Privacy Policy

Who we are

We are BugBustersUnited.com, an online community dedicated to fostering knowledge, discussion, and engagement around bug bounty hunting. Our mission is to empower tech enthusiasts and aspiring and professional bug bounty hunters with a platform to learn, share, and connect.

Our platform provides valuable resources such as educational articles, forums for discussion, industry updates, and reviews on the latest tools and methodologies in the bug bounty hunting realm. We are passionate about maintaining a supportive and inclusive space for everyone interested in bug bounty hunting, cybersecurity, and digital safety.

As bug bounty hunters ourselves, we understand the importance of learning and staying updated in this ever-evolving field. We aim to bridge the gap between knowledge seekers and experts, making cybersecurity and bug hunting information accessible to all.

Our website address is https://bugbustersunited.com.

Comments

At BugBustersUnited.com, we believe in fostering robust and respectful dialogues. When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, such as the commenter’s name and email, to facilitate future conversations. We also gather the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection and ensure a secure environment for our community.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also known as a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. This service allows users to maintain a universal avatar across platforms where Gravatar is enabled. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/.

Upon approval of your comment, your profile picture (if you have one associated with your email address on Gravatar) will be visible to the public alongside your comment. This is to help the community better recognize and engage with you.

Please be mindful of the information you share in your comments. As a cybersecurity-focused community, we encourage all members to practice prudent digital safety measures, including not sharing sensitive personal or confidential information within the comment sections.

We reserve the right to moderate and remove comments that violate our community guidelines, which aim to maintain a supportive, respectful, and inclusive environment for all visitors and members.

Media

Sharing media, such as images and videos, can enrich the discussions at BugBustersUnited.com. However, it’s crucial to understand how the media you upload might affect your privacy and that of others.

If you upload images or other media files to BugBustersUnited.com, please ensure you’ve removed any embedded location data (EXIF GPS) before the upload. Although we strive to maintain robust privacy measures, we cannot control how other visitors might use this information. Visitors to the website can download media files and potentially extract any embedded location data. Therefore, we highly recommend scrubbing all media files of any geolocation details or other personal data.

Furthermore, please refrain from uploading copyrighted material without appropriate permissions. Respect for intellectual property rights is essential in our community.

At BugBustersUnited.com, we are committed to maintaining a safe and respectful digital space. Please ensure any media uploaded to our site aligns with these values.

Cookies

A ‘cookie’ is a small piece of data sent from a website and stored on the user’s computer by the user’s web browser while the user is browsing. They are designed to enable the website to ‘remember’ you, either for the duration of your visit (using a ‘session cookie’) or for repeat visits (using a ‘persistent cookie’).

If you leave a comment on our site, you may choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. This feature is provided for your convenience so that you don’t have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

We use cookies to improve your experience on our site, provide social media features, and analyze our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising, and analytics partners, who may combine it with other information that you’ve provided to them or that they’ve collected from your use of their services.

Remember, you have control over your browser’s cookie settings! You can choose to disable cookies or have your browser notify you when a new cookie is being set. Please consult your browser’s help section for more information. However, please note that if you decide to disable cookies, certain features on BugBustersUnited.com may not function as intended.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on BugBustersUnited.com may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, widgets, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the source website directly.

These source websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content. This can include tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website. The privacy of this data is governed by the privacy policy of the website that provides the content.

For example, if we embed a YouTube video on a BugBustersUnited.com page, YouTube may collect data on your interaction with that video, subject to YouTube’s own privacy policy.

We also use third-party services (such as Google Analytics, social media widgets, etc.) that may use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect information about your usage of BugBustersUnited.com, to provide functionality and personalization, and to provide us with data related to usage and performance.

We strive to keep our site safe and user-friendly, but we cannot guarantee the practices of third-party sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.

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Who we share your data with

BugBustersUnited.com respects your privacy. We limit the sharing of your personal data and only do so under the following circumstances:

1. Service Providers: We employ other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf. These functions include but are not limited to: web hosting, email services, customer service, marketing assistance, and data analysis. These third-party service providers have access to personal information needed to perform their functions, but may not use it for other purposes.
2. Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or subpoena or if we believe that such action is necessary to comply with the law and the reasonable requests of law enforcement or to protect the security or integrity of our Service.
3. Business Transfers: As we develop our business, we might sell or buy businesses or assets. In the event of a corporate sale, merger, reorganization, dissolution, or similar event, your information may be part of the transferred assets.
4. Protection of BugBustersUnited.com and Others: We release account and other personal information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce or apply our Terms of Use and other agreements, or protect the rights, property, or safety of BugBustersUnited.com, our users, or others.

How long we retain your data

BugBustersUnited.com values your participation and respects your privacy. We manage and retain your personal data as follows:

1. Comments: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is to facilitate recognition and approval of any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. We understand the value of community discussion and strive to maintain continuity in conversation threads.
2. Registered Users: For users that register on our website, we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
3. Inactive Accounts: For users who have not actively used their account (i.e., logged in or posted a comment) for a specified amount of time, we reserve the right to deactivate or delete the account to manage our resources effectively.
4. Record Keeping: Certain types of data (like log records, transactional records) might be preserved for a specific time period as required by various laws and regulations, and to fulfill business obligations.
5. Data Backup: Data backups are kept for a specific duration to prevent data loss due to technical issues. While backup data is not readily accessible under normal circumstances, it may contain user data up to the point of the backup.

Please remember that you always have the right to request access to, correction of, or deletion of your data. For such requests or any questions regarding our data retention practices, please contact us directly.

What rights you have over your data

At BugBustersUnited.com, we recognize and respect your privacy rights and are committed to keeping your personal data secure. Here’s a breakdown of your rights regarding the data we collect:

1. Right to Access: You have the right to access your personal data that we hold. This includes the right to be informed about how your personal data is being used, the nature of the data being held, and the duration for which it will be stored.
2. Right to Rectification: If you believe that any personal data we hold about you is incomplete or incorrect, you have the right to request corrections or complete any incomplete data.
3. Right to Erasure: You have the right to request that we delete your data if it’s no longer necessary for the purpose for which it was collected. This is also known as the ‘right to be forgotten’.
4. Right to Restrict Processing: You can request that we limit how we use your data or stop processing it altogether.
5. Right to Data Portability: You can ask us to provide your data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, or you might choose to have it transferred directly to another data controller.
6. Right to Object: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes, research, or statistics.
7. Rights related to Automated Decision Making and Profiling: You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning you.

To exercise any of your rights, please contact us directly. We’re committed to responding to such requests promptly and providing you with information on how we’ve complied with your request, or the reasons for not complying with the request, within a reasonable time.

Where your data is sent

BugBustersUnited.com operates in a global landscape. As such, the data we collect, including personal data, might be processed outside of your country of residence. This happens because our information technology storage facilities and servers are located across multiple countries around the world. We take all necessary steps to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy, regardless of the country it is processed in.

Our third-party service providers, such as cloud-based storage services, payment processors, or analytics providers, may also process and store your information in various locations around the globe. These entities are selected after a rigorous vetting process, which includes a thorough analysis of their data handling practices and compliance with applicable data protection laws.

Furthermore, in some instances, your data may also be sent to third-party entities for verification purposes, including but not limited to spam detection services. When this happens, we take the utmost care to ensure that these entities are compliant with data protection laws, and that your data is used solely for the purposes it is sent for.

Please be aware that by submitting your personal data, you’re agreeing to this transfer, storing, or processing. We’ll take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.