This community holds unusually sensitive information about people. We collect as little as we can, show it to as few people as possible, and default everything to private.
It is stored so we can enforce the age rule, and it is never shown to anyone. Other members can only ever see a computed age, and only if you choose to display it.
Photos routinely carry GPS coordinates, timestamps and camera identifiers. We remove that data on upload, before the file is stored. A single un-stripped photo can publish your home address.
Every photo, album, writing and profile field carries its own visibility setting: public, members, followers, friends, or nobody. Nothing on Barely Zipped is visible without an account. These rules are enforced by the database itself, not just hidden in the interface.
Staff cannot read your private messages. That restriction is enforced in our access rules, not by policy alone. Staff can only see a message if it reaches them through a report.
Used once to confirm the badge, visible only to staff, then deleted. We keep the decision, not the image.
We respond to valid legal process. We report child sexual abuse material to NCMEC as required by law. We do not hand over member data on request without it.