Tinesoft Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how Tinesoft collects, uses, stores, shares, and protects personal data in connection with the Tinesoft website, WorldLine, download guidance, documentation, support communications, Google Analytics, Patreon links, GitHub release links, and related services.

Tinesoft operates a lightweight global website. The Website does not currently provide its own account registration, its own website login system, or direct payment processing.

A Patreon button or membership link redirects the User to Patreon or another external membership platform. A GitHub release link redirects the User to GitHub or another external distribution page.

This Privacy Policy applies to:

1. Access to https://www.tinesoft.net/.
2. Use of Tinesoft web pages, notices, documentation, and download guidance.
3. Email inquiries sent to Tinesoft.
4. WorldLine-related support, bug reports, or feedback.
5. Google Analytics and similar website measurement activities.
6. Server-side download button click counting.
7. Any membership verification or supporter feature that Tinesoft may provide in connection with Patreon or another external platform.
8. Technical logs generated when the Website or related services are accessed.

This Privacy Policy does not control the privacy practices of GitHub, Patreon, Discord, X, Linktree, Google, hosting providers, payment processors, or other External Services when the User uses those services directly.

Tinesoft collects only the personal data reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

Tinesoft may use personal data for the following purposes:

1. To operate and maintain the Website.
2. To provide WorldLine information, documentation, and release guidance.
3. To link Users to official GitHub release pages or other official distribution channels.
4. To measure website usage through Google Analytics.
5. To count aggregate download button clicks.
6. To understand traffic, engagement, and release interest.
7. To respond to inquiries, feedback, and support requests.
8. To investigate bugs, errors, compatibility issues, or security issues.
9. To verify membership status if Patreon or similar integration is enabled.
10. To provide membership-related access or supporter features.
11. To prevent fraud, abuse, unauthorized access, scraping, spam, malware, or misuse.
12. To maintain service security and technical integrity.
13. To improve the Website, documentation, and WorldLine.
14. To comply with legal obligations and enforce Tinesoft's rights.
15. To resolve disputes and protect Users, Tinesoft, and third parties.

Where applicable data protection laws require a legal basis, Tinesoft processes personal data under one or more of the following bases:

1. Contract necessity: to provide requested services, software access, membership-related features, support, or communications.
2. Legitimate interests: to maintain security, prevent abuse, improve the Website and WorldLine, troubleshoot errors, count aggregate download button clicks, analyze general website usage, respond to inquiries, and protect Tinesoft's rights.
3. Consent: where the User voluntarily submits information, opts into a feature, authorizes external account verification, or consents to optional cookies or analytics where required.
4. Legal obligation: where Tinesoft must retain, disclose, or process information to comply with applicable law.
5. Protection of rights and safety: where processing is necessary to protect Users, Tinesoft, External Services, or third parties.

Tinesoft may use cookies or similar technologies for:

1. Basic website operation.
2. Security and abuse prevention.
3. Load balancing or traffic routing.
4. Error detection.
5. Google Analytics measurement.
6. Understanding page usage and download-button interactions.
7. User preference storage, if applicable.

Google Analytics may use cookies or similar identifiers to measure website activity and distinguish sessions or users for analytics purposes.

Users can control cookies through their browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect certain website functions or prevent analytics measurement.

Where required by applicable law, Tinesoft may request the User's consent before using non-essential analytics cookies.

Tinesoft does not intentionally use cookies for behavioral advertising, remarketing, or sale of personal data unless expressly disclosed in an updated Privacy Policy or separate notice.

Users may limit or prevent Google Analytics measurement by:

1. Adjusting browser cookie settings.
2. Using private browsing or incognito modes, subject to their limitations.
3. Installing Google's Analytics opt-out browser add-on, where available.
4. Declining analytics cookies where a consent option is provided.
5. Contacting Tinesoft for privacy-related requests.

Some Google Analytics processing is controlled by Google under Google's own privacy terms and user controls.

Tinesoft retains personal data only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer period is required or permitted by applicable law.

General retention periods:

1. Website technical logs: normally up to 90 days, unless longer retention is necessary for security, abuse investigation, troubleshooting, or legal reasons.
2. Google Analytics user-level and event-level data: up to [2 months / 14 months], depending on the Google Analytics data retention setting configured by Tinesoft.
3. Google Analytics aggregated reports: may remain available according to Google Analytics settings, reporting structure, and Google's applicable policies.
4. Server-side download button click counts: aggregate click counts may be retained for as long as useful for product measurement, release planning, and historical statistics, because they are not intended to identify individual users.
5. Email inquiries and support records: normally up to 3 years after the last interaction, unless earlier deletion is appropriate or longer retention is required for dispute resolution or legal reasons.
6. Bug reports and diagnostic materials: normally up to 24 months after submission, unless needed for ongoing development, security, or dispute resolution.
7. Membership verification records: for the duration of the membership relationship or integration, plus a reasonable period for fraud prevention, access management, dispute resolution, and audit purposes.
8. Legal or enforcement records: as long as necessary to protect rights, comply with applicable law, or resolve disputes.

When personal data is no longer needed, Tinesoft deletes, anonymizes, or restricts it where reasonably possible.

Tinesoft does not sell personal data.

