Privacy Policy

Last updated: November 26, 2025

1. Introduction

Stargazers ("we," "our," or "us") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you use our service.

2. Information We Collect

2.1 Information from GitHub

When you sign in with GitHub, we request read-only access to:

  • Your public profile information (username, name, avatar, bio)
  • Your email address
  • Your starred repositories (public information only)

2.2 Automatically Collected Information

We automatically collect certain information when you visit our website:

  • IP address
  • Browser type and version
  • Device information
  • Pages visited and time spent
  • Referring website

3. How We Use Your Information

We use your information to:

  • Provide and maintain our service
  • Create and display your public profile page
  • Categorize your starred repositories
  • Improve and optimize our service
  • Communicate with you about service updates
  • Detect and prevent fraud or abuse

4. Data Sharing and Third Parties

We use the following third-party services:

  • GitHub - For authentication and fetching your starred repositories
  • Cloudflare - For hosting, CDN, and security services

We do not sell your personal information to third parties. We may share anonymized, aggregated data for analytics purposes.

5. Data Retention

We retain your data for as long as your account is active. If you delete your account, we will delete your personal data within 30 days, except where we are required to retain it for legal purposes.

6. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights:

  • Access - Request a copy of your personal data
  • Rectification - Request correction of inaccurate data
  • Erasure - Request deletion of your data
  • Portability - Request transfer of your data
  • Objection - Object to processing of your data
  • Withdraw consent - Withdraw consent at any time

To exercise these rights, please contact us at [email protected].

7. Cookies

We use cookies and similar technologies to provide and improve our service. For more information, please see our Cookie Policy.

8. Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure.

9. Children's Privacy

Our service is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us at:

[email protected]