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Ask HN: Privacy policy of HN

I feel like this HN should be the leader in terms of setting guidelines for how to handle data and I would love to see a nice privacy policy. Is there someplace I haven't looked? The footer doesn't have it.

Jaruzel 9y ago
Seconded. I am also curious about old submissions, especially those that did not get any traction - are the held in the db forever, or are they aged off and deleted? I'm expecting that all comments are held forever though. Finally, who owns my comments, me or HN?
- greenyoda 9y ago
  Regarding comments: you own them, and grant Y Combinator the license to use them forever, as per https://www.ycombinator.com/legal https://www.ycombinator.com/legal - "User Content Transmitted Through the Site: With respect to the content or other materials you upload through the Site or share with other users or recipients (collectively, “User Content”), you represent and warrant that you own all right, title and interest in and to such User Content, including, without limitation, all copyrights and rights of publicity contained therein. By uploading any User Content you hereby grant and will grant Y Combinator and its affiliated companies a nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty free, fully paid up, transferable, sublicensable, perpetual, irrevocable license to copy, display, upload, perform, distribute, store, modify and otherwise use your User Content for any Y Combinator-related purpose in any form, medium or technology now known or later developed."
techjuice 9y ago
More then likely they use the following: https://www.ycombinator.com/legal/ https://www.ycombinator.com/legal/
howscrewedami 9y ago
Well, I had no idea. And I've been using Google Cloud for a while now. I wonder if there any legal consequences in saying that I am a business (when in reality I'm just trying out their APIs), or if I can get into any kind of trouble.
- ripexz 9y ago
  Wrong thread, dude :) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14695265 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14695265

Jaruzel 9y ago

Seconded. I am also curious about old submissions, especially those that did not get any traction - are the held in the db forever, or are they aged off and deleted? I'm expecting that all comments are held forever though. Finally, who owns my comments, me or HN?

greenyoda 9y ago
Regarding comments: you own them, and grant Y Combinator the license to use them forever, as per https://www.ycombinator.com/legal https://www.ycombinator.com/legal - "User Content Transmitted Through the Site: With respect to the content or other materials you upload through the Site or share with other users or recipients (collectively, “User Content”), you represent and warrant that you own all right, title and interest in and to such User Content, including, without limitation, all copyrights and rights of publicity contained therein. By uploading any User Content you hereby grant and will grant Y Combinator and its affiliated companies a nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty free, fully paid up, transferable, sublicensable, perpetual, irrevocable license to copy, display, upload, perform, distribute, store, modify and otherwise use your User Content for any Y Combinator-related purpose in any form, medium or technology now known or later developed."

techjuice 9y ago

More then likely they use the following: https://www.ycombinator.com/legal/ https://www.ycombinator.com/legal/

howscrewedami 9y ago

Well, I had no idea. And I've been using Google Cloud for a while now. I wonder if there any legal consequences in saying that I am a business (when in reality I'm just trying out their APIs), or if I can get into any kind of trouble.

ripexz 9y ago
Wrong thread, dude :) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14695265 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14695265