We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.

Personal Data You Provide:

• Account Information: When you register for an account, we collect your username and email address.
• Payment Information: For paid "Claimant" accounts, you will be asked to provide payment information. We do not collect or store your payment card details. That information is provided directly to our third-party payment processors (e.g., Stripe), whose use of your personal information is governed by their own Privacy Policy.

User-Generated Content (UGC):

This includes all content you create and save within the Service, including the association of SREF codes with your custom names, uploaded example images associated with your codes, and tags, notes, and other metadata. The privacy status of your UGC is determined by your account tier and actions you take within the Service.

Usage Data (Collected Automatically):

We automatically collect information on how the Service is accessed and used, including your computer's Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, interactions with service features, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data. We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Service.

We use the collected data for the following purposes:

• To Provide and Maintain Our Service: To manage your account, process subscriptions, and deliver the core features of the SMC platform.
• To Manage Content Visibility: To display public content to the community and manage the private status of a "Claimant" account's content, according to your settings and account tier.
• To Communicate With You: To send you important service-related notices, security alerts, and support messages. We may also send marketing communications, from which you can opt out.
• For Analytics and Improvement: To monitor and analyze usage patterns to understand how our Service is used, which allows us to improve its functionality, user experience, and features.
• To Enforce Our Terms: To enforce our Terms and Conditions and other policies, including our right to terminate accounts for violations.

We do not sell your personal information. We may share your information in the following limited circumstances:

• Publicly Shared Information: A core feature of SMC is its community aspect. All User-Generated Content created by users with a free "Miner" account is public by default and is visible to and usable by all other users of the Service. Content set to "public" by "Claimant" users is also shared in this manner.
• Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party vendors who perform services for us, such as cloud hosting (e.g., Supabase, Vercel), payment processing (e.g., Stripe), and analytics. These service providers are contractually obligated to safeguard your data and only use it for the purposes we specify.
• Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if we are required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency).
• Business Transfers: If Abbreviated Media is involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Your control over your User-Generated Content (UGC) is a key part of the SMC Service. The privacy and retention of your content depend on your account tier and the actions you take.

Account Tiers and Content Status:

• Miner Account (Free): All UGC you create (codes, images, tags) is public by default and cannot be made private. It is available for all users to view, favorite, and use.
• Claimant Account (Paid): You have the ability to mark your UGC as private. Private content is not visible to other users.

Impact of Account Changes on Your Content:

The following table explains what happens to your content when you change your subscription status or delete your account.

⚠️ Important Warning: If you are a "Claimant" user who needs to maintain the long-term privacy of your SREF codes for business or other reasons, we strongly advise against deleting your account.

Account Termination by SREF Mining Co.:

We reserve the right to terminate any account for violations of our Terms and Conditions. In the event of such a termination, all of your content (public and private) will be handled at our sole discretion. It may be permanently deleted or migrated to a corporate-level account to remain available for community use.

You have certain rights regarding the personal data we hold about you. Depending on your location, these may include rights under regulations like GDPR or CCPA/CPRA.

• The Right to Access and Update: You can review and update your account information at any time through your account settings.
• The Right to Erasure (Deletion): You can request the deletion of your account and personal data. To do so, please contact us. Please be aware of the consequences for your User-Generated Content as described in Section 5.
• The Right to Opt-Out of Sale/Sharing (CCPA/CPRA): We do not "sell" your personal information as commonly understood. However, under California law, you have the right to opt-out of the "sharing" of your data for cross-context behavioral advertising. As our primary sharing is for community features and service provision, these rights are primarily exercised by controlling your content's public/private status and managing cookies.
• The Right to Withdraw Consent: Where we rely on consent to process your data, you have the right to withdraw it at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at privacy@abbreviatedmedia.com.