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title: "Write for us!"
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Have some privacy knowledge? We would love your contributions! We are offering bounties between $100 and $300 per article on a variety of privacy-related topics and guides.
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If you are interested, please email [jonah@privacyguides.org](mailto:jonah@privacyguides.org) with the topic(s) you'd like to write about. **Written content must be original**, accurate, well-referenced, and meet a number of criteria prior to payout. Articles should typically be around 1000-2000 words, you want to get the point across entirely, but not overfilled with unnecessary information that makes it difficult for beginners to follow. Familiarity with GitHub and Markdown is not a must, but will make the process significantly easier for both of us.
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These are some topic ideas. If you want to write about something not in this list that you feel is important, suggest it via email. If you want clarity on any of these topics, please ask. Prices indicated are estimates.
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We can not accept articles about closed-source software, paid software, or promotional content. We can’t reprint content that has already been published elsewhere. All payouts are at editorial discretion. We publish all content under the [CC0 1.0 Universal License](https://github.com/privacyguides/privacyguides.org/blob/main/LICENSE), this means you are releasing your work to the public domain to the greatest extent legally possible.
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We strongly encourage submitting a strong outline before writing a full article, with enough detail for our editorial team to assess the quality and scope of the article.
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## Introductory Articles (\$100-$200)
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### Introduction to Privacy / Privacy Overview
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A well sourced article on why privacy matters; how your privacy is invaded by big tech companies, malicious actors, and state-sponsored organizations; and why people should care.
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### Mass Surveillance
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A well sourced article on mass surveillance programs. This should primarily focus on state-sponsored programs but could cover corporate surveillance as well.
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### Differentiating Security, Privacy, and Anonymity
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These are three distinct but often conflated topics:
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- **Security** generally refers to how protected you are from unauthorized users accessing your data. You can be secure without privacy by giving your data to Google, for example. Google has never had a data breach, but they still might have deep personal info on you themselves.
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- **Privacy** generally refers to the prevention of your personal data from being observed. This ranges on a per-person basis, consider it the ability to control the information people know about you.
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- **Anonymity** generally refers to your identity being completely unknown/untraceable. This is sometimes but not always desirable, depending on the context.
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### Open Source
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A well sourced article on why open-source tools are important in building a more privacy-friendly future.
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### Security Basics
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A well sourced overview of security best-practices, such as:
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- Password manager use (and how they protect you from data breaches)
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- MFA/2FA
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- Masking Emails/Payments
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- etc.
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We are not suggesting specific tools here necessarily, just going over the concepts in detail.
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## "How Things Work" Articles ($100)
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750-1500 word explainers on a variety of topics.
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- How HTTPS/TLS works
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- How websites usually secure your data
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- How disk encryption works
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- How Tor works
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- etc.
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## Advanced Topics (\$200-$300)
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### Identity Theft/Damage Control
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A guide on the steps to take after being a victim of identity theft
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### Internet Cleanup
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A guide on scrubbing the internet/social media of personal information to the greatest extent possible.
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permalink: /terms-and-notices/
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title: "Notices and Disclaimers"
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description: "Privacy Guides is provided with good intentions on an "as-is" basis, without warranty, and disclaiming liability for damages."
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## Legal Disclaimer
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<span class="lead">Privacy Guides is not a law firm. As such, the Privacy Guides website and contributors are not providing legal advice. The material and recommendations in our website and guides do not constitute legal advice nor does contributing to the website or communicating with Privacy Guides or other contributors about our website create an attorney-client relationship.</span>
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Running this website, like any human endeavor, involves uncertainty and trade-offs. We hope this website helps, but it may include mistakes and can’t address every situation. If you have any questions about your situation, we encourage you to do your own research, seek out other experts, and engage in discussions with the Privacy Guides community. If you have any legal questions, you should consult with your own legal counsel before moving forward.
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Privacy Guides is an open source project contributed to under licenses that include terms that, for the protection of the website and its contributors, make clear that the Privacy Guides project and website is offered "as-is", without warranty, and disclaiming liability for damages resulting from using the website or any recommendations contained within. Privacy Guides does not warrant or make any representations concerning the accuracy, likely results, or reliability of the use of the materials on the website or otherwise relating to such materials on the website or on any third-party sites linked on this site.
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Privacy Guides additionally does not warrant that this website will be constantly available, or available at all.
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## Licenses
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<span class="lead">Unless otherwise noted, all content on this website is made freely available under the terms of the [Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal](https://github.com/privacyguides/privacyguides.org/blob/main/LICENSE).</span>
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This does not include third-party code embedded in this repository, or code where a superseding license is otherwise noted. The following are notable examples, but this list may not be all-inclusive:
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* [Sortable](https://github.com/privacyguides/privacyguides.org/blob/main/assets/js/sortable.min.js) is under the MIT license. See: [github.com/HubSpot/sortable/raw/master/LICENSE](https://github.com/HubSpot/sortable/raw/master/LICENSE)
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Portions of this notice itself were adopted from [opensource.guide](https://github.com/github/opensource.guide/blob/master/notices.md) on GitHub. That resource and this page itself are released under [CC-BY-4.0](https://github.com/github/opensource.guide/blob/master/LICENSE).
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This means that you can use the human-readable content in this repository for your own project, per the terms outlined in the CC0 1.0 Universal text. You **may not** use the Privacy Guides branding in your own project without express approval from this project. Privacy Guides's brand trademarks include the "Privacy Guides" wordmark and shield logo.
