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privacy policy

Last updated: September 20, 2026

1. About this policy

This Privacy Policy explains how SkillDirectory (“SkillDirectory,” “we,” “us”) collects, uses, and shares personal information when you use skilldirectory.dev (the “Site”). We are an online service and can be reached at admin@skilldirectory.dev.

We extend the privacy rights described below to all users in the United States, whatever state you live in.

2. Information we collect

Information you give us:

  • Account details: your name, your email address, and a password. Your password is stored only as a salted hash, so we cannot see it.
  • Messages you send us, such as emails to admin@skilldirectory.dev.

Information collected automatically:

  • Technical data such as IP address, browser and device type, pages requested, and timestamps. Our hosting provider records this in server logs to run and secure the Site.
  • A sign-in cookie, and data your browser stores locally (see “Cookies and local storage”).
  • Advertising data: Google, our advertising partner, and its partners may collect cookie IDs and similar identifiers, your IP address, browser and device details, and information about the ads you view and interact with (see “Advertising and how we share information”).

We do not collect payment card details, precise location, or sensitive personal information as defined by state privacy laws.

3. How we use information

  • To create and secure your account, verify your email address, and reset your password.
  • To operate, maintain, and improve the Site, and to prevent abuse, fraud, and security incidents.
  • To respond to your questions and requests.
  • To send service emails, such as verification codes and password resets. We do not send marketing emails.
  • To show advertising through Google AdSense, which helps pay for the Site.
  • To comply with legal obligations.

4. Advertising and how we share information

We show ads on the Site through Google AdSense. Google and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to serve, personalize, limit, and measure ads, including ads based on your visits to this and other websites. They collect and use the information described in section 2 for this purpose, under Google's own privacy policy.

Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this and other sites on the Internet.

Your advertising choices:

Under some US state privacy laws, letting an advertising partner collect identifiers and browsing activity for personalized ads can count as a “sale” or “sharing” of personal information. You can opt out using the choices above. We do not otherwise sell your personal information for money.

We also disclose personal information to service providers that process it for us: hosting and infrastructure (Vercel), our database (Neon), DNS and email routing (Cloudflare), and an email delivery provider for account emails. We may disclose information when required by law or to protect rights, safety, and security, or as part of a merger, acquisition, or sale of the business (in which case we will tell you and the same protections will continue to apply).

The Site loads fonts from Google Fonts, so your IP address and browser details are sent to Google when a page loads, under Google's own privacy policy. Skill pages link out to GitHub, which has its own privacy policy.

5. Cookies and local storage

  • user_session: a strictly necessary, HttpOnly cookie that keeps you signed in. It is removed when you log out or when it expires.
  • Local storage: your browser saves things like bookmarks on your own device. We do not receive this data.
  • Advertising cookies and identifiers: Google and its partners set cookies and similar identifiers (for example, __gads and __gpi) to serve, limit, and measure ads. These are set by them, not by us. You can manage them with the choices in section 4 or your browser settings.

We do not run our own analytics or cross-site tracking. There is no uniform standard for Do Not Track signals, and we do not currently change how third-party ad cookies work in response to them, so please use the choices in section 4.

6. Retention and security

We keep account information while your account is active. If you ask us to delete your account, we delete or de-identify your personal information, except where we need to keep it for legal, security, or fraud-prevention reasons.

We protect information with HTTPS, hashed passwords, and access controls. No system is perfectly secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security. If a breach affects your information, we will notify you as required by law.

7. Your privacy rights

Depending on where you live (including California, Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia, Utah, Texas, Oregon, and other states with privacy laws), you may have the right to:

  • know and access the personal information we hold about you, and get a portable copy;
  • correct inaccurate information;
  • delete your personal information;
  • opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information and of targeted advertising (see section 4 for how);
  • limit the use of sensitive personal information (we do not collect it); and
  • not be treated differently for exercising these rights.

To make a request, email admin@skilldirectory.dev from the address on your account with the subject “Privacy request.” We will verify your identity using your account email, and we respond within 45 days (we may extend this once by 45 days where the law allows and will tell you why). You may use an authorized agent.

If we deny a request, you can appeal by replying to our response, and we will answer within the time your state's law requires (up to 60 days). If you are still not satisfied, you may contact your state attorney general.

8. California notice at collection

In the past 12 months we collected these categories of personal information: identifiers (name, email address, IP address, cookie IDs); account credentials (a hashed password); and internet or network activity (pages requested, technical logs, and interactions with ads). We collect them from you and your device, for the purposes in section 3.

We disclose these categories to the service providers in section 4 for business purposes. Since we began showing ads (September 2026), we have made identifiers and internet or network activity available to Google and its advertising partners, which may count as “sharing” for cross-context behavioral advertising under California law. You can opt out as described in section 4.

We do not sell personal information for money, and we do not knowingly sell or share the personal information of anyone under 16. We keep information as described in section 6.

9. Children's privacy

The Site is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them (see the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, COPPA). If you believe a child under 13 has given us personal information, email admin@skilldirectory.dev and we will delete it. We do not knowingly sell or share the personal information of anyone under 16.

10. Where information is processed

Our servers and service providers are located in the United States. If you use the Site from outside the United States, your information will be transferred to and processed in the United States.

11. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. We will post the new version here with a new “Last updated” date and, for material changes, give notice on the Site or by email. If we ever add analytics or paid features, we will update this policy first.

12. Contact us

Questions or requests about this policy: admin@skilldirectory.dev.