$ cat PRIVACY.md
# last updated: July 31, 2026
This Privacy Policy describes how the SharpEmu website (sharpemu.dev and related pages) handles information. SharpEmu is an open-source, community-run project; this website exists to share news, documentation, and downloads, not to collect personal data.
$ cat collected.log
1. Information we collect
We do not require account creation to browse this website, read the blog, or download the emulator. The site may log basic, non-identifying technical information automatically collected by our hosting provider (such as IP address, browser type, and pages visited) for security and diagnostic purposes. This data is not sold or shared with third parties for advertising.
$ cat /etc/cookies.conf
2. Cookies
This website uses cookies for advertising, served through Google AdSense. Advertising cookies are only set after you make a choice through the on-site consent banner; no advertising cookie is set before then. If you decline personalized ads, you may still see advertising, but it will not be based on your browsing activity. Visitors in the EEA, UK, and Switzerland are always shown this consent choice; treatment elsewhere follows Google's own regional detection.
Beyond advertising, any other cookies this site sets are limited to essential functionality (for example, remembering a display preference) and contain no personal information.
You can change your consent choice at any time: .
$ ps aux | grep adsense
3. Advertising and Google
This site uses Google AdSense to display advertising. Google, as a third-party vendor, may use cookies and similar technologies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this or other websites. You can learn more about how Google collects and uses data from sites that use its services at Google's "How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services" page, and you can review or change how Google personalizes ads for you directly at Google Ads Settings . Declining consent on this site controls ad personalization on this site only; it does not change your broader Google ad settings, which you manage separately through the link above.
$ cat external-links.txt
4. Third-party links
The site links to third-party services we do not control, including GitHub and Discord. Any information you provide to those services is governed by their own privacy policies, not this one. We encourage you to review the privacy practices of any third-party site you visit.
$ whoami --under-13
5. Children's privacy
This website is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
$ git log --oneline -- PRIVACY.md
6. Changes to this policy
This policy may be updated occasionally to reflect changes to the website. The "last updated" date at the top of this file will always reflect the most recent revision.
$ cat CONTACT
7. Contact
Questions about this policy can be raised on the Contact page.
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