Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy covers SC-Links.org, a fan-made Star Citizen information and resource directory. Cloud Imperium Games and Roberts Space Industries do not own, operate, endorse or officially connect with this website.

This Privacy Policy explains what information SC-Links.org collects, how SC-Links.org uses it and what choices you have.

Who we are

SC-Links.org is the public name of an independent, fan-made website operating in the United Kingdom. SC-Links.org does not operate as a registered company or business.

Our website address is https://sc-links.org.

For privacy questions, account removal requests, or data requests, please contact admin@sc-links.org.

Personal data covered by this Privacy Policy

SC-Links.org may collect basic website visitor information, registered member account information, community-link submissions, votes, referral-rotation information, security information, cookie choices and analytics information. This Privacy Policy covers information handled by this website; linked services publish their own terms and privacy notices.

Website visitor information

When you visit the website, SC-Links.org and its service providers may automatically process some technical information. This may include your IP address, browser type, device type, approximate location, pages visited, date and time of visit, referring website, and search query information where available.

SC-Links.org uses this information to understand website traffic, improve the website, detect problems and help protect the site from abuse.

Registered member accounts

If you create a member account, we collect the information needed to create and manage it. This may include your username, email address, password in securely hashed form, account creation date, login activity, email verification status, and IP address used during registration or login.

SC-Links.org does not store passwords in plain text. If you choose Sign in with Google, Google provides the name, email address and account identifier needed to create or sign in to the same SC-Links.org member account. SC-Links.org does not receive or store your Google password.

User-submitted links

If you suggest a community link, we may store the link title, website URL, description, selected categories, your user account ID, submission date and time, link score, vote totals and voting history.

Once SC-Links.org adds a submitted link to the page, visitors can see it publicly. Please do not submit personal information inside link titles or descriptions.

Voting on links

If you vote on a submitted link, we store enough information to make sure each registered member can vote only once per link. This may include your user account ID, the link you voted on, whether the vote was an up-vote or down-vote, and the date and time of the vote.

SC-Links.org uses votes to rank links so useful resources appear higher on the page.

Referral rotation participation

If you submit a Star Citizen referral code for the referral rotation, we may store your RSI handle, referral code, avatar reference, linked member account, submission and synchronisation dates, dates needed to administer the rotation, rotation status, and click or count information used to operate the feature.

When the rotator selects a referral entry, it may publicly display the referral code, RSI handle and avatar. Do not submit a code or handle that you do not want displayed.

Cookies

SC-Links.org uses cookies and similar technologies for essential website functions, login sessions, security, privacy choices, analytics and performance.

Essential cookies may keep registered users signed in, remember consent choices and protect account access. SC-Links.org uses them only where needed for the service to work.

SC-Links.org records your cookie choices so that optional analytics, marketing and preference cookies remain disabled unless you allow them. The consent banner offers Accept all, Reject all and Customise, and Cookie settings lets you change or withdraw your choice later.

To record and respect your cookie choices, SC-Links.org keeps each consent record for up to 13 months. Each record contains when the visitor made the choice, the allowed categories, the policy version and a one-way identifier created from technical information. The consent record does not contain the original IP address or browser information. SC-Links.org keeps daily totals of Accept all, Reject all and Customise choices for up to 90 days.

Embedded content and external services may also use cookies or similar technologies under their own privacy terms.

Why we use your data

We use personal data to provide and manage member accounts, verify email addresses, operate the referral rotation, accept and rank useful Star Citizen links, prevent duplicate or abusive submissions, maintain security, understand which resources are useful, improve content and performance, recover from technical problems, and meet legal obligations.

Lawful basis for processing

Where the UK GDPR or similar privacy laws apply, the purpose determines which lawful basis we rely on.

Contract or service delivery covers the data required to create and manage member accounts and provide member features.

Legitimate interests cover work that protects the website, prevents abuse, improves content, maintains security, analyses basic performance, operates backups and keeps the service running.

Consent covers non-essential cookies, analytics and optional tracking where the law requires it.

Legal obligation covers information that we must keep or disclose to comply with the law.

Member registration and verification

Email registration uses a verification message delivered through SMTP2GO. The verification link expires after 24 hours. You can use Sign in with Google as an alternative way to create or access the same SC-Links.org member account.

SC-Links.org uses Cloudflare Turnstile, rate limiting and security checks to reduce spam and automated abuse. These checks may process technical information such as IP address, browser, device and challenge data.

Only verified logged-in members can submit links or vote on links.

Referral links and blocked content

The community link feature accepts useful Star Citizen resources and does not support referral farming.

SC-Links.org may automatically block or reject Star Citizen referral codes, RSI enlist or referral links, duplicate website domains, spam links, malicious links, misleading descriptions, and links that are not relevant to Star Citizen resources.

