Privacy Policy

BrickPlan (brickplan.cn) collects the minimum data needed to run a blueprint-sharing community. This page summarises what we store and why.

What we collect

  • Account data: username, email address and a password hash. Passwords are never stored in plain text.
  • Content you publish: blueprints, images, PDFs, descriptions, tags, comments and likes.
  • Usage data: aggregate page views (Google Analytics 4 and a self-hosted Umami instance) and, where you are signed in, your recent activity such as views and favourites.

How we use it

  • To operate the site: authentication, publishing your work, showing comments and notifications.
  • To improve discovery: aggregate, non-identifying statistics about which blueprints and articles are read.

What we do not do

  • We do not sell your personal data.
  • We do not publish your email address. Public pages show your username only.

Third parties

  • Images and PDFs are served from Tencent Cloud COS (Hong Kong region).
  • Google Analytics 4 (Google LLC) measures page views; data may be processed outside mainland China. In the EEA, the UK and Switzerland it is loaded only after you accept the cookie banner.
  • Umami, a self-hosted analytics service, records anonymous, cookie-less visit statistics.

Your choices

  • You can edit or delete your published work at any time from your account.
  • For deletion of your account or any stored data, email ghostjeky@hotmail.com.

Cookies and local storage

  • BrickPlan uses a single session cookie to keep you signed in. No advertising or cross-site tracking cookies are set.
  • With your consent — required in the EEA, the UK and Switzerland — Google Analytics sets first-party cookies (_ga, _ga_*) to measure traffic. Declining does not limit any site feature.
  • Umami sets no cookies. Browser local storage holds UI preferences (theme, last-explored category) and your analytics choice; none of it is read server-side except the signed-in session.

Data retention

  • Published blueprints and their media are retained until you delete them or we take down the site.
  • Account records are kept for as long as the account exists; a deleted account removes the username, email and password hash within 30 days.

Accuracy

If any of your stored data is wrong — for example an old email address — sign in and update it from the account settings page, or email ghostjeky@hotmail.com and we will correct it.

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