Privacy Policy

Last Updated 06 Jan, 24

STORM Systems (referred to as "STORM" in this policy) takes the privacy and security of our users' personal information very seriously. This Privacy Policy sets out how we collect, use, and protect your personal information.

Collection of Information:

We collect certain information when you use our services. This includes your Discord username, Discord user ID, submitted evidence, reasons for punishments, Discord server IDs (once the bot has been added or where the user is an administrator), Discord server names (once the bot has been added or where the user is an administrator, and FiveM game licenses associated with your Discord (if available - publicly available information through FiveM's API).

We collect and process data when you:

  • Login to our website via your Discord account
  • Create a STORM report via Discord or the website
  • Are STORM reported by another person
  • Join a server that is being protected by STORM. Although if not flagged, none of this data is retained
  • A server administrator of a server you are in, scans their servers members or queries your user. If not flagged, none of this is retained
  • Join a server being checked by STORM Systems, this is again via FiveM's public API

Use of Information:

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

  • To provide our services to you
  • To communicate with you
  • To investigate and respond to reports of violations of our rules and policies
  • To comply with legal obligations
  • To protect the rights, property, or safety of STORM, our users, or others

Disclosure of Information:

We do not share or disclose your personal information to any third-party companies, except in the following circumstances:

  • With your consent
  • To comply with legal obligations
  • To protect the rights, property, or safety of STORM, our users, or others

We take appropriate measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. We use industry-standard security technologies and procedures to safeguard your personal information.

Data Retention:

We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to provide our services to you, to comply with legal obligations, and to protect our legal interests.

Changes to Privacy Policy:

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting an announcement in our Discord server. Your continued use of our services after the updated Privacy Policy has been posted constitutes your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.

Your Rights:

You have the right to access, correct, delete, or transfer your personal information. You can exercise these rights by contacting our Data Protection Officer at hello@stormsystems.org.

Legitimate Interests Exemption:

We store information without consent using the Legitimate Interests exemption in GDPR, namely in the interest of the detection of poor practices and for safeguarding. This means that we may collect and process your personal information if it is necessary for the purpose of protecting the safety and security of the online communities that we operate in.

We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect the personal data that we collect.

Contact:

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our practices, please contact our Data Protection Officer at hello@stormsystems.org.