Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy for joysource.top

Last updated: June 2026

Welcome to joysource.top (the "Website"), a blog dedicated to publishing articles, insights, and educational content about NFTs (non-fungible tokens). Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our blog. Please read this policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms, please do not access the site.

1. Information We Collect

We collect minimal information necessary to operate a blog and improve your reading experience. We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data.

1.1 Information You Voluntarily Provide

• Contact Form Submissions: When you use the contact form on our Website (e.g., to ask a question or provide feedback), we collect your name and email address. We use this information solely to respond to your inquiry.
• Comments: When you leave a comment on an article, we collect the data shown in the comments form, your IP address, and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

1.2 Information Collected Automatically

• Cookies and Similar Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience. Cookies are small data files stored on your device. We use:
  • Essential Cookies: Required for the basic functionality of the Website (e.g., remembering your comment preferences).
  • Analytics Cookies: We use basic analytics (e.g., Google Analytics or a privacy-focused alternative) to understand how visitors interact with our blog. This includes information such as pages visited, time spent on the site, and referring URLs. This data is aggregated and anonymized.
  • Comment Cookie: If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
• Log Files: Like most websites, we collect standard log data including your IP address, browser type, operating system, and access times. This data is used for security, troubleshooting, and aggregate analytics.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

• To respond to your inquiries submitted via the contact form.
• To display comments and foster community discussion on our articles.
• To analyze trends and improve the content and user experience of our blog.
• To detect and prevent spam or abusive behavior.
• To comply with legal obligations.

3. Cookies – Detailed Information

You can control cookie preferences through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to refuse or delete cookies. However, disabling cookies may affect the functionality of the Website.

• Comment Cookies: If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These expire after one year.
• Analytics Cookies: We use a basic analytics service to collect anonymous data about page views and visitor behavior. This helps us understand which articles are most popular. No personally identifiable information is collected through these cookies.
• Third-Party Cookies: We do not use third-party advertising cookies. However, embedded content from other websites (e.g., YouTube videos, Twitter feeds) may set cookies. We have no control over these cookies. Please review the privacy policies of those third parties.

4. Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, social media posts). 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 if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

5. Data Sharing and Disclosure

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personally identifiable information to outside parties. We may share aggregated, non-personally identifiable information (e.g., "our most popular article this month") publicly or with partners. We may disclose your information if required by law or to protect our rights.

6. Data Retention

• Comments: 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.
• Contact Form Submissions: We retain contact form submissions for a reasonable period for customer service purposes, but we do not use the information submitted through them for marketing purposes.
• Analytics Data: Aggregated analytics data is retained for up to 24 months.

7. Your Rights Over Your Data

If you have left comments or submitted a contact form, 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. To exercise these rights, please contact us at [email protected].

8. Children's Privacy

Our blog is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us immediately. We will take steps to remove that information.

9. Data Security

We implement reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new policy on this page with a new "Last updated" date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

11. Contact Information

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

• Email: [email protected]
• Postal Address: 6577 Park Blvd, Austin, TX 78701
• Website: joysource.top

By using joysource.top, you consent to this Privacy Policy.