Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how information about you is collected, used, and disclosed by ecosyste.ms and its fiscal host Open Source Collective.

This Privacy Policy applies to information we collect when you use our website and online services (collectively, the “Services”) or when you otherwise interact with us.

Collection of Information

Information You Provide to Us

We collect information you provide directly to us. For example, we collect information when you create an account, participate in any interactive features of the Services, fill out a form, make a payment, request customer support or otherwise communicate with us. The types of information we may collect include your name, email address, payment method information and any other information you choose to provide.

Information We Collect Automatically

When you access or use our Services, we automatically collect information about you, including:

Log Information

We collect log information about your use of the Services, including the type of browser you use, access times, pages viewed, your IP address and the page you visited before navigating to our Services.

Information Collected by Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

We use various technologies to collect information, including cookies, local storage and web beacons. Cookies are small data files stored on your hard drive or in device memory that help us improve our Services and your experience, see which areas and features of our Services are popular and count visits. Local Storage similarly enables our Services to store data (like login tokens) securely in your browser and unlike cookies, it's not sent to the server on every request. Web beacons are electronic images that may be used in our Services or emails and help deliver cookies, count visits and understand usage and campaign effectiveness. For more information about cookies, and how to disable them, please see "Your Choices" below.

Information We Collect From Other Sources

ecosyste.ms indexes information from a number of public data sources including repository hosts like GitHub, GitLab, BitBucket, Forejo, and Gitea alongside package managers like Rubygems, NPM, PyPi, Crates and Cocoapods. For a complete list of sources see https://repos.ecosyste.ms/ and https://packages.ecosyste.ms/ respectively.

Use of Information

We use publicly available information and information provided to us to provide the services. We may use information about you for various purposes, including to:

  • Provide, maintain and improve our Services, and develop new products and services;
  • Provide and deliver the products and services you request;
  • Send you notices, updates, support and administrative messages;
  • Communicate with you about products, services, offers, promotions, rewards, and events offered by Open Collective and others;
  • Monitor and analyze trends, usage and activities in connection with our Services;
  • Detect, investigate and prevent fraudulent transactions and other illegal activities;
  • Personalize and improve the Services with content that matches user profiles or interests;
  • Link or combine with information we collect about you; and
  • Carry out any other purpose described at the time the information was collected.

Sharing of Information

We may share information about you as follows or as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy:

  • With Open Source Collective for payment processing;
  • With fiscal sponsors or payment platforms if you accept a payment through them;
  • With vendors or consultants who need access to such information to carry out work on our behalf;
  • If required by law or legal process;
  • If we believe your actions violate our policies or agreements; or
  • With your consent or at your direction.

We may also share aggregated or de-identified data that cannot reasonably be used to identify you.

Objections, Right To Be Forgotten & Data Removal

If you're unhappy with how your data is being processed or stored according to this policy, please email [email protected]. We will work to remove public references to your activity on the site. However, for accounting or legal reasons we may need to retain some private data even after this process is complete.

Social Sharing Features

The Services may offer social sharing features that allow you to share actions taken on our platform with other media. Your use of these features enables sharing of data with others based on settings established by those platforms. Please review their privacy policies for more details.

Analytics Services Provided by Others

We engage third-party companies for analytics services via cookies or similar technologies. These services help us track usage patterns across our platform. This data may include IP addresses, browser types, pages viewed etc., which helps us improve our service offerings.

Security

ecosyste.ms takes reasonable measures to protect your data from loss or unauthorized access.

Transfer of Information to the U.S. & Other Countries

ecosyste.ms is hosted by Open Source Collective in the U.S., so any data collected is governed by U.S. law. By using our services or providing us with data from outside the U.S., you consent to its processing under U.S. jurisdiction.

Compliance

ecosyste.ms complies with European data security laws where applicable. We use PCI DSS compliant payment processors through Open Source Collective (a non-profit registered in California).