Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

SkankOut# (“we”, “our”, “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and protect your information when you visit or use our website and livestream platform.

SkankOut# is a livestream platform for DJs, music lovers, artists, crews, labels, and communities who want to take back control of their online music experience.

Our website address is: https://skankout.online

For privacy-related questions, please contact us through: https://skankout.online/contact

2. Information We Collect

Account information

When you register for an account, we may collect:

• Your username or display name
• Your email address
• Your password in encrypted/hashed form
• Your linked social account names, handles, profile names, or account IDs
• Any profile information you voluntarily provide

Technical and security information

When you visit or use SkankOut#, we may collect:

• Your IP address
• Browser type and version
• Device information
• Operating system
• Login timestamps
• Pages visited
• Livestreams viewed
• Chatroom activity
• Security logs
• Abuse, spam, or moderation-related logs

Chatroom and community activity

If you post in chatrooms, comments, livestream discussions, or other interactive parts of the platform, we may store:

• Your messages
• Your username or display name
• Your account ID
• Your IP address
• Timestamps
• Moderation actions connected to your account
• Reports made by or against your account

2.5 Registration Joke — One-Time AI Image

During registration, if you choose to upload a profile picture, SkankOut# may use a one-time AI process (Venice AI / seedream-v4) to create a funny, modified version of your uploaded image by adding digital sunglasses and a joint. This is a one-time registration joke only. The original uploaded image and the AI-modified version are both stored. You can change your profile picture at any time afterward. This AI processing happens exactly once at registration and never again.

The AI service (Venice AI) receives your uploaded image temporarily for processing and does not retain it. No personal data is shared with the AI provider beyond the image itself for this one-time processing.

3. Why We Collect This Information

We use your information to:

• Provide and maintain the SkankOut# platform
• Let users create accounts and log in
• Enable livestreams, chatrooms, comments, and community features
• Moderate our chatrooms, website, livestreams, and community spaces
• Detect, prevent, and respond to spam, harassment, abuse, fraud, impersonation, and security threats
• Ban or restrict users by username, email address, IP address, linked social account name, handle, or social account ID
• Protect DJs, users, moderators, admins, and the wider SkankOut# community
• Improve platform performance and user experience
• Respond to support requests
• Comply with legal obligations

We collect and keep certain account, IP, and linked-social information because moderation would otherwise be way too easy to bypass. No sneaky business: this is about keeping the dancefloor safe, not creepily tracking people for the lolz.

4. Registration Consent

During registration, users may be asked to tick a checkbox confirming that they accept this Privacy Policy.

I have read and accept the SkankOut# Privacy Policy. I understand that SkankOut# stores my name, email address, IP address, and linked social account names/IDs for account security, website and chatroom moderation, abuse prevention, and banning or restricting users who break the platform rules.

5. Legal Basis for Processing

Under GDPR, we process personal data where one or more of the following applies:

• You have given consent, such as by accepting this Privacy Policy during registration
• Processing is necessary to provide the platform and user account features
• Processing is necessary for our legitimate interests, including moderation, security, abuse prevention, fraud prevention, and platform protection
• Processing is necessary to comply with legal obligations

6. Cookies

SkankOut# may use cookies and similar technologies to keep the platform working properly.

Cookies may be used to:

• Keep you logged in
• Remember your preferences
• Improve security
• Detect abuse or suspicious activity
• Understand how visitors use the website

You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Some features may not work properly if cookies are disabled.

7. Livestreams, Chatrooms, and Public Content

SkankOut# may include livestreams, chatrooms, comments, profiles, and other community features.

Content you post publicly may be visible to other users, moderators, admins, or visitors, depending on the feature.

Please do not post private information, sensitive personal data, or anything you do not want others to see.

8. Media Uploads

If you upload images, audio, video, or other media to SkankOut#, you are responsible for the content you upload.

If you upload images, you should avoid uploading files that contain embedded location data, such as EXIF GPS data. Other users or visitors may be able to download and extract that information.

