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	<h1 class="h3 mb-3">Privacy Policy</h1>
	<p class="text-body-secondary">Last updated: April 20, 2026</p>

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				This Privacy Policy explains how YKSA collects, uses, shares, and protects personal information when you use qsl.yksa.space and related
				services.
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				Questions about this policy can be sent to
				<a href="mailto:ops@yksa.space">ops@yksa.space</a>.
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			<h2 class="h5" id="toc">Table of Contents</h2>
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				<li><a href="#info-collect">What Information We Collect</a></li>
				<li><a href="#info-use">How We Use Information</a></li>
				<li><a href="#legal-bases">Legal Bases for Processing</a></li>
				<li><a href="#sharing">When We Share Information</a></li>
				<li><a href="#cookies">Cookies and Similar Technologies</a></li>
				<li><a href="#transfers">International Data Transfers</a></li>
				<li><a href="#retention">Data Retention</a></li>
				<li><a href="#security">Data Security</a></li>
				<li><a href="#minors">Children and Minors</a></li>
				<li><a href="#rights">Your Privacy Rights</a></li>
				<li><a href="#dnt">Do Not Track</a></li>
				<li><a href="#changes">Changes to This Policy</a></li>
				<li><a href="#contact">Contact</a></li>
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			<h2 class="h5">1. What Information We Collect</h2>
			<p>We collect information you provide directly, including:</p>
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				<li>Name</li>
				<li>Email address</li>
				<li>Mailing address (for physical cards, if requested)</li>
				<li>Amateur radio callsign, as defined by your local amateur radio administration</li>
				<li>Reception report details (UTC date/time, frequency, mode)</li>
				<li>Approximate location (for example, Maidenhead grid/QTH)</li>
				<li>Information entered in optional notes fields</li>
				<li>Optional uploaded attachments submitted with a request</li>
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				We do not intentionally collect sensitive personal information (such as health data, biometric data, or data revealing racial or ethnic origin).
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			<h2 class="h5">2. How We Use Information</h2>
			<p>We use personal information to operate and improve the service, including to:</p>
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				<li>Receive, validate, and process QSL requests</li>
				<li>Generate and deliver digital and/or physical QSL cards</li>
				<li>Send request status updates and service messages</li>
				<li>Provide user support and respond to inquiries</li>
				<li>Prevent abuse, fraud, or misuse of our systems</li>
				<li>Comply with legal obligations and enforce our terms</li>
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			<h2 class="h5">3. Legal Bases for Processing</h2>
			<p>Depending on your location, we may process personal data under one or more of these bases:</p>
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				<li>Consent (for example, when you submit a request form)</li>
				<li>Performance of a contract or pre-contractual steps</li>
				<li>Legitimate interests in operating, securing, and improving the service</li>
				<li>Compliance with legal obligations</li>
				<li>Protection of vital interests where legally permitted</li>
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			<h2 class="h5">4. When We Share Information</h2>
			<p>We do not sell personal information. We may share information only when needed:</p>
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				<li>With infrastructure providers (hosting, storage, and email delivery)</li>
				<li>With affiliated entities operating this service under common control</li>
				<li>During corporate transactions (for example, merger or acquisition)</li>
				<li>To comply with law, legal process, or enforceable government requests</li>
				<li>To protect rights, safety, and service integrity</li>
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			<p>The following entities, in addition to YKSA, may have access to your information:</p>
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				<li>Beget, LLC (https://beget.com) (Email provider)</li>
				<li>
					Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution "Yu.G. Shafer Institute of Cosmophysical Research and Aeronomy" of Siberian Branch of the
					Russian Academy of Sciences (Russian: ФГБУН ФИЦ «ЯНЦ СО РАН» «Институт космофизических исследований и аэрономии им. Ю.Г. Шафера» СО РАН)
					(https://ikfia.ysn.ru)
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				<li>Sakha Science Academy (Russian: ГАНОУ РЦ РС(Я) «Малая академия наук РС(Я)») (https://lensky-kray.ru)</li>
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			<h2 class="h5">5. Cookies and Similar Technologies</h2>
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				We use essential cookies and similar technologies for security, session continuity, language preferences, time zone preferences, and basic site
				functionality. Please see our separate <a href="{% url 'cookie-policy' %}">Cookie Policy</a> for detailed information about our cookie use and your choices.
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			<p>No analytics or non-essential cookies are used at this time. If such cookies are introduced in the future, we will update this policy and, where required, request your consent.</p>
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			<h2 class="h5">6. International Data Transfers</h2>
			<p>Your information may be processed in countries outside your own. Where applicable, we use appropriate safeguards to protect transferred data.</p>
			<p>Data processing jurisdiction: Russian Federation</p>
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			<h2 class="h5">7. Data Retention</h2>
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				We retain personal information only as long as needed for the purposes described in this policy, including QSL fulfillment, support, operational
				integrity, and legal compliance.
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			<p>When retention is no longer required, we delete or anonymize data where reasonably possible.</p>
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			<h2 class="h5">8. Data Security</h2>
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				We apply reasonable technical and organizational safeguards to protect personal information. However, no internet-based service can be
				guaranteed 100% secure.
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			<h2 class="h5">9. Children and Minors</h2>
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				Our services are not directed to children under 13 (or the minimum age required by local law). We do not knowingly collect personal data from
				children in violation of applicable law.
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			<h2 class="h5">10. Your Privacy Rights</h2>
			<p>Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have rights to:</p>
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				<li>Request access to your personal information</li>
				<li>Request correction of inaccurate information</li>
				<li>Request deletion of personal information</li>
				<li>Object to or restrict certain processing</li>
				<li>Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent</li>
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				To exercise your rights, contact us at
				<a href="mailto:ops@yksa.space">ops@yksa.space</a>.
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			<h2 class="h5">11. Do Not Track</h2>
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				Some browsers offer a Do Not Track signal. Because there is no universally accepted standard for interpreting this signal, we currently do not
				respond to it.
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			<h2 class="h5">12. Changes to This Policy</h2>
			<p>We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top indicates when this version became effective.</p>
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			<h2 class="h5">13. Contact</h2>
			<p>If you have questions or concerns about this policy, contact:</p>
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				Sakha Aerospace Systems, LLC (YKSA)<br />
				Email: <a href="mailto:ops@yksa.space">ops@yksa.space</a><br />
				Website: <a href="https://www.yksa.space">www.yksa.space</a>
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