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Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

This Privacy Policy explains how I, Tíépé Meritré Soro (the operator of the Manha website, "Manha" or "the Website"), collect, use, disclose, and protect personal data in compliance with the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG). My contact details are provided in Section 8.

By using the Manha website, you consent to the collection and processing of your personal data as described in this Privacy Policy.

2. Data Controller

I, Tíépé Meritré Soro, am the data controller responsible for the processing of personal data collected through the Manha website. As controller, I determine the purposes and means of processing and am responsible for ensuring that processing complies with applicable data protection laws.

Controller contact details:

Tíépé Meritré Soro
Poststraße 22/1
72458 Albstadt-Ebingen
Germany

Email: meritretms@gmail.com
Instagram: @manha_read

3. Types of Data Collected

I collect the following categories of personal data:

Automatically collected data (collected when you use the Website):

  • IP address;
  • Device identifiers and device metadata (device model, operating system, browser version);
  • Log files, timestamps and usage data;
  • Website performance and diagnostic data.

User-provided data (data you supply directly):

  • Account information (username; email address);
  • Content you upload (stories, comments, ratings);
  • Communications with support.

These data elements are necessary for the Website to function and for me to provide the service. By using the Website you consent to this data processing.

Cookies / tracking technologies:

I do not deploy tracking cookies for advertising. Note that platform providers and certain components may use technical cookies or similar mechanisms for operational purposes. (See Section 9 for information about third-party platform processing.)

4. Purpose of Data Collection

I process personal data for the following purposes:

  • Operation and maintenance of the Website (user authentication, account management, hosting and displaying user content);
  • Ensuring platform security and preventing abuse, fraud and spam.

Terms of Service

3. Account Registration and Security

Certain features require registration. You must provide accurate, current and complete information during registration and keep it up to date.

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your Account credentials and for all activity that occurs under your Account. Notify me immediately of any unauthorised use.

I may suspend or terminate Accounts that are inactive, abused, fraudulent, or contain false information, or where continued access would violate these Terms or applicable law.

6. License to Use the Website

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, I grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to access and use the Website for your personal, non-commercial use.

7. User Conduct and Prohibited Content

You must not use the Website to upload, post, share, store or transmit Content that:

  • Violates any applicable law or regulation;
  • Promotes, normalises or glorifies sexual violence, pedophilia, necrophilia, zoophilia, domestic violence or other unlawful sexual content;
  • Constitutes hate speech, racism, colourism, discrimination or targeted harassment of protected characteristics (race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, etc.);
  • Promotes gambling, extremist recruitment, propaganda or other content unlawful under German law;
  • Impersonates any person or entity or otherwise misleads regarding the origin of Content;
  • Publishes private personal information of third parties without their explicit consent (doxing);
  • Contains malware, viruses, or attempts to interfere with, reverse-engineer or compromise the Website;
  • Consists of unsolicited commercial communications, fraud, or monetary solicitations between Users;
  • Infringes third-party intellectual property rights unless you are the rights holder or have permission to publish.

This list is illustrative and not exhaustive. I reserve the right to remove, block, de-prioritise or refuse to publish Content that, in my reasonable judgment, breaches these Terms or the Community Guidelines.

8. Intellectual Property and Licences

8.1 Users' Intellectual Property

Authors retain all copyright and other intellectual property rights in the Content they create and upload. Nothing in these Terms transfers ownership of a User's Content to me.

8.2 Licence Grant to the Operator

By submitting Content to the Website you grant me a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable and transferable licence to host, store, reproduce, publish, publicly display and distribute your Content within the Website and on related services, and to perform any acts reasonably necessary to operate, improve, promote and back up the Website (including caching, indexing and making anonymised analytics). This licence is limited to the purposes of operating and promoting the Website and may be terminated by deleting your Content per the Website's deletion procedures, subject to the retention rights described in Section 9.4.

8.3 Representations

You represent and warrant that you own the rights in the Content you upload or have obtained all necessary rights, consents and permissions to grant the licence above, and that publication of such Content does not infringe the rights of any third party.

9. Responsibility for User Content, Moderation, and Enforcement

9.1 User Responsibilities

Each User is solely responsible for the Content they voluntarily provide, publish or share on the Website. You acknowledge that you upload Content at your own risk.

9.2 Moderation and Enforcement

I moderate Content and User behaviour in line with the Community Guidelines. Measures include removal of Content, warnings, temporary suspensions and permanent account termination. Typical progressive enforcement: (i) first breach — warning and Content removal; (ii) second breach — temporary suspension (for example seven (7) days) or depending on the grade of the offence permanent termination. Egregious violations (such as child sexual exploitation material, credible threats of violence or other serious illegal activity) will result in immediate permanent termination without prior notice.

9.3 Reporting and Appeals

Users may report suspected violations by using in-website reporting tools (when available) or by contacting me at meritretms@gmail.com (email) or via the Website's official social channel @manha_read (Instagram). I will handle reports in confidence to the extent reasonably practicable. If you believe an enforcement action was taken in error you may appeal by contacting me and providing relevant information; appeals will be reviewed impartially.

10. Notice-and-Action for Illegal or Infringing Content

Pursuant to German law (consistent with § 7 TMG principles), I am not generally liable for third-party Content unless and until I obtain actual knowledge of unlawful content and fail to act expeditiously. If you believe Content on the Website infringes your rights or is otherwise unlawful, please report it with specific information and supporting evidence to meritretms@gmail.com. I will investigate and, where appropriate and lawful, remove or disable access to the Content.