Privacy policy.

VillagerNews is a mod distribution website. We collect the minimum operational information needed to serve downloads, count visits, protect the admin area, and limit abuse. We do not use advertising trackers or fingerprinting.

Information we process

We count public site visits using a browser-session marker and store a hashed form of the visitor's IP address with a timestamp. For downloads, we record the selected internal file, Minecraft version, timestamp, hashed IP address, and browser user-agent. This lets the private dashboard show real download totals and distribution.

For security, our server temporarily uses IP addresses to enforce download and login rate limits. Failed admin logins and rate-limit violations may be stored with an IP address, time, requested endpoint, user-agent, and a shortened session reference. This security information is visible only to an authenticated administrator.

Cookies and local storage

The admin area uses a secure session cookie for authentication. Public pages use session storage in your browser to avoid counting the same tab session as repeated visits. Any audio track in the site music player is hosted by this website and plays only when you choose to start it.

Outside services

The site loads fonts from Google Fonts and selected Villager News images from Element Animation and the original add-on's image host. The video thumbnail on the homepage loads from YouTube. If you follow a video link, YouTube may receive your IP address and use its own cookies and tracking under its policies. Our hosting provider and network delivery services may also process normal connection data to serve the site.

Retention and your choices

Operational records are kept while needed for site statistics and security. No fixed deletion schedule has been set yet. You can avoid opening YouTube by not following video links. You can clear the site's browser session storage and cookies in your browser. For questions or requests about data, email [email protected].