Privacy Policy

Last updated: June 19, 2025

Your privacy is a fundamental priority for Cine Linux. This Privacy Policy details our practices for collecting, using, storing, sharing, and protecting your personal information when you interact with our main website, cinelinux.com, and our forum/community, hub.cinelinux.com. Our commitment is to ensure the transparency and security of your data, always in compliance with applicable laws, especially Brazil’s General Data Protection Law (LGPD).

By using Cine Linux’s services, you consent to the terms described in this policy. If you do not agree with any of the terms, we ask that you do not use our platforms.

1. Data Controllers

Cine Linux acts as the data controller for the information collected on our platforms. This means we are responsible for deciding how and why your data is processed.

  • Cine Linux (cinelinux.com): Main website, dedicated to content production, articles, and publications.
  • Hub Cine Linux (hub.cinelinux.com): Discussion forum and collaborative wiki, built with the Discourse platform.

2. Data We Collect

We collect different types of information to offer and improve our services, categorized as follows:

2.1. Information You Provide Directly

This is information you voluntarily provide to us when interacting with our platforms:

  • Account Registration Data: When you create an account on cinelinux.com (WordPress) or hub.cinelinux.com (Discourse), we collect your name, username, email address, and password (stored securely in an encrypted format; we do not have access to your original password).
  • User Profile Data: You may optionally provide additional information to enrich your profile, such as your biography, personal website, social media links, and a profile picture (avatar). Filling out these fields is completely voluntary and at your discretion.
  • User-Generated Content (UGC): Any information you post in comments on the main website, forum topics, private messages, or when contributing to the wiki will be stored. This includes texts, images, videos, or any other files you choose to upload to our platforms.
  • Communication Data: If you contact us by email or through contact forms, we will record the content of your communication to respond to your questions or requests.

2.2. Automatically Collected Information

When you access and use our platforms, some information is collected automatically for analytical, operational, and security purposes:

  • Usage and Access Data: We collect information about how you access and use our services, including your IP address, browser type, operating system, pages visited, time spent on each page, date and time of access, referring URLs (the page you came from), and clickstream data.
  • Device Data: We collect information about the device you are using, such as device model, unique device identifiers, and mobile network information.
  • Approximate Location Data: While we do not collect your precise location without your explicit consent, your IP address may provide us with an approximate geographical location (city/country), used for statistical and security purposes.
  • Cookies and Similar Technologies: We use cookies and other tracking technologies to enhance your experience, keep your login session active, remember your preferences, and collect usage data for analysis (details in Section 6).
  • Analytics Tools:
    • Google Analytics: Collects anonymous and aggregated data about user behavior, such as pages accessed, time spent, navigation flow, and device type. This data is used to understand website traffic and optimize content.
    • Jetpack (WordPress): This plugin collects statistical information similar to Google Analytics for the WordPress site, such as visit counts, most popular pages, and comment statistics.

3. Purpose of Using Collected Data

We use the collected information for various legitimate and transparent purposes, always seeking to improve your experience on Cine Linux:

  • Service Provision and Maintenance: To operate, manage, and maintain user accounts, allow secure login, ensure the technical functioning of the website and forum, and provide access to content and features.
  • Experience Personalization: To tailor content and features to your preferences, such as remembering settings and displaying relevant information.
  • Project Improvement and Development: Anonymous and aggregated data from analytics tools help us understand what content is most relevant to our audience, optimizing the creation of new articles, platform organization, and the development of new features.
  • User Communication: To send important notifications about your account (e.g., password reset, terms of service updates), project information, or responses to your requests.
  • Security and Protection: To detect, prevent, and mitigate fraudulent activities, spam, abuse, or other illegal activities that could compromise the security of our users and platforms. This includes monitoring activities to ensure compliance with our Terms of Use and Code of Conduct.
  • Analysis and Statistics: To perform data analysis and research to understand usage trends, the effectiveness of our content, and the overall performance of the platforms.
  • Compliance with Legal and Regulatory Obligations: To comply with legal requests, court orders, or other applicable legal obligations.

