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			-= Terms Of Service =-      
						last updated: 01/29/24


We, the operating team behind the domain of 'xmpp.earth' offer a free
 communication service based on XMPP technologies.

Our users may register with us, granting them an account compatible
 with the federated XMPP network at no cost.
Registered users may close their account at any time.

Both registration and further or general use of the services in any form
 are bound to agreement with these terms.
Continued use is to be interpreted as acceptance.

Users not agreeing to our terms must refrain from using our services in
 any way.

Terms may, and likely will, be subject to change as the service evolves
 and the user base grows.
Changes will be reflected in this very same document and announced
 on the official support channel.

Activities considered illegal under Swedish or German law, or otherwise
 considered contra bonos mores, are strictly forbidden.

Operates hold the right to terminate accounts or the access to any of
 our services for any reason at any time with or without prior contact
 to affected users or accounts.
Evading described measures will lead to immediate further actions.


				-= Privacy =-

Guaranteeing the privacy of our users is one of our core values.

We only collect data absolutely needed to provide the users with their
 chosen functions, for as long as it is necessary to do so.

Note:
End-to-end or otherwise considered encrypted content, by choice of the
 users involved or otherwise, are only processed and stored in that form
 in mentioned below.

Upon registration, we collect:
  – The user's chosen name, until that account is terminated
	and a retention period has passed, to avoid impersonification
  – The registering party's IP address
  – The client software used by the registering party, possibly
	including a client fingerprint if provided
  – The chosen password, until changed or the corresponding
	account is terminated

Should a user choose to opt into message archiving ("MAM"):
  – Messages or content that would generally be displayed
	as messages in the user's client software,
	from and to the user, for our archiving storage duration

Should a user choose to send files via our service a.k.a media upload:
  – The exchanged data itself
  – Associated metadata, such as file names and type, if provided by the
	user or the user's software
  – The time the upload was performed or requested
  – In an obfuscated way
  – For the file retention period (currently 7 days)
NOTE: does not apply for direct client-to-client file transfer!

Should a user choose to use our web and blogging client on our main website:
  – Messages from and to your contacts or content that would otherwise be 
	displayed as messages in common client software
	in an encrypted or unencrypted manner of the user's choosing
	for a very short period of time
  – The user's profile banner, if set
  – The user's posts or postings, which may include media, URLs, drawings
	et ceteraof the user's choice
  – Comments or "heart" reactions the user makes on their own
	or other user's posts
  – Communities or subscriptions to communities
  – Data of commonly acknowledged minor significance, that would
	usually pass through a common XMPP client software to ensure base functionality
  – Until the user opts out of our web and blogging client via the 
	"Leave this instance" menu point
NOTE: this does not further affect the user's account or data otherwise stored
	and mentioned here

Should a user engage in chatrooms that are provided by us:
  – Full XMPP account names of all participants
  – Messages or content generally displayed as messages in common software
	including status changes up to 20 messages or for up to the duration
	of enabled "MAM" archiving if the chatroom has this functionality enabled
  – Avatars of participants, if provided
  – Status messages of participants, if provided
  – The chatroom's avatar, if set
  – The chatroom's name,  subject and description, as well as additional properties
  – Affiliations of users native or foreign to the chatroom, such as permissions
	or bans
  – Bookmarked chatrooms until the bookmark is removed

Should a user set up a virtual contact file ("vCard") using XMPP client software:
  – Name, Addresses, E-Mail, date of birth, nick names, avatars, personal web sites,
	personal description ("about"), country of residence
  – Until that property was either deleted or modified by the user or otherwise,
	or the user account has been terminated

Should a user choose to report another user to the operators, and/or choose to block
 a certain user, the full user address will be stored until the user
 removes the blockage.

Should a user receive a message while being offline or otherwise unavailable to the
 service or network, the received message will be stored until the user becomes
 available again and is then delivered.