Privacy
VRC Radar is a community project that tries to collect as little as possible. This page explains what is stored and why. There is no advertising, no analytics, and no third-party tracking.
What we collect
If you create an account, we store the username and display name you choose, a securely hashed version of your password (we never store or see your plaintext password), your selected theme, and the date your account was created. We do not ask for or store an email address, real name, phone number, or location. Browsing the public calendar requires no account at all.
Cookies
We don't use tracking or advertising cookies, so there's no consent banner. The only cookies are the few needed to run the site:
- auth-session — keeps you logged in. It holds only your account id, in an encrypted, signed cookie that JavaScript cannot read. Lasts about 7 days. Only set if you log in.
- theme — remembers your chosen colour theme. Stores a theme name (e.g. teal). Lasts about a year.
- tz — remembers your timezone (e.g. Europe/Copenhagen), detected from your browser so event times display correctly. Lasts about a year.
IP addresses
To protect against abuse (for example, repeated failed logins), your IP address is checked temporarily in memory for rate limiting and may appear in short-lived server logs. IP addresses are not stored in our database.
Discord data
When a community links its Discord server, we store the event details that come from Discord — things like event titles, descriptions, times, the server id, and any VRChat world or group links included in the event. This information already comes from Discord, which remains the source of truth.
Cached images
To load quickly and reliably, we save local copies of images used for events and clubs — such as Discord server icons and event images, as well as images linked from other websites. These copies are stored on our own server, and any that are no longer linked to anything are automatically deleted by a routine cleanup.
What we don't do
No analytics or behavioural tracking, no advertising, and no selling or sharing of your data with third parties beyond the Discord sync described above.
Contact
Questions about your data, or want something removed? Email vrcradar@mchauge.com or message us on the community Discord.