This Privacy Policy explains how SMF Archive handles information while operating a preservation-focused community archive for Super Mario Flash games, levels, profiles, comments, ratings, and related records.
SMF Archive is built around public community content. We try to collect only the information needed to run the site, protect users, preserve historical context, and respond to support or moderation requests.
If you create or use an account, we may collect account and security information such as:
- Username and public profile details
- Email address for account support and verification
- Encrypted password information
- Session and login information
- IP addresses and basic technical data used for safety, moderation, and abuse prevention
We also store content you submit or interact with, including levels, descriptions, comments, replies, ratings, profile text, favorites, follows, reports, notifications, settings, and level invite choices.
SMF Archive includes historical records from community sources such as Pouetpu-games and Level Palace. These records may include legacy usernames, level titles, level codes, descriptions, comments, ratings, profile details, publish dates, source labels, and other metadata that was available through those communities or archived copies of them.
Archived records are preserved to maintain community history and attribution. Some records may be incomplete, uncertain, or corrected over time as better source information becomes available.
If you believe an archived record contains incorrect attribution, sensitive information, or content that should be reviewed, please contact us.
We use information to operate and improve the archive, including to:
- Provide accounts, profiles, level uploads, comments, ratings, follows, notifications, and private level invites
- Preserve and display archived content with source context and attribution
- Review legacy correction requests and moderation reports
- Prevent spam, abuse, ban evasion, malicious activity, and security issues
- Communicate with users about support, safety, or account matters
We do not sell personal information.
Public levels, comments, ratings, profiles, announcements, and archived records may be visible to anyone who visits the site. Public content may also appear in search results, member pages, activity areas, or archive browsing pages.
New SMF Archive levels may also use private visibility options, including private, private link, and private invite. These settings affect normal site access, but users should still avoid submitting sensitive personal information inside level codes, descriptions, thumbnails, comments, or profiles.
We may use cookies or similar browser storage to keep you signed in, remember preferences, and support site features. You can disable cookies through your browser settings, but some account features may stop working correctly.
We take reasonable steps to protect account and site data, but no website can guarantee perfect security. Please use a strong password and avoid sharing private information through public site features.
We may retain some records for archive integrity, moderation history, legal compliance, security, and abuse prevention. Deleted or edited account content may not disappear immediately from backups, logs, moderation records, or historical archive context.
SMF Archive may link to external websites, image hosts, related projects, or archived sources. Those services have their own privacy practices, and we are not responsible for their content or policies.
You may contact us to request account support, correction of inaccurate information, review of archived content, or deletion of personal account data where appropriate.
Some archived records may be retained or modified instead of fully removed when preservation, attribution, moderation, or legal context requires it.
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please visit our Contact page.
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