What we collect, why, who it is shared with, and the choices you have.
Last updated: October 6, 2026
Nu-Metal Preservation is a non-commercial archive that documents nu-metal releases, physical media and preservation details. This policy explains what information the site collects, why, who it is shared with, and the choices you have.
Questions about this policy or your information can be sent through the contact page.
You can browse the public archive without an account. When you create an account or contribute, we collect:
When you create an account, we look up your IP address with ip-api.com, a third-party service, to estimate its network type and approximate location (internet provider, city, region and country). This helps us detect automated and duplicate signups. The lookup is sent over an unencrypted connection, and the result is stored with your account.
A summary of each new signup (name, email address, username, IP address, network, approximate location, and any other accounts created from the same IP address) is posted to a private staff-only Discord channel so new accounts can be reviewed. Attempts to open the admin area without permission are reported the same way.
We use Cloudflare Turnstile on signup, login, password reset and contribution forms to block automated abuse. IP addresses that repeatedly abuse the site may be blocked.
Linking other accounts is optional and can be undone at any time from your account settings.
We use your information to run your account, review and publish contributions, credit your work the way you choose, calculate Preservation Challenge points, keep the site secure, and send the emails you need or ask for: email confirmation, password resets, and submission status updates according to your notification settings.
We do not sell your information, show advertising, or use analytics or advertising trackers.
We may also disclose information if required by law or to protect the site and its users from abuse.
The site uses only the cookies it needs to work: a session cookie that keeps you logged in, a security token that protects forms from cross-site request forgery, and a "remember me" cookie if you choose that option at login. Cloudflare may set its own security cookies to tell people and bots apart. We do not use advertising or analytics cookies.
You can update your profile, visibility, credit and email preferences, and disconnect linked accounts, from your account settings at any time.
You can request deletion of your account from your account settings; staff review each request. When an account is deleted, your login and profile are removed. Your submissions and any archive records published from them remain part of the archive and are reassigned to a system account. Your Preservation Challenge points are removed from leaderboards, but the point history is kept for audit purposes together with the display name and username you had at the time.
You can also ask us what information we hold about you, or ask us to correct it, through the contact page.
The site is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child under 13 has created an account, please contact us so we can remove it.
If the site starts collecting or sharing information differently, this page will be updated and the date at the top will change.