Community privacy & rules

This notice covers the optional website forum, not the Mac app. Responsible: the provider named in the Imprint. Questions, corrections, removal requests and moderation appeals: [email protected]. Include the topic link, but never a licence key or session cookie.

Reading and contributing

Reading discussions does not require an account, email address or forum cookie. Our Cloudflare hosting receives normal connection information when serving pages and API requests. We do not add analytics or advertising trackers to the forum.

Only after you choose “Continue with anti-spam check” do we load Cloudflare Turnstile. Cloudflare processes connection/browser signals to detect abuse. After validation, we set the first-party __Host-mt_community cookie for up to 30 days. It holds a random session token, not your name or email; only a hash of that token is stored on our server. The cookie is Secure, HttpOnly and SameSite Strict. It recognises this browser for posting and voting, not a verified person. Clearing site data ends that browser’s access to its session; it does not remove earlier posts or votes.

What is stored

When you press Send, we store your display name, message, topic tag/title, optional HTTPS link, creation time, moderation state and a random browser-session identifier. Names are unverified aliases. Pending and hidden posts are not publicly readable. Moderators can review them. Approved posts and replies are public, and others can copy them. We store votes against that random session identifier, and private reports for moderator review.

The API uses keyed, daily-changing IP pseudonyms and per-session hourly counters to limit abuse. It does not store raw IP addresses or user-agent strings in the forum database. Cloudflare’s hosting and Turnstile processing is separate. See Cloudflare’s privacy policy.

Retention and removal

Sessions expire after 30 days and abuse counters after the current hour. Expired database records are removed by operator maintenance; expiration prevents use even before that cleanup. Posts remain until removed by moderation or following a removal request. Deleting a topic removes its replies, votes and reports from the active database. Resolved reports are deleted when moderators save their review. Provider backups and copies made by other visitors may remain separately.

Draft text stays in the current page’s memory, not local storage, until you submit, discard or close/reload the page. Requests for access, correction or deletion can be sent privately using the contact above. As guest names are unverified, we may need enough context to avoid deleting someone else’s contributions.

Rules

Keep it useful, kind and related to MouseTools. No spam, impersonation, harassment, malicious links, private information or content you have no right to share. Describe bugs without posting licence keys, emails, payment data or confidential screenshots. Use private support for purchases and personal information. External links are not previews: opening one contacts that third-party site. We do not support file uploads or automatic setup imports.

Moderators may approve, hide, lock or remove contributions, and set roadmap labels for ideas. A roadmap label is not a delivery date or guarantee. To appeal, email the topic link and a brief explanation. Reports are private to moderators.