SC-Links.org may remove submitted links that are abusive, unsafe, misleading, spam, duplicates, broken or unrelated to the site’s purpose.

Analytics and statistics

SC-Links.org uses Google Analytics, Google Search Console and local Visitor Statistics to understand website traffic and search performance.

Google Analytics and local statistics may process information such as pages visited, approximate location, device and browser type, session information, referring websites and IP address. Where the law requires consent, Google Analytics waits for it before storing optional analytics data.

Google Search Console supplies site-level information such as search impressions, clicks, positions and search terms. This helps us understand how people find the site and which pages need improvement.

Google may process data under the Google Privacy Policy.

Embedded content and external links

Pages on SC-Links.org may include links to other websites or embedded content from other websites, such as videos, maps, tools, guides, or Star Citizen community resources.

Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if you visited that website directly. Those websites may collect data, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, or monitor your interaction with their content.

SC-Links.org is not responsible for the privacy practices, security, accuracy, or content of external websites.

Who we share data with

We do not sell your personal data.

Google provides Analytics, Search Console and Sign in with Google. Cloudflare provides Turnstile anti-bot checks. SMTP2GO delivers verification and operational site email. Automattic’s Jetpack services provide site security, firewall, brute-force protection and downtime monitoring. SC-Links.org does not use Jetpack Stats.

Hosting and controlled backup systems may also process or store information needed to operate and restore the website.

These providers process information under their own terms and privacy notices: Google, Cloudflare, SMTP2GO and Automattic.

SC-Links.org shares data only where needed to operate, secure, improve, restore or legally protect the website. We do not use personal data for unrelated purposes.

International data transfers

Some service providers may process information outside the United Kingdom. Where privacy law requires it, we rely on recognised safeguards such as an adequacy decision or approved contractual protections. Contact admin@sc-links.org if you would like more information about the safeguards used for a particular service.

Backups

SC-Links.org creates backups automatically.

A backup may contain member account information, submitted links, votes, uploaded media, security records and other data needed to restore the service.

Backups let us restore the website after accidental deletion, a failed update, a technical problem or a security incident.

We store backup copies in controlled storage and remove or overwrite older copies according to the retention schedule.

Disaster-recovery backups may continue to contain deleted information until the retention schedule removes or overwrites them.

How long we keep data

SC-Links.org keeps data only for as long as its purpose requires.

A member account remains until the member deletes it or asks us to remove it. Email-verification links expire after 24 hours.

Submitted community links remain while they are useful. When SC-Links.org removes a link, the recovery area may retain it for up to seven days before permanent removal.

Referral-rotation entries remain while the feature uses them or until SC-Links.org removes them. We retain votes while the related community link remains listed so that voting rules continue to work.

Security logs remain only as long as SC-Links.org needs them to detect abuse, investigate problems or protect the site.

Cookie-consent logs remain for up to 13 months, while local daily consent totals remain for up to 90 days.

The active analytics service controls its own data-retention period.

The website backup schedule determines how long we retain backups and when the system overwrites them.

Data protection complaints

If you believe SC-Links.org has not handled your personal information properly, you can make a data protection complaint by emailing admin@sc-links.org. Please make clear that your message is a data protection complaint and explain the concern you would like us to investigate.

We will acknowledge a data protection complaint within 30 days of receiving it, take appropriate steps to investigate it without undue delay, keep you informed as appropriate, and tell you the outcome without undue delay.

Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights over your personal data. These rights may let you:

• ask what personal data we hold about you;
• receive a copy of your personal data;
• correct inaccurate information;
• delete your account or personal data;
• object to certain processing or restrict how we use your data;
• withdraw consent when we rely on it; and
• complain to a data protection authority.

In the UK, you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office if you believe SC-Links.org mishandled your personal data.

Account deletion

Registered members can ask us to delete their accounts by contacting admin@sc-links.org.

When we delete an account, we may remove or anonymise its personal data. We may also remove or anonymise public community links and referral information. Where necessary to preserve useful public content or service integrity, we may retain that information without its member-account association.

Security

We take reasonable steps to protect the website and user accounts. These measures may include hashed passwords, email verification, anti-bot checks, limited member permissions, backups, software updates, server-side security controls and abuse prevention.

No website can guarantee complete security, but we aim to reduce risk and protect member data responsibly.

Children

SC-Links.org provides a general Star Citizen community resource and does not target children specifically. If you are not old enough to consent to an online service where you live, ask a parent or guardian before creating an account or submitting personal information.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy when SC-Links.org services or data-handling practices change, or when the law changes.

You can always find the latest Privacy Policy on this page.

Contact

For privacy questions, account deletion, or data requests, please contact admin@sc-links.org.

Last updated: 22 September 2026