9. Embedded Content and Third-Party Services

SkankOut# may include embedded content or links from third-party services, such as:

• Video platforms
• Audio platforms
• Social networks
• Payment providers
• Analytics tools
• Streaming tools
• Login or social account providers

Embedded content from third-party websites behaves as if you visited those websites directly.

These third-party services may collect data about you, use cookies, track your interaction, or apply their own privacy policies. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of external websites or services.

10. Who We Share Your Data With

We do not sell your personal data.

We may share limited data with trusted service providers where needed to operate SkankOut#, such as:

• Hosting providers
• Security and anti-spam services
• Email delivery services
• Analytics or performance tools
• Authentication or social login providers
• Legal or regulatory authorities, if required by law

Visitor messages, comments, login attempts, and chat activity may be checked through automated spam detection, abuse prevention, or network security services.

11. Moderation, Bans, and Abuse Prevention

To protect the platform and community, SkankOut# may store moderation-related records.

These records may include:

• Username or display name
• Email address
• IP address
• Linked social account names, handles, or IDs
• Chat messages or reported content
• Ban history
• Moderator notes
• Security logs

We may use this information to block, ban, restrict, or investigate users who abuse the platform, evade bans, harass others, spam chatrooms, attack the website, impersonate others, or otherwise break our rules.

Bans or restrictions may be applied based on one or more identifiers, including name, email address, IP address, linked social account name, linked social handle, or linked social account ID.

12. How Long We Keep Your Data

We keep personal data only as long as needed for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

• Account data is kept while your account exists
• Chatroom and moderation logs may be kept for security, evidence, and abuse prevention
• Ban records may be kept for as long as reasonably necessary to prevent repeat abuse or ban evasion
• Technical logs may be kept for security, debugging, and platform protection
• Some data may be kept longer if required for legal, administrative, or security reasons

If you delete your account or request deletion, we will remove or anonymize personal data where possible. This does not include data we need to keep for legal, administrative, moderation, anti-abuse, or security purposes.

13. Data Security

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data.

However, no internet transmission or online platform is completely secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security, but we do our best to protect the platform and its users from unauthorized access, abuse, or data loss.

14. Your Rights

Under GDPR, you may have the right to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you
• Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data
• Request deletion of your personal data
• Object to certain processing
• Request restriction of processing
• Request a copy (export) of your personal data — an export button is available on your Account page
• Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent

Data Export & Account Deletion

You can export all data linked to your account at any time from the Account page. When you request deletion of your account, all personal data tied to your account will be fully deleted — including your name, email address, profile picture, linked social accounts, chat history, and account metadata.

What We Keep After Deletion

Permanently banned IP addresses are retained in our ban system as a flat list of blocked identifiers. These are NOT tied to your deleted account — they simply exist as “this IP is not allowed.” No username, email, or other personal data is attached to these ban records after your account is deleted.

Our Privacy Promise

We value your privacy very highly. We are here for no-nonsense livestreaming, not data collection or weirdo scammeria. We collect user data (name, email, IP addresses, linked social accounts, and one-time AI image processing during registration) ONLY to determine access to the website, to moderate our chats, and for the one-time registration joke. We will NEVER share your data with third parties.

Some rights may not apply in every situation, especially where we need to keep certain data for legal, security, moderation, anti-abuse, or administrative reasons.

To make a privacy request, contact us here: https://skankout.online/contact

15. Children

SkankOut# is not intended for children below the minimum age required by applicable law.

If we discover that we have collected personal data from someone who is not allowed to use the platform, we may delete the account and related data, unless we need to keep limited information for legal, safety, or abuse-prevention reasons.

16. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.

When we make changes, we will update the “Last updated” date on this page. Continued use of SkankOut# after changes are posted means you accept the updated Privacy Policy.

17. Contact

For privacy-related questions, requests, or complaints, contact SkankOut# through:

https://skankout.online/contact