Privacy Policy

Effective Date: April 9, 2025

1. Introduction

Welcome to diary.ru (hereinafter referred to as “the Website,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). We are committed to protecting your personal data and your right to privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit or use our Website and any of our related services.

By accessing or using our Website, you agree to this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please discontinue use of our Website.

2. Information We Collect

We collect various types of personal and non-personal information from our users. The type of information we collect depends on how you interact with our Website.

2.1 Information You Provide to Us

1. Registration Information: When you create an account, you may be asked to provide personal details such as your email address, username, password, and any other information requested during sign-up.
2. Profile Information: You may choose to add additional details to your user profile, such as a display name, bio, links to social profiles, or other information you choose to share.
3. User Content: Any data (e.g., diary entries, comments, messages, photos) that you post or upload to the Website may be stored and processed to provide our services.
4. Contact Information: If you contact us via email or through our support channels, we may store your name, email address, and any other information you provide.

2.2 Information We Automatically Collect

1. Log Data: Our servers automatically record information (“Log Data”) created by your use of the Website. This may include your IP address, browser type, referring URLs, pages visited, and timestamps.
2. Cookies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to analyze user behavior, administer the Website, track users’ movements, and collect information about users. This helps us provide certain functionalities (e.g., remembering your login status) and improve our services.
3. Device Information: We may collect information about your device, such as hardware model, operating system, unique device identifiers, and mobile network information.

2.3 Third-Party Sources

We may receive information about you from our third-party partners or service providers, such as analytics providers (e.g., Google Analytics, Yandex.Metrica), payment processors, or advertising networks. Such data may include demographic details, user preferences, and browsing behaviors on other sites.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to provide, maintain, and improve our services. Specifically, we may use your information for:

1. Account Management: Creating and managing user accounts, personalizing your experience, and providing customer support.
2. Communication: Sending you transactional or administrative communications related to your account, updates, or responding to your inquiries.
3. Service Improvement: Understanding usage trends, diagnosing technical issues, and developing new features or products to enhance user experience.
4. Personalization: Tailoring content, user interfaces, or advertising to your preferences.
5. Security and Compliance: Monitoring for suspicious activity, enforcing our Terms of Use, and complying with legal obligations or regulatory requirements.

4. Legal Basis for Processing (if applicable under GDPR or other laws)

Where the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or similar legal frameworks apply, we rely on the following lawful bases to process your personal data:

1. Consent: We may process your personal data where you have given us clear consent for a specific purpose (e.g., opt-in to marketing communications).
2. Contract: We may process your data if it is necessary to fulfill a contract with you (e.g., Terms of Use).
3. Legal Obligation: We may process your data if required to comply with applicable laws or regulations.
4. Legitimate Interests: We may process your data if we have a legitimate interest that is not overridden by your data protection interests or fundamental rights and freedoms.

5. Sharing and Disclosure of Information

We do not sell or rent your personal data. We may share your data only in the following circumstances:

1. Service Providers: We may share information with third-party vendors to perform services on our behalf (e.g., web hosting, analytics, payment processing). These providers are obligated to protect your information.
2. Legal Compliance: We may disclose your information when required by law, court order, or other legal processes.
3. Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, reorganization, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, user data may be transferred as part of that transaction.
4. With Your Consent: We may share your data for any purpose with your explicit consent.

6. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We and our partners use cookies, beacons, tags, and scripts to collect information about your browsing activities. You can configure your browser settings to manage or block cookies, but doing so may limit certain functionalities on the Website. For more details, see our Cookie Policy/ Section.

7. Data Retention

We retain your personal data only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. Once retention is no longer necessary, we take steps to securely delete or anonymize your data.

8. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. Despite our efforts, no security measure is 100% foolproof. You are responsible for keeping your account credentials secure and for notifying us if you suspect unauthorized access to your account.

9. International Data Transfers

If you use our services from outside Russia, your personal data may be transferred to and processed in Russia or other countries where our servers or third-party service providers are located. We take steps to ensure that adequate data protection measures are in place in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

10. Children’s Privacy

Our Website is not intended for individuals under the age of [13/16, depending on applicable law]. We do not knowingly collect personal data from minors without parental or guardian consent. If you become aware that a minor has provided us with personal data without consent, please contact us, and we will take steps to remove such data.

11. Your Rights

Depending on applicable law, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

1. Access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
2. Rectification: Ask us to correct or update inaccurate or incomplete data.
3. Erasure (“Right to be Forgotten”): Request the deletion of your personal data under certain conditions.
4. Restriction of Processing: Request that we limit the processing of your personal data in certain cases.
5. Data Portability: Receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and have it transferred to another organization if feasible.
6. Objection: Object to certain processing activities based on legitimate interests or direct marketing.
7. Withdraw Consent: If processing is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw it at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details provided in the Contact Us section. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe and in accordance with applicable laws.

12. Third-Party Links and Services

Our Website may contain links to third-party websites or services. This Privacy Policy does not apply to those external sites, and we are not responsible for their privacy practices. We recommend reviewing the privacy policies of any third-party sites you visit.

13. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to modify or update this Privacy Policy at any time. If we make significant changes, we will notify you by updating the “Effective Date” at the top of this page or through other communication methods. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed of any changes.

14. Contact Us

If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data handling practices, please contact us at:

Email: [email protected]
Phone: +1 661 855 4127

We will do our best to address any issues or concerns promptly.