4. Data Sharing

We do not sell, rent, or make your personal data available to third parties for commercial purposes. Information sharing occurs only under the following circumstances and with a legal basis:

  • Service Providers: We share data with third parties who assist us in providing our services, such as hosting providers, analytics platforms (Google Analytics, Jetpack), and security providers. These providers act as data processors and process information only on our behalf and according to our instructions, and are contractually obligated to protect your data.
  • Legal Obligations: In the event of a legal request, subpoena, or legitimate request from governmental authorities, we may be required to share information with the competent authorities. We will only do so to the extent necessary and legally required.
  • Protection of Rights: We may share information when we believe, in good faith, that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, property, or safety, as well as those of our users or the public.
  • With Your Consent: In some specific situations, we may share your data with third parties with your explicit consent.

5. Links to Third-Party Websites and Affiliate Programs

Our platforms may contain links to third-party websites, products, or services. This Privacy Policy applies only to Cine Linux. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party websites. We recommend that you read the privacy policies of each website you visit.

To fund the project, we participate in affiliate programs. This means that some links to products or services in our articles or forum may contain a tracking code. If you make a purchase through these links, we may receive a small commission, at no additional cost to you. These programs help us maintain the site and, in many cases, offer exclusive discounts to our community. Affiliate companies may use cookies to track sales, but they do not collect your personal data directly through our website.

6. Use of Cookies and Similar Technologies

Cookies are small text files stored on your device (computer, tablet, smartphone) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the website owners.

We use cookies and other tracking technologies to:

  • Essential Cookies: These are essential for the basic functioning of the site, such as keeping your login session active, allowing navigation, and access to secure areas. Without these cookies, the site would not function correctly.
  • Preference Cookies: Remember your choices and preferences (e.g., language, region) to personalize your experience.
  • Analytics/Performance Cookies: Collect anonymous and aggregated information about how visitors use the site (e.g., most visited pages, errors). This helps us understand and improve the performance of our platforms. Tools like Google Analytics and Jetpack use these cookies.
  • Third-Party Cookies: Some third-party services integrated into our site (such as video players, social sharing buttons, or affiliate programs) may set their own cookies. We have no direct control over these cookies, and their privacy policies govern their use.

Cookie Management: By using Cine Linux, you agree to the use of cookies. You can manage or disable cookies at any time through your browser settings (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, etc.). However, be aware that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality and user experience of some parts of the site.

7. Your Rights as a Data Subject (LGPD)

According to Brazil’s General Data Protection Law (LGPD), you, as the data subject, have the following rights regarding your personal information:

  • Right of Access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
  • Right of Rectification: Edit and update your information directly in your user profile. If you find incorrect or outdated data that you cannot change, please contact us.
  • Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten): Request the deletion of your account and associated personal data. The deletion of certain data may be subject to legal retention obligations.
  • Right to Data Portability: Receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, and transmit it to another controller, if technically feasible.
  • Right to Restriction of Processing: Request the restriction of the processing of your data in certain circumstances.
  • Right to Object: Object to the processing of your personal data for specific purposes, especially when the processing is based on Cine Linux’s legitimate interests and you have legitimate grounds for objecting.
  • Right to Withdraw Consent: Withdraw your consent at any time for data processing based on consent. This will not affect the legality of processing carried out before the withdrawal.
  • Right to Lodge a Complaint with the National Data Protection Authority (ANPD): You have the right to lodge a complaint with the ANPD if you believe your data protection rights have been violated.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at: contato@cinelinux.com. We will do our best to respond to your request within legal deadlines.

8. Data Security

We employ technical and administrative security measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. Our measures include:

  • SSL Certificates (HTTPS): End-to-end encryption across the entire site to protect communication between your browser and our servers.
  • Constant Updates: Regular maintenance and updating of our platforms (WordPress and Discourse) and plugins to ensure the latest security fixes are applied.
  • Encrypted Passwords: Your passwords are stored in an encrypted format in our database, meaning that even we cannot access them in readable format.
  • Access Control: Restrictions on access to personal data only for authorized employees who need this information to perform their duties.

However, it is important to remember that no system on the internet is 100% infallible. We rely on your cooperation to keep your account secure by using strong and unique passwords and not sharing your login credentials.

9. Data Retention

We will retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. The retention period may vary depending on the type of data and the purpose of processing. After the retention period ends, your data will be deleted or anonymized.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically to reflect changes in our practices, technologies, or applicable legislation. We recommend that you review this page occasionally to stay informed. The date of the last update will always be visible at the top of the document. Your continued use of our services after any changes to this Privacy Policy will be considered your acceptance of the changes.

11. Contact

For any questions, suggestions, requests related to this Privacy Policy, or to exercise your rights as a data subject, please contact us by email:

contato@cinelinux.com