Who we are
Privacy Policy
Last updated: 18 October 2026
Cerklup (https://cerklup.in) is a small student project providing beginner-friendly guides to decentralized social media, including Mastodon, Bluesky, and Nostr. The site is run by one student. For privacy questions, contact [email protected].
Information we collect
When you visit this website, the web server may record standard access-log information, including your IP address, browser information, and the pages you request. These logs help the website deliver pages and assist with basic troubleshooting and security.
Cloudflare sits in front of this website to provide HTTPS and caching. Cloudflare processes visitor IP addresses as part of providing these services.
WordPress may set cookies for logged-in users, such as the site administrator, to support login and administrative functions. Comments are not confirmed to be enabled on this website, so this notice does not assume that visitor comments are collected.
Service providers
The website is hosted on an Oracle Cloud virtual machine in Mumbai, India. Oracle Cloud provides the server infrastructure, while Cloudflare provides the services described above. These providers process information as needed to operate their services under their respective terms and privacy practices.
Advertising and tracking
Cerklup does not run advertisements, operate a newsletter or online shop, offer visitor registration, or use Google Analytics. The site does not intentionally collect visitor names, email addresses, or payment details through its content pages. We do not sell visitors’ personal information or use advertising trackers.
Google Search Console may be used to check how the site appears in Google Search. It is a site-owner tool and does not itself add tracking code to visitors’ browsers.
Questions about your information
If you have a question about information handled by this website, email [email protected]. Please do not send passwords or other sensitive information.
This is a simple privacy notice for a student project, not a statement of legal compliance or a guarantee about every technical process.
Comments
Suggested text: When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
Suggested text: If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
Suggested text: If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Suggested text: Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
Suggested text: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
Suggested text: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
Suggested text: If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Suggested text: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.