PRIVACY POLICY

1. About this policy

This policy explains how Goat Games handles information when you use our Minecraft server, website, Discord verification system, store-linked features, statistics, and leaderboards. Questions and privacy requests can be sent to support@goatgamesmc.com.

2. Linking your accounts

Linking connects your Minecraft account with your Discord account so Goat Games can:

• Synchronise your in-game and Discord identity.
• Automatically apply purchased ranks.
• Process gifts for the correct player.
• Verify account ownership.
• Provide linked-account features across the server and Discord.

3. Verification and website accounts

When you complete /verify, we store your Discord user ID, Minecraft UUID, and the date and time your accounts were linked. When you sign in to the website with Discord, we also process your Discord username, avatar, authentication identity, account creation and last sign-in times, and essential session information. We use this information for authentication, account display, linking, statistics, purchases, gifting, support, security, and preventing account-linking abuse.

Discord handles the login process. Goat Games never receives your Discord password. The website requests basic Discord identity access and does not require an email address. Supabase securely manages the website session; Goat Games does not keep a permanent Discord access token for unrelated use.

4. In-game statistics

When you participate in Goat Games gamemodes, we may store:

• Your Minecraft UUID and username.
• Wins, kills, deaths, and games played.
• The gamemode connected to those statistics.
• The date and time those statistics were last updated.

We use this information to operate player profiles, rankings, leaderboards, and related server and website features. Your Minecraft username and gameplay statistics may be displayed publicly. Your Discord ID and account-linking information are not displayed as part of these leaderboards.

4A. Host ratings

When you rate a weekly game host, we store the rating, the relevant host and hosting week, your Discord user ID, and submission or update times. Your Discord ID is used privately to enforce one rating per host per week and prevent duplicate voting. Public host pages display aggregated averages and total rating counts, not the Discord identities of individual voters.

You may update a rating while its voting window remains open. Host-rating records may be retained to maintain historical averages, investigate manipulation, and operate the host programme. You may request review, deletion, or anonymisation through a verified Discord support ticket or by email.

5. Storage, sessions, and service providers

Account, linking, and gameplay information is stored using secured local databases and Supabase. Discord provides website authentication, Supabase manages authentication and database services, and Cloudflare provides website delivery and infrastructure. These providers may process identifiers and basic technical request information when providing or protecting the Service. External clip hosts such as Medal process requests when you watch or open their content under their own privacy policies.

We use essential authentication cookies to keep you signed in and protect access to your account. These cookies are required for the account system and are not used for advertising. We do not sell personal information, use it for behavioural advertising, or share it except with providers needed to operate these features, when you direct us to, or when required by law.

6. Payments and subscriptions

All Goat Games checkout, payment processing, billing, taxes, chargebacks, and subscription management are fully managed by Tebex as the payment platform and merchant of record. Goat Games does not directly collect or store your complete card or payment-account details.

Tebex handles the information you provide during checkout under its own terms and privacy policy. Tebex may provide Goat Games with limited order information needed to deliver a purchase, apply a rank, identify the relevant Minecraft account, prevent fraud, or respond to purchase support. Subscriptions can be viewed, changed, renewed, or cancelled through Tebex’s customer payment-history portal or the links in Tebex’s subscription emails.

7. Retention

Website authentication information is retained while your website account exists and is removed when that account is deleted, subject to limited security records we reasonably need to retain. The protected Minecraft–Discord link is stored separately and may remain after website-account deletion to prevent cheating, duplicate linking, and mistaken identity. Gameplay statistics may be retained while Goat Games operates its statistics and leaderboard services. Where appropriate, we may anonymise historical leaderboard records instead of deleting them.

8. Your choices and rights

You can sign out or delete your website login account from Account Settings. For security, the website does not provide self-service unlinking of Minecraft and Discord identities. You may request access, correction, manual unlinking, deletion, or anonymisation by opening a Discord support ticket or emailing support@goatgamesmc.com. We may need to verify that you control the relevant Minecraft and Discord accounts before changing the protected link.

Deleting the website account does not automatically delete the protected account link or independently collected gameplay statistics. You can request review, deletion, or anonymisation of those records separately through a verified support ticket, subject to information we are legally permitted or reasonably required to retain for security and abuse prevention. Requests concerning information controlled by Tebex should be made to Tebex. Legal rights available where you live continue to apply.

9. Security and children

We use encrypted HTTPS connections, server-side authentication checks, access controls, restricted administrative credentials, and other reasonable technical and organisational safeguards. Authentication and private account pages are not intended to be stored in shared web caches. However, no online service can guarantee complete security. If you believe your information or linked account has been compromised, open a Discord support ticket or contact us promptly by email.

If a parent or guardian believes a child has provided information improperly, they may contact us to request review and deletion.

10. Acknowledgement and updates

By completing /verify, you request that your Minecraft and Discord accounts be linked and acknowledge this notice. By playing Goat Games gamemodes, you acknowledge that the gameplay statistics described above may be recorded and publicly displayed.

We may update this policy when our services or practices change. The effective date above will be updated when changes are published.