USA.
Carbon Ads uses so-called “cookies”, which are text files stored in your computer that enable an analysis of the way you use the website.
The information generated by cookies relating to your use of this website (including your IP address), and delivery of advertising formats, is transmitted to a BuySellAds server in the US and stored there. This information can be passed on from BuySellAds to contracting parties of BuySellAds. However, BuySellAds will not merge your IP address with other data you have stored.
Carbon Ads cookies are stored based on Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior to optimize both its website and its advertising.
You can prevent the installation of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly. Please be aware that in this case, you may not be able to make full use of all the features of this website. By using this website, you agree to the processing of data relating to you and collected by Carbon Ads as described and for the purposes set out above.
Objecting to the collection of data
You can prevent the collection of your data by BuySellAds by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set to prevent ad display and by this your data from being collected on future visits to this site: Disable Carbon Ads.
For more information about how BuySellAds handles user data, see their data collection statement and their privacy policy: https://content.buysellads.com/articles/what-data-does-buysellads-collect/ and https://carbonads.net/privacy.php.
5. Plugins and tools
YouTube
Our website uses plugins from YouTube, which is operated by Google. The operator of the pages is YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.
If you visit one of our pages featuring a YouTube plugin and click on the preview, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. Here the YouTube server is informed about which of our pages you have visited.
If you’re logged in to your YouTube account, YouTube allows you to associate your browsing behavior directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.
YouTube is used to help make our website appealing. This constitutes a justified interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
Further information about handling user data can be found in the data protection declaration of YouTube under https://www.google.de/intl/en/policies/privacy.
Comment function
The comment function available on this website is provided by our forum at community.octoprint.org.
To use the comment function you’ll need to register at and log into community.octoprint.org. Further information about handling user data can be found in the privacy policy of community.octoprint.org at https://community.octoprint.org/privacy.
GitHub integration on plugins.octoprint.org
The GitHub integration on plugins.octoprint.org is provided by a custom service run by us hosted on the same server which acts as an API proxy.
The login session with GitHub is stored exclusively on the user’s machine in form of a session cookie. The user’s browser will send this session cookie to the server, which unpacks it, uses it to perform actions with GitHub on behalf of the user, and then throw the session information away again once the request is processed. At no point is session information or personable identifiable information of the user persisted in any way.