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A platform dedicated to providing unbiased reviews of newly launched applications, analyzing everything from their features to their full potential.
info@scoutforge.net© 2026 Scoutforge. All rights reserved.
Last updated 31 August 2026. This policy replaces all earlier versions.
The short version
Scout Forge operates scoutforge.net and decides how the personal data described here is processed. You can reach us any time at info@scoutforge.net.
We record page views to understand which pages people use. Before anything leaves your browser we strip identifying pieces out of the address, the referrer and any error text — an invitation link like /claim/<code> is recorded as /claim/[redacted], and sign-in callbacks have their query data dropped entirely. We keep a coarse record of the browser and the referring site. Lawful basis: our legitimate interest in knowing whether the site works.
Lawful basis: performing the contract in our terms.
Everything you enter about the app, the media you upload, and the statistics we produce for it — page views, outbound clicks, badge views. The app listing is public by design. The statistics are shown only to you and to us.
Lawful basis: performing the contract, and our legal obligation to keep an honest record of paid reviews.
Payments are handled by our payment provider (Stripe). We never see or store your card details. We keep the order, the amount, the status and the identifier the provider gives us, because we are required to.
The badge you can put on your own site records a view (only once it is genuinely visible on screen) and a click. It sends the app identifier and the address of the page it sits on. It sets no cookies, reads no storage, sends no account token and identifies no visitor — which is why it needs no consent banner and does not show one.
We use very few, and none of them are for advertising.
Clearing your browser data removes all of it. Signing out removes the first two immediately.
We do not sell personal data and we do not share it for advertising. We use a small number of providers to run the service, and they only process data on our instructions:
Some of these are outside Türkiye and the EEA. Where that is the case we rely on the transfer safeguards those providers offer, such as standard contractual clauses. We will also disclose data where the law requires it.
Your username, your profile picture, the apps you list and the reviews you write are public. A review stays published after you close your account — for the reason set out in the review policy: removing it would misrepresent the record for the developer who was reviewed. You can ask us to take your name off a review; the review itself stays.
Your email address, your credit balance and your account settings are never public.
Depending on where you live — under the GDPR in the EU and the UK, and under KVKK in Türkiye — you can ask us to show you what we hold, correct it, delete it, hand it over in a portable form, restrict what we do with it, or object to processing we base on legitimate interest. Where we rely on consent, you can withdraw it at any time.
Write to info@scoutforge.net from the address on the account and we will answer within 30 days. If you are not satisfied you can complain to your local data protection authority; in Türkiye that is the KVKK Board.
One limit, stated plainly: deleting your account does not delete reviews you published, for the reason in section 5.
Traffic is encrypted in transit. Passwords are stored hashed, never in readable form. Access to production data is limited to the people who operate the service. No system is perfect; if a breach ever affects your data we will tell you and the relevant authority as the law requires.
Scout Forge is not intended for children under 16. We do not knowingly collect their data. If you believe a child has created an account, tell us and we will remove it.
When we change this policy we update the date at the top, and if the change is material we say so on the site or by email before it takes effect. Questions: info@scoutforge.net.
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