Privacy Policy

This policy explains what information LobbyVerse, operated by Groovy Ape, LLC ("we", "us"), handles when you visit this website, when you make an account, or when a game server you run appears in our listings. We have no advertising and no analytics trackers, so the list is short.

Information about visitors

• Server logs. Like most websites, our web server records each request: your IP address, the page requested, the time, and your browser's user agent. We use these logs to keep the site running and to investigate abuse, and delete them on a rolling basis.
• Approximate location. To show servers near you first, we look up the approximate location (country and nearest city) of your IP address in a database stored on our own servers. The lookup is not saved or shared, and you can sort or filter the list any other way at any time.
• Error reports. When a page fails we send a report to our error-monitoring provider (Sentry), which can include the request details above.
• Cookies. We set a session cookie that protects forms against cross-site request forgery and, if you sign in, keeps you signed in; it's deleted when you close your browser. If you choose "keep me signed in", a second cookie remembers you for two weeks. We do not use tracking or advertising cookies.
• Third-party assets. Pages load fonts from Google Fonts and icons from the jsDelivr CDN. Your browser connects to these providers directly, so they receive your IP address under their own privacy policies.

Accounts

You need an account only to claim and manage a server. Depending on how you sign in, we keep:

• Steam, Discord, Google or Twitch: that account's ID, public name, picture and profile link, refreshed when you sign in. We don't ask these services for your email.
• Email and password: your email, used only to sign you in, confirm the address and reset your password, and your password stored as a one-way hash we can't read. These emails are sent through Postmark.
• For servers you claim: what you add to its page (description, Discord invite, website) and, if you turn on alerts, your Discord webhook address, stored encrypted.
• To keep your account safe: each browser you're signed in on (its IP address, rough country and browser name, until it's signed out or unused for 30 days) and a log of sign-ins and security changes (the same details, kept 90 days), both shown to you on your Sign-in & security page. If you turn on two-factor sign-in, its secret is stored encrypted.

You can unlink sign-in methods and sign out any browser on your Sign-in & security page, and delete your account from your Account page or by contacting us.

Information about game servers and players

We collect information that game servers publish to anyone who asks: the server's IP address and port, name, map, player count, settings ("rules"), and the in-game names and scores of players currently connected. We look up an approximate location (country) for each server's IP address. This data comes from Steam's public server list and from the servers themselves.

How we use and share information

We use this information only to run the server browser and its status banners. We do not sell information or share it with anyone except the service providers named above, or where the law requires it.

Your choices

If you run a server and would like it removed from our listings, or you want us to delete information about you, contact us at [email protected]. Depending on where you live, you may also have rights to access, correct or delete personal information we hold about you, which you can exercise the same way.

Children

LobbyVerse is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect their personal information.

Changes

If we change this policy we will update the date at the top of this page.