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Internal notes are visible only to authorized roles.<\/p>\n\n<p>By default, personal data is anonymized 365 days after a terminal status; the\nperiod is configurable. Anonymization removes contact details, free text,\ncustomer tokens, and identifying notification and audit data. Anonymous\nbooking facts may remain for statistics. WordPress privacy export and erasure\nare supported. Erasing an active booking does not release its reserved time.<\/p>\n\n<p>Authorized administrators can generate local diagnostics that omit personal\ndata, free text, tokens, secrets, IP addresses, and site URLs. Nothing is sent\nto Circumflex AS.<\/p>\n\n<h4>Cloudflare Turnstile<\/h4>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/developers.cloudflare.com\/turnstile\/\">Cloudflare Turnstile<\/a> is an\noptional anti-spam service. It is disabled by default and requires Cloudflare\nkeys plus explicit administrator activation.<\/p>\n\n<p>When enabled, the browser loads <code>https:\/\/challenges.cloudflare.com<\/code>. Cloudflare\nprocesses signals including IP address, TLS fingerprint, User-Agent, site key,\nand origin. WordPress sends the secret and response token to Siteverify but\ndoes not explicitly add the visitor IP. Bookings fail closed if verification\ncannot finish.<\/p>\n\n<p>Review Cloudflare's\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudflare.com\/turnstile-privacy-policy\/\">Turnstile Privacy Addendum<\/a>,\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudflare.com\/privacypolicy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a>, and\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudflare.com\/policies\/terms\/\">Terms<\/a> before enabling the service.\nThe site owner must reflect this processing in the site's privacy information.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Source Code<\/h3>\n\n<p>Source and build instructions are in the\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gitlab.slettene.com\/gvar\/circumflex-booking\">public GitLab repository<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Support<\/h3>\n\n<p>Use the Support tab for help. 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