Privacy Policy for GruntSkill.com**
_Last Updated: [04-24-25]
Hey there, and welcome to **GruntSkill.com**—your social headquarters for hard hats, heavy lifting, and hard-earned pride. Before you dive into sharing stories, posting pictures, and connecting with other skilled grunts across the globe, let’s talk about your **privacy**.
We know trust is earned, not assumed. So here's how we protect your information and what we do (and don’t do) with it.
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## **1. The Basics – What This Policy Covers**
This Privacy Policy applies to GruntSkill.com (we'll call it "GruntSkill", "we", or "our") and outlines:
- What information we collect
- How we use it
- How we protect it
- Your choices and rights
- Who to contact if you have concerns
When you use our site, you're saying you're cool with this policy and how we handle your data.
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## **2. What We Collect (and Why)**
We only collect what’s necessary to give you the best GruntSkill experience—no spying, no shady side deals.
### **What You Give Us Directly:**
- **Name, email, and profile info** – So you can create an account and make it yours.
- **Photos, videos, bios, and posts** – That’s your content, and it stays yours.
- **Payment info (if you receive donations)** – We don’t store it ourselves. It’s handled through trusted third-party services like PayPal, Venmo, or Stripe.
- **Messages and comments** – So the crew can communicate and collaborate.
### **What We Collect Automatically:**
- **Log data** – Like IP addresses, browser info, and time of access. Helps us fix bugs and improve the platform.
- **Cookies** – For remembering your login, preferences, and boosting performance. You can manage these through your browser settings.
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## **3. How We Use Your Info**
We use your information to:
- Set up your profile and keep it running smooth
- Show your content to other users (you control who sees what)
- Communicate important updates or changes
- Feature your posts in podcasts, newsletters, or promotions (with your permission or credit)
- Make the site safer and more efficient
**We DO NOT:**
- Sell your personal data
- Share it with marketers
- Spy on your content
- Bombard you with spam
We’re a community, not a corporation.
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## **4. Sharing With Others (Only When Necessary)**
We don’t share your info unless we **have to**:
- **With service providers** – To run things like hosting, email, and security. They can’t use your data for anything else.
- **If required by law** – If the authorities come knocking with a warrant, we’ll cooperate. But we don’t hand things over unless we’re legally obligated.
- **To protect rights** – If someone’s threatening our users, the platform, or acting illegally, we reserve the right to act and share necessary info.
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## **5. Your Choices and Controls**
We put the power in your hands.
### **You Can:**
- **Edit or delete your profile** any time
- **Control who sees your content** with privacy settings
- **Download your data** if you want to leave (but we hope you won’t!)
- **Request full deletion of your account**—just email us at support@gruntskill.com
We honor all data deletion requests, and we won’t keep your stuff once you’ve asked us to remove it.
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## **6. Data Security – We Lock It Down**
We use up-to-date security tools, encrypted connections (HTTPS), and regularly monitor the site to protect your info.
Still, remember: **no system is 100% bulletproof**. Just like safety on the jobsite, we all gotta work together to keep it secure. That means don’t share your password, don’t click shady links, and let us know if something feels off.
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## **7. Third-Party Links and Services**
Sometimes we’ll link out to helpful stuff—job boards, videos, donation platforms, or podcasts. If you click on those, you're going into their world, not ours. Check their privacy policies, because we can’t control what they do with your data.
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## **8. Children's Privacy**
GruntSkill is for adults and young adults **13 and older**. We don’t knowingly collect data from anyone under 13. If we find out a minor has created an account, we’ll remove it.
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## **9. Changes to This Policy**
We might tweak this policy from time to time. If it’s a big change, we’ll notify users via email or a site alert. It’s a good idea to check this page once in a while.
**If you keep using the site after a policy change, that means you agree to the new version.**
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## **10. Contact Us**
Got questions? Need something clarified? Feel like the site isn’t respecting your privacy?
**Reach out anytime:**
**Email:** support@gruntskill.com
**Mailing Address:** [Insert Your Business Address Here]
We read every message. No auto-responses. Just real humans behind the scenes.
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## **Bottom Line:**
You work too damn hard to be played with.
**At GruntSkill.com, your data is your business.**
We protect it like we protect our own—and we promise to treat your privacy with the same respect you show your crew out on the job.
Now get out there, show us your skill, and help us build the best blue-collar social space the internet’s ever seen.
—The GruntSkill Team