Privacy Policy

Last updated: June 24, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how fuckedcops.com (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, protects, and shares information when you visit or use our website.

We care about privacy, especially because people may use this site to discuss police misconduct, public officials, law enforcement agencies, or sensitive public-interest issues. We try to collect as little personal information as possible.

1. Important privacy warning

Do not submit information you are not comfortable potentially becoming public. If you submit a story, comment, document, image, video, username, location, badge number, agency name, or other details, some of that information may be published on the site.

We cannot guarantee anonymity. Even if you do not give us your name, technical information such as IP addresses, device data, email metadata, uploaded-file metadata, or third-party service logs may be created when you use the site.

If your safety depends on anonymity, consider using privacy-protective tools and avoid submitting identifying details.

2. Information we collect

We may collect the following types of information:

Information you provide

This may include:

  • Your name, username, or display name, if you provide one.
  • Your email address, if you contact us or create an account.
  • Stories, tips, comments, reports, documents, images, videos, or other submissions.
  • Information contained in uploaded files, including metadata.
  • Any other information you choose to send us.

Information collected automatically

When you use the site, we or our service providers may automatically collect:

  • IP address.
  • Browser type.
  • Device type.
  • Operating system.
  • Referring pages.
  • Pages viewed.
  • Dates and times of visits.
  • Approximate location based on IP address.
  • Cookies or similar identifiers.
  • Security logs and error logs.

Sensitive information

Submissions may include sensitive information about you or others. Please do not submit Social Security numbers, financial account numbers, medical records, private addresses, private phone numbers, passwords, or other highly sensitive personal information unless absolutely necessary and lawful.

3. How we use information

We may use information to:

  • Operate, maintain, and secure the site.
  • Review, moderate, edit, publish, or remove submissions.
  • Communicate with you.
  • Respond to questions, complaints, legal requests, or safety concerns.
  • Detect spam, abuse, fraud, threats, malware, or attempts to disrupt the site.
  • Improve the site and understand basic usage.
  • Enforce our rules or Terms of Use.
  • Comply with legal obligations.

We do not use submissions to build advertising profiles.

4. Public submissions

Content you submit for publication may be made public. This may include the text, files, images, videos, usernames, dates, locations, agency names, officer names, badge numbers, or other details included in the submission.

Once content is public, others may copy, archive, screenshot, share, or republish it. We may not be able to remove copies from search engines, archives, social media, or third-party websites.

5. Cookies and analytics

We may use cookies or similar technologies for:

  • Site functionality.
  • Security.
  • Abuse prevention.
  • Basic analytics.
  • Remembering preferences.

We try to avoid invasive tracking. If we use analytics, we prefer privacy-respecting analytics that do not track users across unrelated websites.

You can usually disable cookies through your browser settings, but some site features may not work correctly.

6. How we share information

We may share information with:

  • Hosting providers, security providers, email providers, analytics providers, content delivery networks, database providers, and other vendors that help us operate the site.
  • Moderators, administrators, contractors, lawyers, or advisors who need access to help run the site.
  • Government authorities, courts, or law enforcement only when we believe disclosure is legally required, necessary to protect rights or safety, or appropriate to respond to a valid legal process.
  • A successor organization if the site is transferred, merged, reorganized, or sold.

We do not sell personal information.

We do not share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.

7. Legal requests and law enforcement

We do not voluntarily provide user information to law enforcement simply because they ask.

However, we may disclose information if we receive a subpoena, warrant, court order, legal demand, emergency request, or other process that we believe requires or permits disclosure.

Where legally allowed and reasonably practical, we may try to notify affected users before disclosing their information. We may not be able to notify users if the request is confidential, if we do not have contact information, or if we believe notice would create risk of harm or legal violation.

8. Data retention

We keep information only as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, including site operation, moderation, security, legal compliance, backups, dispute resolution, and public-interest archiving.

Published content may remain online indefinitely unless removed under our policies or applicable law.

Server logs and security logs are generally kept for a limited period unless needed for security, abuse prevention, investigation, legal compliance, or dispute resolution.

9. Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect information. No website, server, database, email system, or internet transmission is completely secure.

You should not submit information that would put you or someone else at serious risk if disclosed.

10. Your choices and rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to:

  • Access personal information we have about you.
  • Correct inaccurate information.
  • Delete personal information.
  • Object to or restrict certain processing.
  • Withdraw consent, where processing is based on consent.
  • Receive a copy of certain information.
  • Opt out of certain sharing, sales, or targeted advertising, if applicable.

You may submit a privacy request here, or by sending an email to: pr*****@********ps.com

We may need to verify your request before acting on it. We may deny or limit requests where allowed by law, including when information is needed for legal compliance, security, fraud prevention, free expression, public-interest reporting, or the rights of others.

11. California privacy notice

If you are a California resident, California law may give you additional rights regarding your personal information, including the right to know, delete, correct, and opt out of certain uses of personal information.

We do not sell personal information and do not share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.

You may submit a privacy request here, or by sending an email to: pr*****@********ps.com

California residents may also designate an authorized agent to make a request on their behalf. We may require verification of the request and the agent’s authority.

12. Users outside the United States

If you access the site from outside the United States, your information may be processed in the United States or other countries where our service providers operate. Privacy laws in those countries may differ from the laws where you live.

Where required, we rely on appropriate legal bases for processing personal information, such as consent, legitimate interests, contractual necessity, legal obligations, or protection of rights and safety.

13. Children

This site is not intended for children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information, contact us and we will take appropriate action.

14. Third-party links and embedded content

The site may link to or embed content from third-party websites or services. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those third parties. Their policies apply to their services.

15. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be posted on this page with a new “Last updated” date. Changes take effect when posted unless stated otherwise.

16. Contact

For privacy questions or requests, contact:

Fuckedcops.com

You may submit a privacy request here, or by sending an email to: pr*****@********ps.com

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