• If you were supposed to get an email from the forum but didn't (e.g. to verify your account for registration), email Wes at [email protected] or talk to me on Discord for help. Sometimes the server hits our limit of emails we can send per hour.
  • Get in our Discord chat! Discord.gg/stararmy
  • 📅 February and March 2024 are YE 46.2 in the RP.

Privacy Enhancements, etc.

You've probably noticed that a lot of websites are making some privacy enhancements lately since the EU's General Data Protection Regulation is taking effect this month. Since Star Army has EU members, Star Army is also going to going to do its best to follow the law and while there's not really many changes SARP needs to make (since we're not really in the business of collecting personally-identifiable user data like a certain social media giant), I will be making adjustments to things like our privacy policy and certain features on the forum.

For starters
  • Star Army's forum will no longer display a special banner for you on your birthday. This is to give you better control over your privacy since the birthday could be used to help identify you.
  • That stupid notice you see everywhere about cookies will be displayed the first time you visit Star Army. Sorry.
  • "Receive site mailings" option will be disabled by default for new users and they will have to opt in to get those emails (I don't use this much anyway)
Near future:
  • The next version of Xenforo (2.0.6) has an option to anonymize IP addresses in Google Analytics, which I plan to enable
  • XF 2.0.6: XML Export will be available for your personal information (data portability)
  • XF 2.0.6: User accounts can be renamed and deleted at the same time (right to erasure) - Note: your RP posts are not personal information and would still be retained if you delete your account.
 
just with the birthday banners, do you mean it has been completely removed or only if your birthday is hidden. Not really bothered either way just like to clarify things.
 
just with the birthday banners, do you mean it has been completely removed or only if your birthday is hidden. Not really bothered either way just like to clarify things.
They've been completely removed.
 
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