This Privacy Policy (hereinafter — the "Policy") governs how personal data of visitors to sibkarate.ru (hereinafter — the "Site") is collected, used, and protected. By using the Site, submitting data through its forms (newsletter subscription, comments, article submissions), or continuing to browse its pages, you agree to the terms of this Policy.

If you do not agree with these terms, please do not use the Site.

1. Data Controller

The data controller responsible for processing personal data is the administrator of the Site.

  • Site: sibkarate.ru
  • Contact email for data protection inquiries: ant1aon@mail.ru

For any questions related to your personal data, or to exercise your rights, please contact the Data Controller at the email address above.

2. Key Definitions

  • Personal data — any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
  • Processing — any operation performed on personal data: collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, use, transmission, restriction, erasure, or destruction.
  • Data controller — the person who determines the purposes and means of processing personal data.
  • Cookie — a small data file stored by your browser on your device when you visit the Site.

3. Data We Collect

We process personal data that you provide voluntarily, as well as data collected automatically when you use the Site.

3.1. Newsletter subscription (the "Get useful articles by email" form):

  • email address.

3.2. Comments:

  • name or username you provide;
  • email address (not published on the Site);
  • IP address and browser information (user-agent), collected automatically by the CMS.

3.3. Article submissions ("Submit an article" form):

  • the content you submit (text, images);
  • IP address — for spam prevention and submission rate limiting.

3.4. Unsubscribe requests ("Unsubscribe" form):

  • email address;
  • reason for unsubscribing (as provided by you).

3.5. Automatically upon visiting the Site:

  • IP address, date and time of access, device type, operating system, and browser;
  • cookies, pages viewed, and interactions on the Site (including via the Yandex.Metrica analytics service — see Section 6).

We do not collect special categories of personal data (such as racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health data, etc.) and do not request payment or identity document details.

4. Purposes of Processing

  • sending newsletters about new content published on the Site (for subscribers);
  • publishing and moderating user comments;
  • reviewing and moderating user-submitted articles;
  • handling user requests, including unsubscribe and data deletion requests;
  • protecting the Site from spam, fraud, and automated abuse;
  • collecting anonymised statistics and analysing traffic to improve the Site.

5. Legal Basis for Processing

We process personal data on the following grounds:

  • Consent — expressed by voluntarily completing and submitting forms on the Site;
  • Legitimate interests — such as ensuring the security and proper functioning of the Site, where those interests do not override your fundamental rights and freedoms.

6. Cookies and Analytics (Yandex.Metrica)

The Site uses cookies to save user preferences (colour theme, interface language) and ensure the Site works correctly.

For traffic analysis and user behaviour insights, the Site uses Yandex.Metrica, an analytics service provided by Yandex LLC (Russia). Yandex.Metrica uses cookies to collect anonymised visit data: IP address, device and browser details, referral sources, pages viewed, and on-site actions. This data is used to compile statistics and improve the Site. For more information on how Yandex.Metrica processes data, see: Yandex Privacy Policy and Yandex.Metrica Terms.

You can restrict or disable cookies in your browser settings and opt out of Yandex.Metrica data collection using the Yandex.Metrica opt-out tool. Disabling cookies may affect the availability of certain Site features.

7. Sharing Your Data

We do not sell or share personal data with third parties, except in the following cases:

  • anonymised visit data is shared with Yandex.Metrica (Yandex LLC);
  • data is shared with our hosting provider to the extent necessary for the Site to function;
  • data may be disclosed when required by applicable law or a lawful request from a competent authority.

Data is stored and processed on servers located in the Russian Federation.

8. Retention Periods

  • email addresses collected via newsletter subscription are retained until you unsubscribe or request deletion;
  • comment data is retained until deleted by the author or the Site administrator;
  • data processed by Yandex.Metrica is retained in accordance with Yandex's own terms.

Once the purpose of processing is fulfilled or consent is withdrawn, personal data is deleted or anonymised, unless retention is required by applicable law.

9. Your Rights

You have the right to:

  • request information about the personal data we hold about you;
  • request correction, restriction, or deletion of your personal data if it is inaccurate, outdated, or processed unlawfully;
  • withdraw your consent to processing at any time;
  • unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time using the Unsubscribe page, linked in the Site footer and in every newsletter email;
  • lodge a complaint with a competent data protection authority.

To exercise these rights, withdraw consent, or request deletion of your data, please send a request to: ant1aon@mail.ru.

10. Data Security

We take reasonable legal, organisational, and technical measures to protect personal data against unauthorised access, destruction, alteration, blocking, copying, distribution, and other unlawful actions by third parties. All data is transmitted over an encrypted HTTPS connection.

11. Children's Privacy

The Site is not designed to deliberately collect personal data from minors. If personal data is submitted on behalf of a minor, it must be done by their legal guardian.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Policy from time to time. The current version is always available on this page with the date of the latest revision. Continued use of the Site after changes are made constitutes acceptance of the updated Policy.