Privacy Policy for El Deste

Last Updated: September 30, 2025

El Deste ("we," "us," or "our") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our Service. Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect on the Service includes:

• Personal Data: Personally identifiable information, such as your username, email address, and a hashed version of your password, that you voluntarily give to us when you register with the Service.
• User Content: Audio files and soundboard layout data that you upload or create on the Service. This content is stored on our servers and is associated with your account.
• Account Information: We store information related to your account, such as your user ID and account type or status (e.g., standard user or administrator).

2. Use of Your Information

Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the Service to:

• Create and manage your account, including using your email for login purposes.
• Store and display your User Content (soundboards and audio files).
• Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve your experience with the Service.
• Prevent fraudulent transactions, monitor against theft, and protect against criminal activity.
• Enforce our terms and conditions and manage our service.

Your email address is collected solely for account management and login purposes. We will not use it for marketing communications unless you explicitly opt-in to such a service, and it will not be shared with third parties.

3. User Content Responsibility

As stated in our Terms and Conditions, you are solely responsible for the content you upload. We do not screen or monitor User Content before it is uploaded, but we reserve the right to remove content and terminate accounts that violate our policies.

4. Disclosure of Your Information

We do not share, sell, rent, or trade your personal information or User Content with third parties for their commercial purposes.

We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) comply with a legal obligation; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of El Deste; (c) prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service; (d) protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public.

5. Security of Your Information

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. We store passwords in a hashed format and take reasonable measures to secure your User Content. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.

6. Data Retention and Deletion

We will retain your personal information and User Content for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services. We reserve the right to delete accounts and associated data for any reason, as outlined in our Terms and Conditions. This may include, but is not limited to, the deletion of accounts for breach of terms or prolonged inactivity. If your account is deleted by an administrator, all of your User Content, including uploaded audio files and soundboard layouts, will be permanently removed from our servers.

7. 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 Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us.