Privacy Policy

1. Scope of this policy

This Privacy Policy applies to the QUFC website at qufc.it.com and pages served as part of that website. It does not govern third-party websites or services that you may visit by following an external link.

2. Information you choose to provide

Contact form

If you use the QUFC contact form, you may provide your name, email address, selected topic, and the contents of your message. QUFC uses that information to read and respond to your message, maintain relevant correspondence, and help prevent abuse or spam.

Contact-form submissions are processed through Formspree, a third-party form service, and are delivered to the QUFC inbox. Please do not submit passwords, financial account information, medical information, government identification numbers, or other sensitive information through the contact form.

Donations and voluntary support

If you choose to support QUFC through PayPal or Zelle, the payment is handled by the applicable payment provider or financial institution. QUFC does not receive or store your full credit-card number, debit-card number, or bank-account credentials through the website.

Depending on the payment method, QUFC may receive ordinary transaction details made available by the provider, such as a donor or sender name, email address, payment amount, transaction identifier, or note.

3. Google Analytics and site-usage information

QUFC uses Google Analytics 4 to understand how the website is being used and to improve the site. Google Analytics may collect information such as pages viewed, interactions with the site, approximate geographic area, device and browser information, referral information, session information, and similar technical or usage data.

Google Analytics uses first-party cookies and similar technologies to distinguish visitors and sessions. These may include cookies such as _ga and related Google Analytics cookies.

QUFC uses Analytics to understand overall traffic and engagement, not to ask Google Analytics to identify visitors by name.

Learn more about how Google uses information from sites that use its services: Google — How information from partner sites is used ↗

4. Hosting and technical requests

QUFC is hosted using Neocities. Like other hosting providers, Neocities may process technical information needed to deliver the website, secure its service, and operate its infrastructure. That processing is governed by Neocities' own privacy practices.

Neocities Privacy Policy ↗

5. Google Fonts

QUFC uses Google Fonts to load the Courgette typeface used in parts of the site's design. When your browser requests a font from Google, it connects to Google's font infrastructure and may send ordinary technical request information needed to provide that resource.

Google Fonts privacy information ↗

6. Third-party content, embeds, and external links

Some QUFC pages contain or link to third-party content. Examples may include embedded video, retro-game content, content-delivery networks, payment services, or other external resources.

When you open a page that loads third-party content, your browser may connect directly to that third party. The third party may receive technical information such as your IP address, browser information, requested page, or cookies according to that provider's own privacy practices.

QUFC does not control the privacy practices of third-party websites or services. You should review their privacy policies if you want more information about how they handle data.

7. Cookies and your choices

Cookies are small pieces of data stored by a website or service in your browser. QUFC's current use of cookies is primarily related to Google Analytics and any cookies or similar technologies used by third-party content that you choose to load.

Most browsers let you block, delete, or restrict cookies. Blocking cookies may affect how some third-party features work.

Google also provides a browser add-on for visitors who want to opt out of Google Analytics: Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on ↗

8. How QUFC uses information

Information available to QUFC may be used to:

• operate, maintain, and improve the website;
• understand traffic, performance, and visitor engagement;
• respond to messages and legitimate correspondence;
• process or document voluntary support and donations;
• identify technical problems, spam, misuse, or security issues; and
• comply with applicable legal obligations when required.

9. When information may be shared

QUFC does not sell personal information. Information may be processed or shared only as reasonably necessary in situations such as:

• with service providers used to operate the website, such as Google Analytics, Formspree, Neocities, and payment providers;
• when you intentionally use a third-party feature, payment method, or external service;
• to protect the website, its visitors, or others from fraud, abuse, or security threats; or
• when disclosure is required by applicable law or a valid legal process.

10. Data retention

QUFC may retain contact messages and related correspondence for as long as reasonably useful for responding, maintaining relevant records, preventing abuse, or resolving issues. Payment providers and other third parties maintain their own records according to their policies and legal obligations.

Analytics information is retained according to the settings and retention practices of the Google Analytics property and Google Analytics service.

11. Children's privacy

QUFC is a family-friendly project, but the contact form is not intended to collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13, please do not submit personal information through the contact form without the involvement of a parent or legal guardian.

If QUFC learns that personal information from a child under 13 was submitted inappropriately, QUFC will take reasonable steps to remove it from records under QUFC's control.

12. Access, correction, and deletion requests

If you have submitted information directly to QUFC and want to ask what information QUFC has, correct it, or request deletion of information under QUFC's control, use the Contact page.

Some information is controlled independently by third-party providers. Requests involving those providers may need to be made directly to the provider under its own privacy process.

13. Advertising

QUFC does not currently serve third-party advertisements. If advertising services such as Google AdSense are added in the future, this Privacy Policy will be updated to describe the advertising technologies, cookies, data practices, and visitor choices that apply at that time.

14. Changes to this policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated when QUFC changes its website features, third-party services, analytics setup, payment options, advertising practices, or legal/privacy requirements. The current version will be posted on this page with an updated date.