Privacy notice
Effective 2026-10-31
You can read K-Buzz, comment and post without an account. We keep as little as we can.
What we store
| When | What |
|---|---|
| Account | ID, nickname, hashed password (PBKDF2), optional email, topics, sign-up and last login time, a hashed session token (30 days) |
| Earning points | Country and region estimated from your connection, shown next to your name in Today's Buzzers |
| Comments and Buzz Talk | Text, nickname, partly masked IP (e.g. 119.194.*.*), salted IP hash |
| Visits | Salted hash of IP and browser per day, and per-IP counts with a masked IP |
| Points | A random browser ID, activity records and daily totals |
| Notifications (if turned on) | Push subscription address and keys, language |
| Prize winners | The email a winner enters to receive the prize |
Why
To run comments and accounts, stop abuse (rate limits, blocks), count visitors, award points, send notifications and deliver prizes. We do not use this for advertising and do not sell it.
How long
| Item | Kept until |
|---|---|
| Account | Deleted when you delete your account |
| Comments and posts | Remain after account deletion (text, nickname, masked IP) unless deletion is requested |
| Country and region | Replaced on each point earned. Deleted when you delete your account. No deletion date for visitors without an account |
| Point totals | Remain without the nickname after account deletion |
| Prize email | Deleted after the prize is sent, or when you delete your account |
| Daily visit and activity records | About 3 days |
| Per-IP visit counts | No fixed period yet; hashed and masked only. Deleted on request |
In your browser
Read marks, interests, theme and points shown on screen stay in your browser's storage and are not sent to us, except the actions needed to award points. A login cookie (kb_s) keeps you signed in. Clearing site data removes them.
Other services
Cloudflare hosts the site and database and runs the bot check. Notifications are delivered through your browser maker's push service. Fonts load from jsDelivr. Your account details are not sent to the AI used to summarize community posts.
Your choices
Change or delete your details and account on My page. To delete a comment or post, or for any question, email buzz@ana0.com.