Last updated: 2 August 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how SDRstore ("SDRstore", "we", "our", or "us"), as the operator of SDRstore Community and the website https://community.sdrstore.eu (the "Community"), collects, uses, stores, and protects your personal data.
SDRstore is the data controller responsible for the personal data processed through the Community.
For privacy-related questions or requests, you can:
This Privacy Policy applies specifically to the SDRstore Community. Purchases, orders, payments, deliveries, returns, and customer accounts on SDRstore.eu are governed by the separate SDRstore.eu Privacy Policy.
Depending on how you use the Community, we may collect and process the following categories of personal data.
Most profile information is optional. You should not publish information that you do not want other Community members or visitors to see.
We process private conversations and messages sent through the Community so that they can be delivered to their intended recipients.
Private conversations are not displayed publicly. However, they are stored on our systems and may be accessed by specifically authorized staff where reasonably necessary to:
Do not use private conversations to send passwords, payment card details, identification documents, order payment information, or other highly sensitive information.
When you contact us, we may process:
When you access or use the Community, certain information may be collected automatically, including:
We obtain personal data:
We process account information, profile information, Community content, preferences, and communications to:
Our legal basis is generally the performance of our agreement with you and taking steps at your request before providing Community services.
We process account activity, IP addresses, security logs, content, reports, and moderation records to:
Our legal basis is our legitimate interest in operating a secure, trustworthy, and useful technical Community and, where applicable, compliance with legal obligations.
We may use your email address to send:
You can manage most optional notifications from your Community account preferences. Essential account, security, legal, or service-related messages may still be sent while your account remains active.
Where required, optional marketing communications are sent on the basis of your consent. You may withdraw that consent at any time by using the unsubscribe option or changing your account preferences.
We may use aggregated or limited usage information to understand how the Community is used, identify technical problems, improve navigation, measure performance, and decide which features or content are useful.
Our legal basis is our legitimate interest in improving the Community. Where applicable law requires consent for a particular analytics technology, that technology will only be used after consent has been obtained.
We may process and retain information where necessary to:
Our legal basis may be compliance with a legal obligation or our legitimate interest in protecting our legal rights.
The Community is generally a public forum. Unless a section is clearly identified as private or restricted, the following information may be visible to anyone:
Public pages may be indexed, copied, cached, archived, quoted, or displayed by search engines, internet archives, social media services, artificial intelligence services, or other third parties outside our control.
Deleting your account does not automatically remove every public contribution. To preserve the continuity and usefulness of technical discussions, posts may remain available after account deletion, but the account may be anonymized where appropriate.
Content quoted or copied by other users, search engines, archives, or external websites may remain available even after the original content is removed from the Community.
Cookies are small text files stored on your device. We use cookies and similar technologies to:
Cookies that are strictly necessary for the Community to function may be used without optional consent. Non-essential cookies, where used, will be managed according to applicable consent requirements.
You can find more information about cookies used by the Community on our cookie information page.
We do not sell or rent your personal data.
Personal data may be disclosed to the following categories of recipients where reasonably necessary:
Authorized SDRstore staff and Community moderators may access information needed to provide support, moderate content, investigate reports, enforce rules, and maintain security. Access is limited according to role and operational need.
We use service providers that help us operate and protect the Community. These may include providers of:
These providers process personal data on our behalf or provide independent services subject to their own legal obligations. We only provide the information reasonably necessary for them to perform their services.
We may disclose information to courts, regulators, law enforcement authorities, legal advisers, or other authorized parties where disclosure is required by law or reasonably necessary to protect rights, investigate wrongdoing, or respond to a valid legal request.
If the Community or SDRstore is reorganized, transferred, merged, sold, or acquired, relevant personal data may be transferred as part of that transaction, subject to appropriate confidentiality and data protection safeguards.
Some service providers or technical systems may process information outside Romania or the European Economic Area.
Where personal data is transferred outside the European Economic Area, we use appropriate safeguards as required by applicable law. These may include:
You may contact us for additional information about the safeguards applicable to a particular transfer.
We retain personal data only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including providing the Community, maintaining security, resolving disputes, enforcing rules, and meeting legal obligations.
Retention periods are determined by considering:
In particular:
You may request closure of your account by contacting us through the contact form or by emailing [email protected].
Account closure and erasure of personal data do not necessarily require deletion of all Community contributions. We may retain or anonymize posts where removal would:
Deletion and erasure requests are assessed individually in accordance with applicable law.
We use appropriate technical and organizational measures designed to protect personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure, or unauthorized access.
Measures may include:
No internet service can guarantee absolute security. You are responsible for choosing a strong, unique password, protecting your login credentials, and notifying us promptly if you believe your account has been compromised.
Automated systems may assist us in identifying spam, malicious registrations, unusual login activity, prohibited content, or other potential violations.
These systems may temporarily restrict content or accounts for review. We do not generally use solely automated decision-making that produces legal effects or similarly significant effects on Community members. You may contact us to request human review of a significant moderation or security decision.
Subject to applicable law and any relevant limitations, you may have the right to:
To exercise your rights, email [email protected] or use our contact form.
We may need to request information to verify your identity before completing a request. We will only request information reasonably necessary for verification.
Some rights are not absolute. A request may be limited or refused where permitted by law, including where information must be retained for legal obligations, security, freedom of expression, the rights of other people, or the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
We encourage you to contact us first so that we can try to resolve your concern.
You also have the right to submit a complaint to the Romanian National Supervisory Authority for Personal Data Processing (ANSPDCP):
If you live elsewhere in the European Economic Area, you may also contact the data protection authority in the country where you live or work or where you believe an infringement occurred.
The Community is not intended for children under 16 years of age, and users under 16 must not register or submit personal data through the Community.
If we reasonably believe that an account belongs to a child under 16, we may restrict or close the account and delete or anonymize the associated personal data where appropriate.
A parent or legal guardian who believes that a child has provided personal data may contact us at [email protected].
Community posts may contain links to third-party websites, software projects, repositories, videos, manufacturers, social media services, or other external resources.
External services may collect information when you visit them or interact with embedded content. Their processing is governed by their own privacy policies. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of independent third-party services.
We may update this Privacy Policy when our services, technology, legal obligations, or data-processing practices change.
The latest version will be published on this page with an updated revision date. Where changes are significant, we may provide additional notice through the Community, by email, or during account login. You may be asked to acknowledge the updated policy where appropriate.
For questions, requests, or concerns relating to privacy or personal data, contact:
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