Hello World!
The Lemmy.World Terms of Service was recently updated, and we have also published 3 new documents set to be in use, starting from today. These documents are:
- The Privacy Policy, which may be found at https://legal.lemmy.world/privacy-policy/
- The Cookie Policy, which may be found at https://legal.lemmy.world/cookie-policy/
- The Fair Use Policy, which may be found at https://legal.lemmy.world/fair-use/
they’re too long, didn’t read
Okay.
Here are some simplified explanations to save you from the trouble. This update of our documentation was made to further reassure transparency towards our users, to comply with applicable laws to the best of our abilities, and to make it more convenient for all of us to use Lemmy.World safely.
The Changes Made to the Terms of Service
Highlights:
- Section 8 was updated to refer to our new documents.
- Section 5 was updated to further accommodate some of our communities, which were requesting exemptions from the previous version.
- The minimum age was raised from 16 to 18.
https://legal.lemmy.world/tos/
The Privacy Policy in Short
We don’t collect any real data from you. The only actual data we do collect are your username, password, the e-mail address you provide, and your Internet Protocol(IP) address.
We will never share your data with anyone for any reason, unless you do illegal stuff.
https://legal.lemmy.world/privacy-policy/
What’s the Fair Use Policy?
The Fair Use Policy defines the main user and bot rules, and it is made so that rules of conduct and participation are easier for our users to read and access.
https://legal.lemmy.world/fair-use/
The Cookie Policy
Lemmy.World uses cookies like any other website. If you’d like to learn more or disable cookies, then visit the relevant link to our Cookie Policy.
https://legal.lemmy.world/cookie-policy/
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Upon these bits of info, we are also dying to tell you about why are we even bothering with any of this at all, and much more about our efforts and struggles that we hadn’t had the time to tell you yet. But let that be a topic for our next post, haha :) stay safe, and with love!
Lemmy.World
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Thanks for maintaining this site so welcoming, transparently, and professionally!
On the 18+ age restriction, it’s possible that there are users in the !autism@lemmy.world community that are under 18 years old, but get a lot of benefit from being a part of the community. Is there a way we can eventually have an adjustment to the terms of some sort that allows adolescents (say 16 & 17 y/o) from partaking in the community openly with their age?
Edit: !autism@lemmy.world would be willing to develop a set of rules that ensure the community is considerate of 16 & 17 y/o users.
Hello @BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world I appreciate your inquiry. And while in my heart I would like to allow this on-the-go, in reality it would also raise a multitude of concerns, and require us to review the safety of this situation regularly. I will consider an adjustment and discuss it with other staff when possible, and be sure to get back to you.
I appreciate your response and your concerns and think they are completely reasonable. Thank you for considering it! We’ll standby at !autism@lemmy.world and let the users know that if we find out they are under 18, we will have to remove them.
The links to the Fair Use policy are broken. They use an underscore instead of a dash, which is giving me a 404 on mobile.
the information was updated.
Yes, this is because we have just moved the legal page into a different UI with all its content, and so some of the links on the post may not be correct. I will update them as soon as I can and notify you.
Both the advantage and disadvantage of being the largest instance is that you will be more likely to need to be the most thorough with Data Processing and faced with the most scrutiny, but should have more resources (if people donate) to have a sophisticated policy in place.
Very much appreciated, team 👊
❤❤❤❤ thank you for all the hard work!!!
What does it mean that e-mail, username and passwords must be complete and true? No anonymous e-mail? No unique usernames for Lemmy, it must correlate with an external service?
What are your demands for content federated to you?
How does it work if a user wants to delte their account and all relevant data as per GDPR or similar if it’s federated?
Update: How does the 18+ rule relate to users on instances with lower or no age requirements?
I’m not trying to be negative, I think we all are trying to figure out how this new methods of interaction can safely occur between both users and instances.
Okay.
What does it mean that e-mail, username and passwords must be complete and true?
Burner e-mails are not allowed on Lemmy.World. Any content in conflict with the Terms of Service is also not allowed, usernames also being content. Passwords must be complete and true in the sense they should meet the security requirements of Lemmy(World) during sign-up, and this standard be maintained during any other later change.
What are your demands for content federated to you?
We have not a Federation Policy in place, as does no one. Any content visible on Lemmy.World(which also includes federated content) would be moderated in accordance to the Fair Use Policy of Lemmy.World.
How does the 18+ rule relate to users on instances with lower or no age requirements?
This rule, as well as simply serving to fulfill legal obligations, is also an extension of a statement from our Privacy Policy, which states in case we realize an user is underage, we will delete all data associated with them, including their account. Since the Lemmy software does not run a feature to check or confirm user age, this policy is only to be enforced upon moments of being made aware. As with our local users, upon the moment of realization, a federated underage user would also be restricted from interacting with our instance, and any data associated with them deleted.
How does it work if a user wants to delte their account and all relevant data as per GDPR or similar if it’s federated?
When requested appropriately and confirmed by us for security purposes, we will(and do) gladly delete all of an individual’s data that we have. We are not responsible of what content is in other websites.
Thank you for the reply and clarifications.
I can see some potential issues and some terms I absolutely disagree with.
Like disallowing burner e-mails, for the large parts an unenforceable rule (unenforceable “dormant” rules tend to erode respect for the enforceable rules in my experience).
It’s also a bit worrisome that (from what i understand of the fair use policy) if someone pulls a community from, say my instance, where I state “I don’t understand the rules of Lemmy.world, some of them seem unenforceable” I could per the rules get banned from your instance.
The things I disagree with is a non-issue, we live on different instances and I respect all admins right to decide what they allow on their instance. The things I find worrisome would impact the interconnectivity of the fediverse. I’m still anticipating a split in the lemmyverse.
Let’s see how it goes, so far I have a good impression of Lemmy.world and wish you good luck with your new rules.
