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This Privacy Policy governs how The Dire Manor collects, uses, processes, and protects information across its website, applications, digital environments, community systems, and associated services.

The Dire Manor is a privately governed adult digital estate, membership platform, immersive social environment, and community infrastructure operating across web, virtual reality, and digital spaces.

This Policy explains what information may be collected, why it is collected, how it is used, and what principles guide the Estate's privacy practices.

The Dire Manor was founded upon the principles of sovereignty, consent, autonomy, accountability, and respect for individual identity.

These principles influence not only community governance, but also how data is collected, used, stored, and protected.

The Estate recognizes that personal information belongs first to the individual. Data is collected only when necessary to operate the Services, maintain system integrity, provide access, verify eligibility, enforce community standards, improve functionality, or comply with legal obligations.

The Dire Manor believes privacy is not merely a technical obligation. It is an extension of personal sovereignty.

Participation in the Estate is voluntary. Access is conditional. Personal identity remains your own.

The privacy practices of The Dire Manor are informed by the following principles:

• Consent: Information should be collected and processed only where there is a legitimate operational purpose and an understood relationship between the individual and the Estate.
• Sovereignty: Individuals retain ownership of their identity, beliefs, experiences, personal history, and lawful self-expression.
• Respect for Autonomy: Members may choose how they participate, what information they share, and whether they continue participation within the Estate.
• Personal Responsibility: Members remain responsible for the information they choose to share publicly or privately through community spaces.
• Respect for Individual Identity: The Estate recognizes that individuals may present themselves differently across contexts and seeks to respect lawful self-expression.
• Recognition of Neurodivergence: People communicate, process information, and engage with systems differently. Difference is not deficiency.
• Governance First: Privacy decisions are guided by structured policies, transparency, accountability, and stewardship rather than arbitrary collection practices.

The Dire Manor may collect limited information necessary to operate the Services, verify access, maintain safety, and preserve system integrity. This may include:

• Account identifiers, including user ID and email address;
• Display name, avatar, profile details, pronouns, and optional profile data;
• Membership status, age verification status, role classification, seals, and badges;
• Authentication metadata from OAuth providers such as Google or Discord;
• System interaction logs, security events, device/session data, and IP-related records where needed for security;
• Submitted applications, partnership requests, support messages, reports, or administrative records; and
• Payment confirmation or transaction status information from third-party processors.

Unless specifically required for age verification, legal compliance, fraud prevention, security enforcement, or another legitimate operational purpose, The Dire Manor does not intentionally collect or store:

• Government-issued identity documents;
• Financial account credentials;
• Full payment card numbers;
• Medical records;
• Biometric information;
• Sensitive personal documents unrelated to Estate operations.

Where verification services are used, processing is generally performed by specialized third-party providers rather than The Dire Manor directly.

Payments may be processed through third-party providers such as Stripe, PayPal, or equivalent payment processors. The Dire Manor does not store full payment details.

• Payment data is handled by the payment provider;
• The Dire Manor may receive transaction confirmation, status, amount, date, and related fulfillment information;
• Billing disputes, chargebacks, or processor-specific issues may be subject to provider policies.

The Dire Manor is an adult digital estate. Certain features, spaces, or benefits may require age verification, identity validation, or fraud prevention checks through third-party providers.

• User age and 18+ eligibility;
• Identity authenticity where required;
• Fraud prevention and abuse mitigation;
• Access control for adult-only spaces.

Verification data is processed externally where possible. The Dire Manor retains only necessary status indicators, timestamps, or access records required to operate the Services.

Failure or refusal to verify may result in restricted or denied access.

The Dire Manor may use collected information for the following purposes:

• Account authentication and access control;
• Membership verification and role assignment;
• Age verification and adult-only eligibility checks;
• Platform security, abuse prevention, moderation, and ban enforcement;
• Application review, partnership review, and administrative decision-making;
• Card orders, fulfillment records, and member artifact support;
• System functionality, debugging, improvement, and reliability;
• Compliance with legal obligations or valid requests where required.

Digital seals, badges, titles, codenames, and identifiers — including but not limited to Official Member, Admin, Staff, Original LOTM, Founder, Partner, Sponsor, and related classifications — represent internal designation within The Dire Manor system.

• They may indicate verified status, role, access, standing, or recognition within the Estate;
• They do not represent legal ownership, employment, equity, or partnership unless explicitly stated in a separate written agreement;
• They may be revoked, modified, reassigned, hidden, or archived at The Dire Manor's discretion.

The presence of a seal or role designation is a system-level classification, not a contractual claim.

Data is retained only as long as necessary to operate the Services, maintain system integrity, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce policies, support user access, or preserve administrative records.

Certain records may be retained after account restriction, suspension, or termination where necessary for security, anti-abuse enforcement, fraud prevention, ban tracking, legal compliance, or historical administrative accountability.

The Dire Manor uses reasonable technical, organizational, and administrative measures designed to protect information. However, no digital system is fully immune to risk.

Users are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of account credentials and for avoiding the disclosure of personal information in public or semi-public spaces.

The Dire Manor may rely on third-party platforms, processors, infrastructure providers, authentication providers, verification services, hosting systems, social platforms, VR platforms, and communication tools.

Examples may include Supabase, Stripe, PayPal, Google, Discord, VRChat, hosting providers, analytics or security tools, and similar services.

Those third parties maintain their own privacy policies and data handling practices. The Dire Manor is not responsible for third-party policy changes, outages, account actions, or independent data practices.

Information voluntarily shared in public or semi-public spaces may be visible to other members, staff, guests, third-party platforms, or external observers depending on the environment.

Members should not share private, sensitive, or identifying information in public spaces unless they are comfortable with that disclosure.

The Estate values autonomy and self-expression, but individuals remain responsible for what they choose to disclose.

The Dire Manor operates from the United States. Privacy-related matters are governed by applicable United States law and relevant state law, including the laws of the State of Texas where applicable.

While The Dire Manor may operate internationally and interact with members across digital environments, its administrative and legal governance remains anchored within the United States unless otherwise required by applicable law.

For privacy-related inquiries:

dm@thediremanor.com