Privacy Policy

Who We Are

Our website address is: https://www.apkrealm.com, and we are fully committed to protecting the privacy of every visitor who spends time on our platform, because your trust matters to us and we want to be completely transparent about how we handle your information.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on APKRealm, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor's IP address and browser user agent string, which helps us with spam detection and keeps the comment section clean and genuine for everyone, and an anonymized string created from your email address, also known as a hash, may be shared with the Gravatar service to check whether you're using it, with their full privacy policy available at https://automattic.com/privacy/, and once your comment is approved, your profile picture becomes visible to the public alongside your comment.

Media

If you choose to upload images to APKRealm, it's worth keeping in mind that you should avoid uploading images that contain embedded location data, also known as EXIF GPS data, because visitors to the website can download those images and extract any location information that may be stored within them.

Cookies

Leaving a comment on our site gives you the option to save your name, email address, and website in cookies purely for your convenience, so you don't have to fill in your details all over again the next time you leave a comment, and these cookies will remain active for one year.

When you visit our login page, a temporary cookie is set to check whether your browser accepts cookies, and this cookie contains no personal data whatsoever and is removed as soon as you close your browser, so there's nothing stored beyond that brief check.

Logging into your account sets up several cookies that save your login information and screen display preferences, with login cookies lasting two days and screen option cookies lasting one year, and if you select the Remember Me option your login will stay active for two weeks, while logging out removes all login cookies immediately.

If you edit or publish an article on the site, an additional cookie is saved in your browser that simply records the post ID of the article you just worked on, contains no personal data, and expires automatically after one day.

Embedded Content From Other Websites

Articles published on APKRealm may include embedded content such as videos, images, or other media from external websites, and this embedded content behaves in exactly the same way as if you had visited those other websites directly, meaning they may collect data about you, use their own cookies, include additional third-party tracking, and monitor how you interact with that content, particularly if you already have an account on those platforms and are logged in at the time.

Who We Share Your Data With

If you ever request a password reset, your IP address will be included as part of the reset email that gets sent out, and beyond that we do not share your personal data with third parties outside of what is described in this privacy policy.

How Long We Retain Your Data

Comments and their associated metadata are kept indefinitely so that we can automatically recognize and approve any follow-up comments without having to hold them in a moderation queue each time, and for users who register on APKRealm, the personal information provided in their profile is stored securely, with every user having the ability to view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time, with the exception of their username, while website administrators are also able to view and manage that information when necessary.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

If you have an account on APKRealm or have left comments on the site, you have the right to request a full exported file of all the personal data we hold about you, including anything you have provided to us directly, and you can also request that we erase any personal data we hold, with the understanding that this does not cover any data we are required to keep for administrative, legal, or security reasons.

Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments submitted on APKRealm may be checked through an automated spam detection service as part of our commitment to keeping the platform safe, clean, and trustworthy for every member of our community.