An email address and real name can optionally be provided for account recovery and attribution purposes.</p> <h3 id="informationreceivedautomatically">Information Received Automatically</h3> <p>When you request a page on any of our sites, the web server automatically collects information about you, such as the your IP address, browser version and type, type and version of your operating system, the URL that referred you to this site, and in some cases the name of your internet service provider or mobile carrier. This data is used to provide a better experience for our users through determining ways to improve, administrate, and customise our site.</p> <h3 id="activelycollectedinformation">Actively Collected Information</h3> <p>We actively collect some types of information with a variety of commonly-used technologies, which can include tracking pixels, JavaScript, our users’ local storage, and cookies. Depending on which technology we use, locally stored data can be anything from text and pictures, to personal information (like your IP address) and information about your use of our sites (like your username or the time of your visit).