Your privacy is important to us.
This Privacy Policy explains how we may collect, use, protect, and handle information when you visit our website and use our MediaMTX guides, tutorials, resources, and related content.
By using this website, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
Information We May Collect
We may collect certain information when you visit or interact with our website.
This may include information such as:
- Your IP address
- Browser type and version
- Device information
- Operating system
- Pages you visit
- Time spent on our website
- Referring pages or websites
- General location information
- Information you voluntarily provide through contact forms or email
We generally use this information to understand how visitors use our website and to improve our MediaMTX content and overall user experience.
Information You Provide Voluntarily
If you contact us, submit a form, send feedback, or communicate with us directly, we may receive information such as your name, email address, and the content of your message.
For example, if you contact us with a question about a MediaMTX setup guide, we may use the information you provide to understand and respond to your inquiry.
We recommend avoiding the submission of passwords, private server credentials, API keys, authentication tokens, or other sensitive information through our contact forms.
How We Use Information
Information collected through our website may be used to:
- Operate and maintain the website
- Improve our MediaMTX guides and tutorials
- Understand how visitors use our content
- Respond to messages, questions, or feedback
- Identify technical issues
- Improve website performance and usability
- Prevent spam, abuse, or security threats
- Develop new articles, tutorials, and resources
We do not use personal information for purposes that are unrelated to the operation and improvement of our website without an appropriate reason or consent where required.
Cookies
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies.
Cookies are small files stored on your device that can help websites remember preferences, understand visitor behavior, and improve functionality.
Cookies may be used for purposes such as:
- Remembering user preferences
- Measuring website traffic
- Understanding visitor interactions
- Improving website performance
- Supporting analytics or advertising services, where applicable
You can usually control or disable cookies through your browser settings. Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect how some website features work.
Analytics
We may use third-party analytics services to understand website traffic and visitor behavior.
These services may collect information such as your device type, browser, approximate location, pages visited, and how long you spend on different pages.
Analytics information can help us understand which MediaMTX guides are useful to readers and where our website can be improved.
If analytics tools are used, their handling of information may also be governed by their own privacy policies.
Advertising
Our website may display advertising from third-party advertising networks or partners.
These providers may use cookies, tracking technologies, or similar methods to provide, measure, or personalize advertising.
We do not directly control how third-party advertising providers collect or process information. You should review the privacy policies of the relevant advertising providers for more information about their practices.
If our website does not currently display advertising, this section may not apply.
Third-Party Links
Our MediaMTX articles and guides may include links to third-party websites, official documentation, software repositories, tools, or other external resources.
Once you leave our website, the privacy practices of those external websites are governed by their own policies.
We are not responsible for the privacy, security, content, or data-handling practices of third-party websites.
We recommend reviewing the privacy policy of any external website before providing personal information.
MediaMTX and Third-Party Services
Our website provides informational and educational content about MediaMTX.
We are not responsible for information collected by MediaMTX itself, hosting providers, streaming platforms, cloud services, software tools, or other third-party systems you choose to use while following our guides.
If you deploy MediaMTX on your own server or integrate it with third-party services, you are responsible for understanding the privacy and data-handling requirements of your own configuration.
Data Security
We take reasonable steps to protect information associated with our website.
However, no method of internet transmission or electronic storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
For this reason, we cannot guarantee absolute security of any information transmitted through the website.
You should avoid sending confidential information through website forms unless it is necessary.
Data Retention
We may retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to operate the website, respond to inquiries, meet legal obligations, resolve disputes, prevent abuse, or improve our services.
The length of time information is retained may depend on the type of information and the purpose for which it was collected.
Children’s Privacy
Our website is intended to provide general educational and technical information about MediaMTX and streaming technologies.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children in violation of applicable privacy laws.