Tinesoft may share or make personal data available in limited circumstances:

1. Service providers: hosting providers, CDN providers, email providers, security tools, Google Analytics, error-reporting tools if used, or infrastructure providers.
2. External platforms: Patreon or another membership platform, only where needed for membership verification or User-authorized integration.
3. Legal compliance: courts, regulators, law enforcement, or other parties where required by applicable law or valid legal process.
4. Protection of rights: where necessary to prevent fraud, abuse, security threats, illegal activity, or violation of Tinesoft's rights.
5. Business transfer: if Tinesoft is involved in a merger, acquisition, restructuring, asset transfer, or similar transaction, personal data may be transferred as part of that transaction, subject to appropriate safeguards.
6. With User consent: where the User authorizes disclosure.

External Services process personal data under their own policies when the User interacts with them directly.

The Website may link to External Services such as GitHub, Patreon, Discord, X, Linktree, Google, or other platforms.

When the User clicks an external link or uses an external platform, the User's information may be processed by that external platform. Tinesoft does not control the privacy practices, security measures, cookies, payment systems, or account systems of External Services.

The User should review the privacy policy and terms of each External Service before using it.

Tinesoft operates a global online service. Personal data may be processed in countries other than the User's country of residence, depending on hosting, email, security, infrastructure, analytics, membership, or external platform providers.

Where applicable law requires safeguards for international transfers, Tinesoft will use reasonable measures such as contractual protections, appropriate service provider terms, data minimization, access controls, or other lawful transfer mechanisms.

By using the Website, Service, or WorldLine, the User understands that online services and external platforms may involve cross-border data processing.

Depending on the User's location and applicable law, the User may have rights to:

1. Access personal data.
2. Request correction of inaccurate data.
3. Request deletion of personal data.
4. Object to certain processing.
5. Restrict certain processing.
6. Request data portability.
7. Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
8. Opt out of sale or sharing of personal data where applicable.
9. Opt out of certain targeted advertising or profiling where applicable.
10. Lodge a complaint with a relevant data protection authority where applicable.

To exercise these rights, contact:

Tinesoft may need to verify the User's identity before fulfilling a request. Some requests may be limited where Tinesoft must retain data for security, legal compliance, dispute resolution, fraud prevention, or legitimate operational reasons.

Where applicable, residents of California or similar U.S. state privacy jurisdictions may request information about:

1. Categories of personal data collected.
2. Purposes for collection.
3. Categories of sources.
4. Categories of third parties to whom data is disclosed.
5. Categories of data sold or shared, if any.
6. Deletion of personal data, subject to exceptions.
7. Correction of inaccurate personal data.
8. Opt-out of sale or sharing, where applicable.
9. Non-discrimination for exercising privacy rights.

Tinesoft does not intentionally sell personal data and does not intentionally share personal data for cross-context behavioral advertising unless expressly disclosed.

Requests may be sent to:

Where applicable, Users in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, or similar jurisdictions may have rights to access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection, portability, consent withdrawal, and complaint to a relevant supervisory authority.

Tinesoft processes personal data based on the legal bases described in this Privacy Policy.

Requests may be sent to:

The Website, Service, and WorldLine are not intended for children under the age required by applicable law to use online services without parental consent.

Tinesoft does not knowingly collect personal data from children without appropriate consent. If a parent or guardian believes that a child has provided personal data to Tinesoft, they may contact:

Tinesoft will take reasonable steps to delete or restrict the data where required.

Tinesoft does not intentionally request sensitive personal data, such as government identification numbers, financial account credentials, health data, biometric data, precise private location data, political opinions, religious beliefs, or similar sensitive information.

Users should not include sensitive information in emails, bug reports, screenshots, logs, attachments, or support messages unless strictly necessary.

If Tinesoft receives unnecessary sensitive data, Tinesoft may delete or ignore it where appropriate.

Tinesoft uses reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect personal data, including where appropriate:

1. HTTPS or encrypted transport.
2. Access control.
3. Limited access to support and inquiry data.
4. Account security practices for administrative tools.
5. Log review and abuse detection.
6. Data minimization.
7. Secure deletion or restriction of unnecessary data.
8. Use of reputable infrastructure and service providers.

No online service, website, email system, software, or storage system is completely secure. Users are responsible for protecting their own devices, accounts, passwords, save files, backups, and external platform accounts.

Tinesoft does not currently make decisions with legal or similarly significant effects based solely on automated processing.

If Tinesoft introduces automated decision-making that materially affects Users, Tinesoft will update this Privacy Policy or provide an additional notice where required.

Because the Website does not currently provide a direct Tinesoft account system, most privacy requests will relate to email communications, support records, technical logs, Google Analytics data where reasonably identifiable, or membership verification records.

If Patreon or another external platform integration is used, the User may also need to manage authorization, account linking, membership status, cancellation, or deletion through that external platform.

For deletion or access requests related to Tinesoft-controlled data, contact:

Tinesoft may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.

When changes are made, Tinesoft will update the effective date. If changes are material, Tinesoft will make reasonable efforts to provide notice through the Website or another appropriate method.

Continued use of the Website, Service, or WorldLine after the updated Privacy Policy becomes effective means the User acknowledges the updated Privacy Policy.

For privacy questions, requests, or complaints, contact: