Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how RexiMemo handles information when you use the RexiMemo website, Flipnote Studio/DSi service, community features, network compatibility services, moderation tools and related features (together, the Service).

RexiMemo is currently an Open Beta and is intended only for users who are 13 years of age or older. Children under 13 may not use the Service.

1. Who is responsible for your information

RexiMemo is responsible for personal information handled by the service at reximemo.net and, where applicable, acts as the data controller.

For privacy questions, account-data requests, rights requests or complaints, email rekunote@gmail.com.

2. Information RexiMemo handles

Account and profile information

RexiMemo can handle your username, account identifier, protected password credential, account creation and sign-in times, profile text, avatar choice, preferences, account roles and statistics associated with your account. RexiMemo does not intentionally keep your account password as readable plaintext after authentication is processed.

Console and FSID information

RexiMemo can handle Flipnote creator FSIDs linked to your account, Primary Console status, console names, device models, first/last-seen information and temporary identity information used while signing in or linking a console.

Real-console sign-in can involve sending a small Flipnote so RexiMemo can verify the creator identity. RexiMemo can also identify whether a connection appears to be from a supported emulator so that emulator sessions can be handled differently from real-console identity sessions.

Session, browser and network information

RexiMemo can handle session identifiers, account association, session times, IP addresses, browser/device information supplied by the client, linked-console information and security/session history.

When a DSi uses RexiMemo’s network compatibility services, RexiMemo can also receive DNS requests, connection information and technical request information needed to route, authenticate, troubleshoot and operate the Service.

Flipnotes and community activity

RexiMemo can store and process uploaded Flipnotes and their associated creator/editor information, titles, descriptions, channels, timestamps, comment settings, public statistics and moderation state. Flipnotes can contain animation frames, audio and creator metadata.

RexiMemo can create thumbnails, avatar images, memo-comment previews and other derived images needed to display or moderate content.

RexiMemo can also handle text comments, memo comments, replies, stars, colored-star balances, favorites, follows, channel activity, notifications, views, downloads, rankings and other community interactions.

For signed-in users, RexiMemo keeps enough per-account yellow-star information to enforce the limit of 10 yellow stars per user per Flipnote.

Search

Search terms are processed to return matching creators, Flipnotes, channels and jump codes. Search text can appear in page addresses and can therefore also appear in ordinary browser or server request history.

Moderation and safety information

RexiMemo can keep bans or suspensions, reasons and dates, private moderator notes, moderation incidents, linked evidence, case updates, staff actions and other records reasonably necessary to enforce the Terms, protect users and maintain moderation consistency.

RexiMemo can use automated profanity filtering and human moderation. Moderators may review account information, content, linked-console information, session information and relevant diagnostics when reasonably necessary to investigate a report, enforce the rules or protect the Service. The content rules prohibit realistic/graphic gore and realistic medical-distress depictions, including exposed or detailed veins, muscles, bones, organs, severe wounds, spasms or convulsions, and reenactments of medical emergencies such as heart attacks. Simple blood, blood splatters, and clearly cartoonish or stylized effects are allowed when they are plainly non-realistic.

Diagnostics

When needed to diagnose networking, compatibility, reliability or security problems, RexiMemo may temporarily record additional technical information about connections. Depending on what is being diagnosed, this can include network metadata, DNS traffic, request information and data sent through legacy DSi connections.

Because parts of the DSi service use old, unencrypted networking, diagnostic material from those connections can contain sensitive information sent during the affected request, including account credentials or uploaded content. Diagnostic information is used for troubleshooting and should not be treated as public information.

3. What can be public

Unless an interface clearly says otherwise, you should assume that information intentionally published through RexiMemo community features can be public. This can include:

• username, profile text and avatar;
• uploaded Flipnotes and public creator/editor information;
• Flipnote titles, descriptions, comments and memo comments;
• channels and public community activity;
• aggregate views, downloads, stars and other public statistics;
• favorites, followers and following;
• linked FSIDs and Primary status when shown in a Creator’s Room;
• device-model information where the DSi interface displays it.

Other users may download, save, screenshot or redistribute public content outside RexiMemo.

4. Information not intended to be public

The following are not intended to be public through normal RexiMemo community pages:

• password credentials;
• full session identifiers;
• IP addresses and browser/device request information;
• temporary sign-in/linking information;
• private moderation notes and case details;
• staff audit information;
• private diagnostic and security logs.

RexiMemo staff may access non-public information when reasonably necessary to operate, secure and moderate the Service, or where disclosure is required by applicable law.

5. How information is received

RexiMemo receives information directly from you when you create an account, sign in, change settings, upload content or interact with the Service. Information is also received automatically from your browser, DSi or emulator when it connects, from metadata contained in Flipnotes, from other users when they interact with you or your content, and from staff when moderation records are created.

6. Why RexiMemo uses information

RexiMemo uses information to:

• create, authenticate and secure accounts;
• keep users signed in and manage sessions;
• link verified DSi identities to accounts and provide console-related features;
• provide DSi network and authentication compatibility;
• host, display, play and manage Flipnotes and comments;
• provide stars, favorites, follows, channels, notifications, search, rankings and statistics;
• enforce feature limits and community rules;
• remember user preferences;
• moderate content, investigate abuse and keep appropriate safety records;
• diagnose networking, compatibility, reliability and security problems;
• operate, test, improve and develop RexiMemo during the Open Beta;
• comply with applicable legal obligations and valid requests.

7. Legal bases where required

Where data-protection law requires a legal basis, RexiMemo may rely on:

• Contract / requested service for information needed to provide features you request;
• Legitimate interests for operating and securing the Service, preventing abuse, moderation, diagnostics and improving the Open Beta, balanced against users’ rights;
• Legal obligation where processing is required by law;
• Consent where RexiMemo specifically asks for consent for an optional use and consent is an appropriate basis.

RexiMemo does not use consent as a blanket justification for all core Service processing.

8. Age requirement

RexiMemo is for users aged 13 and over only. Children under 13 may not create an account, sign in, link a console, upload content or otherwise use the Service, even with parental permission.

RexiMemo does not currently require every user to provide a date of birth. If we reasonably believe an account is being used by a child under 13, it may be suspended, terminated or restricted as appropriate.

Do not publish your home address, school, phone number, precise location, passwords or other sensitive information in public content.

9. Cookies and web sessions

RexiMemo uses an essential web-session cookie to keep users signed in and protect account actions. RexiMemo also uses an appearance cookie to remember the selected Dark, Light or Classic web theme for signed-in users.

These cookies are used for RexiMemo functionality, not advertising. RexiMemo does not currently use advertising cookies, targeted-advertising trackers or third-party analytics.

10. Third parties

RexiMemo can rely on third parties that are necessary to operate parts of the Service:

• DNS requests that RexiMemo does not answer itself can be forwarded to an upstream DNS provider;
• the web Flipnote player can load a playback library from a third-party content-delivery provider, which can receive ordinary browser connection information when your browser requests that library;
• hosting, network, certificate, backup and other infrastructure providers can process information necessary to host, route, secure or deliver the Service.

RexiMemo does not sell personal information and does not use personal information for targeted advertising.

11. Diagnostic information

RexiMemo may enable additional diagnostic logging or network capture when necessary to troubleshoot difficult DSi, networking, compatibility or security problems. Diagnostic material can include IP addresses, DNS requests, protocol/request information, session information and data sent through the affected connection.

The legacy DSi service includes unencrypted traffic. If diagnostics are active during such traffic, information sent through that connection can be visible in the diagnostic material. This can include usernames, passwords, comments or uploaded Flipnotes. For this reason, use a password unique to RexiMemo and do not send unrelated confidential information through the DSi connection.

Diagnostic information is restricted to operational use and is retained only for as long as reasonably needed for troubleshooting, safety, security or related legal obligations.

12. Security and legacy DSi networking

RexiMemo uses reasonable account, session and web-security measures designed to protect the Service. The public website uses HTTPS. However, no system is perfectly secure.

Unmodified Flipnote Studio depends on obsolete Nintendo/Hatena-era networking, and parts of the DSi connection do not provide modern encrypted transport. Information sent over those legacy portions of the connection may be visible to someone able to observe the network path. Use a unique RexiMemo password and do not reuse an important password.

13. Retention

RexiMemo does not use one universal retention period for every category of information. Information is kept for as long as reasonably necessary to provide the relevant feature, protect users and the Service, maintain moderation consistency, resolve disputes, diagnose problems or meet legal obligations.

Active sessions expire or end when logged out or revoked, while limited session history may be kept for account security. Public content and related community records may remain until deleted, removed or no longer needed. Moderation records may be retained longer where needed to identify repeat abuse or preserve evidence.

Deleting or hiding content does not necessarily remove every associated copy immediately. Backups, caches, moderation evidence, diagnostic records and copies made by other users can remain for a period after the public content is removed.

14. Deletion and public copies

Deleting or hiding a public post does not guarantee deletion of screenshots, downloads, reposts or other copies made by users. RexiMemo may also retain limited information where reasonably necessary for security, moderation, backups, diagnostics, legal obligations or the rights of other people.

For an account-data or deletion request, email rekunote@gmail.com.

15. Your choices and controls

Depending on the feature, signed-in users can change profile information, appearance and notification preferences, manage linked consoles and Primary Console status, change passwords, review or revoke sessions, manage favorites/follows, mark notifications read and edit or delete certain owned content.

You can stop using RexiMemo and log out at any time.

16. Your privacy rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to request access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection or a portable copy of personal information, and to withdraw consent where processing is based on consent. These rights can have legal exceptions, including where information must be retained for security, moderation evidence, legal obligations or another person’s rights.

To make a request, email rekunote@gmail.com. RexiMemo may need to verify that you control the relevant account before acting on a request. Where applicable, you may also have the right to complain to your local data-protection authority.

17. International processing

RexiMemo can be accessed internationally, and service providers used to operate RexiMemo may be located in a different country from you. Where applicable law requires safeguards for international transfers, RexiMemo will use the safeguards required by law.

18. Third-party software and RexiMemo

RexiMemo itself is not open source. It is based on and incorporates open-source software and has been informed by community research. RexiMemo is developed with a community-driven approach.

The authors or maintainers of third-party software do not receive or control RexiMemo user information merely because their software is used. Third-party software remains subject to its own licences and privacy practices where applicable.

19. Changes to this Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy as RexiMemo changes. The current version will be published here with an updated effective date. If a new use of personal information materially differs from what users were previously told, RexiMemo will make reasonable efforts to provide notice before or when that processing begins.

20. Contact

For privacy questions, account-data requests, rights requests or complaints, email rekunote@gmail.com.