Privacy policy

Last Revised & Effective Date: July 22, 2026

1. Who We Are & General Principles

Stunod Racing and Stewie Racing ("we", "us", "our") operate online community platforms, user message boards, and downloadable resource repositories (collectively, the "Service"). We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring your personal data is handled securely and transparently.

If you have any questions, concerns, or formal inquiries regarding your personal data or this Privacy Policy, please reach out to site administration via our Contact Us interface.

2. Information We Collect & Process

We collect and process personal and technical information in several ways depending on how you interact with the Service:

A. Information You Actively Provide to Us

• Account Identity Data: When registering an account, we collect your requested username and a valid email address.
• Optional Profile Data: If you choose to fill out optional profile fields (e.g., custom avatar, location, biographical details, social media handles, signature text), this data is stored in your public user profile.
• User Submissions & Assets: Public forum posts, direct messages, support tickets, contact form submissions, and files uploaded to our download repository (such as 3D models, templates, track files, or paint schemes) are stored on our servers.

B. Technical Data Collected Automatically

• IP Addresses & Network Identifiers: Your Internet Protocol (IP) address is automatically captured and logged whenever you register, log in, post content, send direct messages, or download files from our resource manager.
• Device & Telemetry Data: We automatically log technical details about your browser type, operating system, screen resolution, referer URLs, and timestamped activity logs.
• Resource Download Metrics: When you download assets from our file repository, technical logs capture the asset ID, timestamp, user account ID, and IP address for system load management and security auditing.

3. How Your Information Is Used

We utilize your data strictly for legitimate operational, administrative, and security purposes, including:

• Account Administration: To create, manage, and authenticate your user account, enabling you to participate in community discussions and upload/download community files.
• Service & Account Notifications: To deliver essential system transactional messages, password resets, thread subscription updates, or critical administrative announcements. You may customize non-essential notification preferences in your Account Details settings.
• Security, Abuse Prevention & Bot Defense: IP addresses and system telemetry are analyzed to detect and block malicious bot activity, web scrapers, automated request flooding, account multi-accounting ("alt accounts"), and unauthorized attempts to bypass administrative bans.
• System Performance & Analytics: Aggregate, non-personally identifiable technical data is evaluated to monitor server bandwidth, optimize database queries, diagnose crashes, and ensure system uptime.

4. Third-Party Services & Data Sharing

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties or advertisers. However, limited technical data may be processed by or shared with trusted service providers to operate and secure our infrastructure:

• Security & Spam Detection: Submitted registration data, posts, and contact submissions may be screened through automated third-party anti-spam verification services (such as StopForumSpam or Akismet) and CAPTCHA providers to protect the community from automated spam.
• CDN & Firewall Infrastructure: We utilize content delivery networks (CDNs) and web application firewalls (such as Cloudflare) to route site traffic, mitigate Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, and maintain web security. These providers process web traffic logs and IP addresses on our behalf.
• Legal Compliance & Protection: We reserve the right to disclose personal data, IP logs, and system activity to legal authorities, law enforcement, or legal counsel if required by subpoena, court order, or when necessary to protect the legal rights, safety, and property of our Service, Staff, or users.

5. Cookie Policy & Local Storage

Cookies are small text files stored in your web browser that allow our forum software (XenForo) to remember your session and preferences.

Essential Session Cookies Set by Our Service:

• Authentication & Session Tokens: Keeps you logged into your user account as you navigate between pages.
• Display Preferences: Remembers site display states, dark/light theme selections, and read/unread thread statuses.
• Security Cookies: Validates cross-site request forgery (CSRF) tokens to secure form submissions and account updates.

You can manage or disable cookies via your browser settings; however, disabling essential session cookies will prevent you from logging in or using registered account features.

6. Data Retention & Security Measures

• Data Security: We employ industry-standard technical measures, including SSL/TLS encryption, secure database access controls, and firewall protections to guard your personal information against unauthorized access, loss, or alteration.
• Retention Period: Personal data associated with active user accounts is retained as long as the account remains open. Technical IP logs associated with posts, downloads, and security events are archived for security auditing and ban enforcement purposes.

7. Your Data Rights & Account Erasure

Subject to applicable privacy regulations, you possess specific rights regarding the personal information we maintain:

• Access & Rectification: You may view and edit your profile details, email address, and account settings at any time through your Account Controls. You may also contact us to request a copy of the personal data we hold about your account.
• Account Erasure / Deletion: You have the right to request the deletion or anonymization of your account and personal data. Upon receiving a validated deletion request, we will deactivate your account, remove or mask your email address and profile details, and scrub personal identifiers.
• Public Content Preservation: Please note that to preserve the readability and structural integrity of community discussions and file repositories, public forum posts, threads, and uploaded resource files you have contributed will remain on the Service, reassigned to an anonymized user profile ("Guest" or "Deleted Member").

8. Policy Acceptance & Updates

By registering for, accessing, or continuing to use the Service, you signify your acceptance of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with any part of this policy, please discontinue use of the Service immediately.

We reserve the right to modify or update this Privacy Policy at any time. When material updates are made, the "Last Revised" date at the top of this page will be updated, and you may be prompted to review or re-acknowledge the policy upon your next login.