The Retro Web is a community driven organisation focussed on archiving and curating PC documentation. This privacy policy will explain how our organization uses the personal data we collect from you when you use our website.
Topics:
- What data do we collect?
- How do we collect your data?
- How will we use your data?
- How do we store your data?
- Marketing
- What are your data protection rights?
- What are cookies?
- How do we use cookies?
- What types of cookies do we use?
- How to manage your cookies
- Privacy policies of other websites
- Changes to our privacy policy
- How to contact us
- How to contact the appropriate authorities
What data do we collect?
If you create an account on The Retro Web, we will collect the following personal identification information: ip address, username, email address and password. Additionally, we also store a cookie which remembers your login state. Furthermore we also store any posts and attachments you make in our ticketing system and forum.
How do we collect your data?
You directly provide The Retro Web with all of the personal data we collect when you register for a user account. We store the session cookie whenever you log in, by ticking the optional "Remember me" checkbox.
How will we use your data?
The Retro Web collects your data so that we can manage your account on our site. Your data is only used on our site and it is not shared with any other third parties.
How do we store your data?
The Retro Web securely stores your data at Hetzner Gmbh. The Retro Web will keep your account for 1 year after your last login. Once this time period has expired, we will delete your data by erasing your account and tickets. Public forum posts made under your account will be anonymised rather than deleted, meaning your username and any other identifying information will be removed from those posts while the content itself is retained to preserve the continuity of community discussions.
Marketing
The Retro Web will not send you any information which is not strictly related to your account management.
What are your data protection rights?
The Retro Web would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:
- The right to access – You have the right to request The Retro Web for copies of your personal data.
- The right to rectification – You have the right to request that The Retro Web correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request The Retro Web to complete the information you believe is incomplete.
- The right to erasure – You have the right to request that The Retro Web erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that The Retro Web restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to The Retro Web’s processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to data portability – You have the right to request that The Retro Web transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at our email: info@theretroweb.com
Cookies
Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behavior information. When you visit our websites, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology
For further information, visit allaboutcookies.org.
How do we use cookies?
The Retro Web only uses cookies to keep you signed in, and which is an optional toggle when you sign in. If you do not have a user account/are not logged in, we do not store any cookies whatsoever.
Changes to our privacy policy
The Retro Web keeps its privacy policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 6th May 2026.
How to contact us
If you have any questions about The Retro Web’s privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Email us at: info@theretroweb.com
How to contact the appropriate authority
Should you wish to report a complaint or if you feel that The Retro Web has not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner, you may contact the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK's data protection supervisory authority.
If you are based in the European Union, you may alternatively contact the data protection supervisory authority in your country of residence.
ICO website: https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/ ICO helpline: 0303 123 1113 List of EU supervisory authorities: https://www.edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/about-edpb/members_en
Legal disclaimer
The following topics are covered:
- Contents of The Retro Web
- References and Links
- Copyright and trademark law
- Legal validity of this disclaimer
Contents of The Retro Web
We assume no liability for the topicality, correctness, completeness or quality of the information provided. Liability claims against The Retro Web relating to material or immaterial damage caused by the use or non-use of the information provided or by the use of incorrect or incomplete information are excluded, unless there is evidence of wilful intent or gross negligence on the part of the author.
The Retro Web expressly reserves the right to change, supplement or delete parts of the pages or the entire platform without prior notice or to cease publication temporarily or permanently.
References and Links
The Retro Web staff is not responsible for any contents linked or referred to from The Retro Web pages - unless we have full knowledge of illegal contents and would be able to prevent the visitors of this site from viewing those pages.
The Retro Web therefore expressly declares that at the time the links were created, the linked pages were free of illegal content.
This statement applies to all links and references set within The Retro Web website as well as to entries made by third parties in its records, archives and message boards set up by the The Retro Web staff.
For illegal, incorrect or incomplete contents and in particular for damages arising from the use or non-use of such information, the provider of the page to which reference is made is solely liable, not the party who merely refers to the respective publication via links.
Copyright and trademark law
The Retro Web endeavours to observe the copyrights of the graphics, documents, texts, software and source code used in all publications, to use graphics, documents, texts, software and source code it has created itself or to make use of graphics, documents, texts, software and source code that are in the public domain. All brands and trademarks mentioned within the The Retro Web and possibly protected by third parties are subject without restriction to the provisions of the applicable trademark law and the ownership rights of the respective registered owners. The mere fact that a trademark is mentioned should not lead to the conclusion that it is not protected by the rights of third parties!
The copyright for published objects created by the The Retro Web itself remain under the Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Any duplication or use of objects on the The Retro Web web platform such as diagrams, graphics and texts in other electronic or printed publications is permitted without the authors express agreement subject to acceptance of the CC BY-SA 4.0 license terms in full.
Any duplication or use of objects such as software code and data required for the purposes of mirroring, backup or rehosting in electronic form is permitted without the authors express agreement subject to the acceptance of the GNU General Public License Version 3, 29 June 2007 and the CC BY-SA 4.0 license terms in full.
Legal validity of this disclaimer
This disclaimer is to be regarded as part of the internet publication which you were referred from. If sections or individual terms of this statement are not legal or correct, the content or validity of the other parts remain uninfluenced by this fact.