Privacy Policy

CQ Gram processes information necessary to create and maintain accounts, including account identifiers, username, callsign, profile information, authentication information, and preferences.

Users may choose to publish profile information such as:

• callsign;
• name or display name;
• biography;
• profile photograph;
• station information;
• general location;
• amateur-radio interests and equipment; and
• website information.

CQ Gram processes information you submit — posts, photographs, videos, comments, reactions, messages, and reports — along with timestamps and technical metadata.

For operation and security, CQ Gram may process technical information including:

• IP address;
• browser, device, and operating-system information;
• session and authentication records;
• security events and diagnostics;
• crash information; and
• timestamps.

CQ Gram may use information to:

• create and manage accounts and display profiles;
• deliver posts and media;
• operate follows, search, and communications features;
• prevent spam, detect fraud, and protect accounts;
• enforce Platform rules and respond to reports;
• investigate security incidents and troubleshoot;
• maintain backups and comply with legal obligations; and
• improve CQ Gram.

Where data-protection law requires a legal basis, CQ Gram relies on an appropriate basis such as providing a requested service, legitimate interests, user consent, or compliance with legal obligations.

CQ Gram does not treat personal information as a product to be sold. Information may be shared with service providers necessary to operate the Service (hosting, storage, security, content delivery, authentication, infrastructure, analytics, communications), or disclosed when reasonably necessary to comply with law, protect users, or investigate fraud.

CQ Gram is a social platform. Information you publish publicly may be visible to other users, visitors, or search systems depending on your settings. Do not publish information you do not want publicly associated with your account.

If CQ Gram provides direct messaging, such communications are not ordinarily publicly displayed, but may be processed as necessary to deliver messages, prevent abuse, investigate reports, maintain security, or comply with law. Online communications cannot be guaranteed absolutely confidential.

Depending on applicable law and your location, you may have rights to:

• access, correction, and deletion;
• restriction and objection;
• portability;
• withdrawal of consent where applicable; and
• complaint to a data-protection authority.

Requests may be submitted through Contact Us. CQ Gram may need to verify your identity before processing certain requests.

CQ Gram uses reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect user information, but no internet service can guarantee absolute security. Users are responsible for protecting their passwords, authentication methods, and devices. Report security concerns through Contact Us.