Quick summary
For this policy, "SQWARE," "we," "us," and "our" refer to SQWARE.
We collect your email address, display name, password-derived credentials, and session information so you can sign in and manage listings.
Server names, IPs, descriptions, tags, links, and similar listing details may be displayed publicly if approved or otherwise surfaced on the platform.
We record page views, event metadata, user-agent details, referrer data, an anonymous local device identifier, and a hashed form of source IPs for analytics and abuse prevention.
If you purchase hosting, promotions, or digital goods through a SQWARE server storefront, payment processing is handled by Stripe or another provider. SQWARE may store order details and provider reference IDs, but not full payment card numbers.
In plain English: SQWARE needs some information to run accounts, moderate content, measure engagement, and process optional purchases. We try to keep collection practical rather than creepy.
1. Information we collect
1.1 Information you give us
- Account information: email address, display name, and password information used to create and secure your account.
- Listing information: server IPs, display IPs, server names, short and long descriptions, tags, platform/version details, Discord or website links, and ownership verification or moderation-related information you submit.
- Paid service information: order selections such as hosting plan, software choice, versions, add-ons, server configuration data, storefront package selections, buyer email, player name, and other details required to prepare checkout or fulfill a paid service or digital goods order.
- Messages or support submissions: any information you send to us through support, Discord, moderation workflows, or related communications.
1.2 Information collected automatically
- Session and device data: user-agent strings, basic request metadata, session timestamps, and sign-in/session activity.
- Analytics events: page names, page paths, referrers, related server IP context, event metadata, and a locally stored anonymous analytics ID used to measure platform activity.
- Security signals: a hashed form of source IP information may be stored for security, integrity, rate-limiting, fraud prevention, moderation, and analytics integrity.
- Operational data: server availability checks, poller results, and public server performance or status information related to listed Minecraft servers.
1.3 Information from payment providers and partners
If you use paid services or buy digital goods through a SQWARE storefront, we may receive limited payment and billing-related metadata from Stripe or a successor provider, such as customer IDs, checkout session IDs, payment intent IDs, subscription IDs, payment status, dispute or refund status, and order completion state. We do not state or imply that SQWARE stores your full card number, expiry date, or card security code.
1.4 Legal bases where applicable
Where privacy laws require a legal basis, SQWARE generally relies on one or more of the following: performance of a contract with you, legitimate interests in operating and protecting the platform, compliance with legal obligations, and consent where consent is required.
2. How we use information
- Provide, maintain, secure, and improve SQWARE and related services.
- Create and manage accounts, authenticate sessions, and prevent unauthorized access.
- Review, moderate, display, rank, and administer server listings and related submissions.
- Measure engagement, understand usage trends, detect abuse, and improve discovery quality.
- Prepare, process, and support optional paid offerings such as hosting, promotional services, and SQWARE storefront digital goods orders.
- Track delivery state, refunds, disputes, fraud signals, and payout eligibility for storefront transactions.
- Investigate fraud, spam, platform misuse, policy violations, and security incidents.
- Comply with legal requests, enforce agreements, and protect the rights, safety, and property of SQWARE, our users, and third parties.
4. Information that may be public
Server listings are built to be discoverable. If content is approved, published, or otherwise surfaced, some or all of the following may become public: server name, display IP, server IP, descriptions, tags, platform details, supported versions, website or Discord links, and related public profile data. Please do not include confidential information in fields meant for public display. Once public, content may be copied, cached, indexed, or referenced by others.
5. Storefront checkout and payout data
When a buyer purchases a digital good through a SQWARE storefront, SQWARE may store buyer receipt email, player name, player UUID or player verification result, package selection, order amount, currency, payment provider reference IDs, delivery status, refund status, dispute status, server-provided fulfillment context, and internal fraud, risk, or review notes. We use that information to process the order, provide support, investigate delivery problems, review case-by-case refund or chargeback claims, and determine whether seller payouts should be held, released, adjusted, or reversed.
Where a server owner connects a payout account, SQWARE may store limited payout-account metadata such as connected account IDs, onboarding status, charges-enabled status, payouts-enabled status, disabled reasons, and refresh timestamps. This helps SQWARE determine payout eligibility and operate seller payout workflows without repeatedly requesting the same information from payment providers.
6. Cookies, local storage, and similar technologies
SQWARE may use browser storage and related technologies for core product functions and measurement. Based on the current implementation, this includes:
- An auth token in local storage so a signed-in browser session can stay authenticated.
- An anonymous analytics ID in local storage so SQWARE can distinguish repeat device-level activity for measurement and abuse detection without requiring login.
You can usually clear this information in your browser settings. If you clear local storage, you may be signed out and some preference or analytics continuity may reset. If the law in your region requires consent for certain technologies, SQWARE will seek or rely on the consent framework required for those technologies.
7. Retention and security
6.1 Retention
We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to operate the platform, maintain account integrity, provide services you request, comply with law, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, and keep necessary business records. We may retain aggregated, de-identified, or reasonably non-identifiable analytics information for longer periods.
6.2 Security
SQWARE uses administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect information. No system is perfectly secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security. You are responsible for keeping your password and devices secure and for notifying us if you suspect account compromise.
8. Your choices and rights
- You can choose not to create an account, but some features will not be available.
- You can avoid publishing sensitive information in public listing fields.
- You can sign out and clear local browser storage to remove locally stored tokens and anonymous IDs from your device.
- Where applicable law gives you privacy rights, you may request access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection, or portability by contacting SQWARE through the support channels made available on the platform.
We may need to verify your identity and may keep limited records needed to honor requests, comply with law, or protect the platform.
9. Children
SQWARE is not directed to children under 13, and you should not use the platform if you are under the age required by applicable law to consent on your own. If a parent or guardian believes a child provided personal information in violation of applicable law, please contact us through SQWARE·s support channels so we can review and address the situation.
10. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. When we make material changes, we may update the effective date, post the revised policy, and take any additional steps required by applicable law. Continued use of SQWARE after an updated policy takes effect means the updated version governs going forward, except to the extent applicable law says otherwise.
Contact: For privacy questions, legal requests, or data rights inquiries, use the official support methods published on SQWARE, including the platform·s support or community channels.