Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Welcome to GitStar ("we," "our," or "us"). We are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website gitstar.space.

2. Information We Collect

Automatically Collected Information

When you visit our website, we may automatically collect certain information, including:

• Browser type and version
• Operating system
• IP address (anonymized)
• Pages visited and time spent on pages
• Referring website addresses

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your browsing experience. These may include:

• Essential cookies: Required for basic website functionality
• Analytics cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with our website
• Advertising cookies: Used by Google AdSense to display relevant advertisements

3. Third-Party Services and Advertising

Google AdSense and Third-Party Cookies

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our website. Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our site. Google's use of the DART cookie enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet.

Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this website or other websites. These cookies allow Google and its partners to serve personalized advertising to you based on your browsing history.

Opting Out of Personalized Advertising

You can opt out of personalized advertising through the following methods:

• Google Ads Settings: https://www.google.com/settings/ads
• Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA): https://www.aboutads.info/choices/
• European Users (EDAA): https://www.youronlinechoices.eu/
• Network Advertising Initiative (NAI): https://optout.networkadvertising.org/

You can also disable cookies entirely through your browser settings. However, this may affect the functionality of some features on our website.

GitHub API

We aggregate publicly available data from the GitHub API to display repository rankings and statistics. We do not collect or store any personal GitHub user data.

4. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Operate and maintain our website
• Improve user experience
• Analyze website usage and trends
• Display relevant advertisements through Google AdSense

5. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your information. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure.

6. Your Rights

You have the right to:

• Access the personal information we hold about you
• Request correction of inaccurate information
• Request deletion of your information
• Opt out of personalized advertising
• Disable cookies through your browser settings

7. Children's Privacy

Our website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

8. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date.

9. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at privacy@gitstar.space