Privacy & cookies

Who we are

TokeTogether is an independent community site for adults of legal age. This page explains what information the site collects, why, and what control you have over it. Questions can go to us through the contact form.

What we collect

Account details. If you register, we store your email address and a password managed by our authentication provider, plus whatever you choose to add to your profile: display name, avatar, short bio, and the city and region you enter. We never ask for a street address and we do not need one.

Content you post. Photos, captions, comments, ratings, votes, reviews and diary entries you create are stored so the site can show them to you and, where the section is public, to other visitors. Consumption diary entries are private to your account.

Messages you send. If you use the contact form or report something, we keep the message and the email address you provide so we can reply.

Basic technical data. We record anonymous page-view and visit statistics — which pages are popular, roughly how long visits last — so we know what to improve. We do not build advertising profiles from your activity on this site.

Cookies and local storage

The site uses your browser's local storage, not tracking cookies, for things that make it work: remembering that you confirmed your age, whether the sections menu was left open, and which entries you have already voted on so you cannot vote twice in one day. Signing in sets the authentication token that keeps you logged in. Clearing your browser storage signs you out and resets those preferences.

Advertising

This site displays advertising served by Google AdSense. Google and its partners may use cookies or similar technologies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this or other websites. You can opt out of personalised advertising in your Google Ads settings, and read how Google uses data from partner sites at policies.google.com. Advertising is what keeps this site free; it is never targeted using the content of your private diary.

Who can see your data

Your profile, posts and public comments are visible to other visitors. Your email address is not shown to other members. We do not sell personal information, and we do not share it with third parties except the service providers that run the site — hosting, authentication and advertising — or where we are legally required to.

How long we keep it

Account data and content stay until you ask us to remove them. Deleting your account removes your profile and your private entries; posts you made in public sections may remain in the community record unless you ask for them to be taken down. Contact messages are kept for as long as needed to resolve the enquiry.

Your choices

You can edit your profile at any time, remove your own posts, and ask us to delete your account by writing through the contact form. If you are in a region with data-protection law that gives you the right to access, correct, export or erase your information, send the request through the same form and we will act on it.

Age

This site is for adults of legal age in their jurisdiction and is not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect information from anyone under that age. If you believe a minor has created an account, contact us and we will remove it.

Changes

If this policy changes in a meaningful way we will update the date at the top of this page.