Is It Ported? collects as little data as it can. You can read every page without an account, and we don’t use advertising or tracking cookies. This page lists everything we do collect, why, and when we delete it.
The site is run by its owner, who reviews pages under the pen name Sam Carver and is responsible for the data described here (the “data controller”). For anything about your data, email hello@isitported.com.
What we collect when you read the site
- Delivery by Cloudflare. Cloudflare delivers our pages. To do that and to block attacks, it processes your IP address, browser user agent and the address of the page you request. We don’t keep our own logs of page visits.
- Visitor statistics. We use Cloudflare Web Analytics, which counts page views without cookies and without following you across sites.
- AI-assistant visits. When you arrive from an AI assistant such as ChatGPT or Perplexity, the page sends one count: the assistant’s name and the page address. Nothing about you is sent or stored. Your browser remembers for the current tab session that it already counted that page.
- Your theme choice. If you switch between light and dark mode, your browser stores that choice on your device. It never reaches us.
What we collect when you use a form
Player reports. We store your device, operating system, browser, result, notes, an optional display name, the language and the time. To stop spam we also store a scrambled code made from your IP address with a secret that changes every day. We can’t turn it back into your IP address. We delete that code after 30 days. Approved reports are published on the port page and kept. Reports we reject, or never review, are deleted after 90 days.
Newsletter. We don’t run a newsletter yet. Before we start one, we will update this page and name the email service that sends it.
Tips. We store the link and message you send, and your email address if you add one. We remove the email address after 90 days and delete the tip 180 days after we have dealt with it.
Which services process data for us
| Service | What it does | Data it sees |
|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare | Delivers the site, blocks attacks, counts visits, runs the “are you human?” check on forms (Turnstile) | Your IP address, browser details and the pages you request |
| Our server host (Contabo, Germany) | Receives and stores what you send with our forms (reports, tips) | The form data listed above and your IP address when you send it |
| YouTube (privacy-enhanced mode) | Plays our test videos | The video player loads only after you click play. Before that the page shows a still image. When we haven’t uploaded our own image, that image comes from YouTube’s image server (i.ytimg.com), which sees your IP address |
We don’t sell or share your data with anyone else. We don’t use your data for advertising.
Backups
We back up our forms database every night to protect it from loss. Backups are kept for up to 8 weeks and then deleted. Data you asked us to delete disappears from backups when they expire.
Your rights
You can ask to see the data we hold about you, to correct it or to delete it. Email hello@isitported.com with the email address or report details involved. We reply within 30 days. If you live in the EU or the UK, you can also complain to your data protection authority.
Children
Is It Ported? is not aimed at children under 13, and we don’t knowingly collect their data.
Changes to this policy
If we change how we use data, we update this page and its date. Big changes (for example, if we start showing ads) are announced on the site before they take effect.