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We believe that the logos and other images in `assets` obtained from third-party providers are either in the public domain or **fair use**. In a nutshell, legal [fair use doctrine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use) allows the use of copyrighted image in order to identify the subject matter for purposes of public comment. However, these logos and other images may still be subject to trademark laws in one or more jurisdictions. Before using this content, please ensure that it is used to identify the entity or organization that owns the trademark and that you have the right to use it under the laws which apply in the circumstances of your intended use. *When copying content from this website, you are solely responsible for ensuring that you do not infringe someone else's trademark or copyright.*
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When you contribute to this repository you are doing so under the above licenses.
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## Acceptable Use
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<span class="lead">You may not use this website in any way that causes or may cause damage to the website or impairment of the availability or accessibility of Privacy Guides, or in any way which is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent, harmful, or in connection with any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent, or harmful purpose or activity.</span>
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You must not conduct any systematic or automated data collection activities on or in relation to this website without express written consent from Aragon Ventures LLC, including:
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* Excessive Automated Scans
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* Denial of Service Attacks
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* Scraping
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* Data Mining
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* 'Framing' (IFrames)
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permalink: /privacy-policy/
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title: "Privacy Policy"
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description: "This Privacy Statement explains what information Privacy Guides and its related entities collect about its users, what we do with that information, and how we handle the content you place in our products and services."
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## Who is Privacy Guides?
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Privacy Guides is a community project operated by a number of active volunteer contributors. The public list of team members [can be found on GitHub](https://github.com/orgs/privacyguides/people).
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## How does Privacy Guides collect data about me?
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We collect data:
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* When you browse a website, forum, or other Privacy Guides service.
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* When you create an account on a Privacy Guides service.
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* When you post, send private messages, or otherwise participate on a Privacy Guides service.
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This data will be collected regardless of browser, device, or app used to access our services. We do not buy or otherwise receive data from data brokers.
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## What data do you collect and why?
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### We collect data about visits to our websites
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When you visit a Privacy Guides website or service, regardless of whether you have an account or not, the website may use cookies, server logs, and other methods to collect the following data:
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* What pages you visit,
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* Your anonymized IP address: We anonymize the last 3 bytes of your IP, e.g. 192.xxx.xxx.xxx.
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We use this data to:
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* Optimize websites and services, so that they are quick and easy to use,
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* Diagnose and debug technical errors,
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* Defend websites and services from abuse and technical attacks.
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This data is processed under our [Legitimate Interest](https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protection/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/legitimate-interests/when-can-we-rely-on-legitimate-interests/) to provide our services to you in a an efficient and secure manner and to ensure the legal compliance and proper administration of our business.
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Raw data such as pages visited, anonymized visitor IPs, and visitor actions will be retained for 60 days. In special circumstances—such as extended investigations regarding a technical attack—we may preserve logged data for longer periods for analysis. We store aggregate statistics about use of the websites and services we host indefinitely, but those statistics do not include data identifiable to you personally.
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### We collect account data
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On some websites and services we provide, many features may require an account. For example, an account may be required to post and reply to topics on a forum platform.
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To sign up for most accounts, we will collect a name, username, email, and password. In the event a website requires more information than just that data, that will be clearly marked and noted in a separate privacy statement per-site.
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We use your account data to identify you on the website and to create pages specific to you, such as your profile page. We will also use your account data to publish a public profile for you on our services.
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We use your email to:
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* Notify you about posts and other activity on the websites or services.
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* Reset your password and help keep your account secure.
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* Contact you in special circumstances related to your account.
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* Contact you about legal requests, such as DMCA takedown requests.
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On some websites and services you may provide additional information for your account, such as a short biography, avatar, your location, or your birthday. We make that information available to everyone who can access the website or service in question. This information is not required to use any of our services and can be erased at any time.
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We will store your account data as long as your account remains open. After closing an account, we may retain some or all of your account data in the form of backups or archives for up to 90 days.
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## Who is my data shared with?
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When you use services provided by Privacy Guides your data is processed by our web hosting provider, Aragon Ventures LLC, in order to facilitate their hosting obligations. Aragon Ventures LLC may collect and use your data as described in their privacy statement at [https://aragon.ventures/privacy](https://aragon.ventures/privacy/).
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Your account data, posts, and other activities on Privacy Guides services is shared with others as mentioned in the section about account data.
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## Where is my data stored?
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The primary datacenter for Privacy Guides is located in Finland. Some websites, services, or backups may reside in datacenters in multiple jurisdictions, including the United States and the European Union.
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## Is Privacy Guides GDPR compliant?
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We respect privacy rights under [Regulation (EU) 2016/679](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2016.119.01.0001.01.ENG), the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Information that GDPR requires us to give can be found throughout this document.
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## What are my data protection rights?
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We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:
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* **The right to access** – You have the right to request access to your personal data or copies of your personal data from us. We may charge you a small fee for providing a copy of your data.
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* **The right to rectification** – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or incomplete.
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* **The right to erasure** – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
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* **The right to restrict processing** – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
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* **The right to object to processing** – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
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* **The right to data portability** – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization or directly to you under certain conditions.
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## How can I contact the Privacy Guides team about privacy?
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The Privacy Guides team generally does not have access to personal data outside of limited access granted via some moderation panels. Inquiries regarding your personal information should be sent directly to the data controller for these services, Aragon Ventures LLC:
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Jonah Aragon
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Services Administrator, Aragon Ventures LLC
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jonah@privacyguides.org
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```
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For all other inquiries, you can contact any member of our team.
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For complaints under GDPR more generally, European Union users may lodge complaints with their local data protection supervisory authorities.
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## How can I find out about changes to this document?
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This version of our privacy statement took effect April 4th, 2022.
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We will post any new versions of this statement on [this page](/about/privacy-policy.md). We may change how we announce changes in future versions of this document. In the meantime we may update our contact information at any time without announcing a change. Please refer to [this page](/about/privacy-policy.md) for the latest contact information at any time.
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A full revision history of this page can be found on GitHub.
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