Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how "Minecraft-ServerList.com" ("Minecraft-ServerList", "our", "we", "us") collects, uses, shares, and protects personal information when you use the website https://minecraft-serverlist.com (the "Service"). Terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meaning as in our Terms of Service, unless defined otherwise below.

By using our Service, you agree to the collection and use of information as described in this Privacy Policy. We use the personal information we collect to provide and improve the Service. We do not sell, distribute, or lease your personal information to anyone, except as described in this Privacy Policy or when required by law. You can opt out of analytical and marketing cookies at any time by updating your cookie preferences.

1. Information Collection and Use

Depending on how you use our Service, we collect the personal information described below. We use this information to provide our Service, to contact or identify you where needed, and to keep our Service safe.

Access Information

When you visit our Service, your browser automatically sends us certain information ("Log Data"). Log Data may include your Internet Protocol ("IP") address, browser version, the pages you visit, the date and time of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other statistics.

User Account

To register a user account ("account"), you must provide a username and a valid email address. We use this information only to activate your account, to help you recover your account or reset your password, and to send you notices and internal newsletters. We also record the IP address used when you register and each time you change your account. We do this only as a security measure, to detect and prevent abuse and to protect accounts.

If you sign in with Discord, Discord shares your Discord user ID, username, display name, email address, avatar, profile banner, and language setting with us. We use this information to create or link your account and to show your Discord profile on our Service. We never receive your Discord password, and we do not store the access token that Discord provides. Your Discord information is deleted when you unlink Discord or close your account.

Server

When you add a server to our Service, we collect the information you provide in the submission. Our Service then regularly queries your server using the Minecraft Server List Ping protocol, which provides additional information about your server.

A server is identified by its submitted IP address and port. By adding a server, you agree that parts of the server information will be publicly visible to all visitors of our Service.

Voting

When you vote for a server, we collect your IP address and the Minecraft username you submit. Your IP address and Minecraft username are shared with the server you voted for.

Each vote is also accompanied by technical information that helps us confirm that it was cast by a real person and in line with our voting rules. We use this information only to protect the integrity of the voting system and to keep rankings fair for every server. It is kept separate from the information shared with servers and is deleted automatically once it is no longer needed for this purpose.

When voting, you may also choose to write a review of the server. By submitting a review, you agree that the review and your Minecraft username may be shown publicly on our Service.

Contact Form

When you use our contact form, we collect your name, email address, the subject and content of your message, and, if you report a server, the server concerned. We also store the IP address used and, if you are signed in, your account. Your message is stored securely and forwarded to our mailbox. We use it only to respond to your request and to detect and prevent abuse of the contact form.

Premium

When you ("Customer") place an order, we ask for your first name, last name, and billing details ("Billing Information"), and we store the IP address used to place the order. Payments are processed by PayPal; see "PayPal" under "Third Parties and Third-Party Cookies" for more information.

When a payment is completed, PayPal shares certain details about the payer with us: the PayPal payer ID, name, email address, and country. We use these details to link the payment to your order, to handle refunds and disputes, and to detect and prevent fraudulent purchases.

Billing Information and payer details are stored securely and kept for legal, administrative, and accounting purposes.

2. Content Review

To keep our Service safe and the quality of its content high, content you submit may be reviewed automatically by artificial intelligence ("AI") systems and, in some cases, manually by our staff. This includes, but is not limited to, server reviews, server names, server descriptions, banners, and other details provided when adding a server.

We review content to detect and prevent abuse, spam, fraudulent or misleading content, and violations of our Terms of Service, and to help us moderate submitted content. As a result of a review, content may be approved, rejected, edited, or removed from our Service.

3. Cookies

Cookies are small text files that a website stores in your browser. We use cookies to remember your sign-in preferences and to prevent abuse and cheating of our voting system. Third-party services used on our Service may also place cookies; see "Third Parties and Third-Party Cookies" below.

Some cookies are deleted as soon as you close your browser ("session cookies"). Other cookies, including third party cookies, are stored for a set period, which never exceeds two years. When you save your cookie preferences, we store a cookie to remember your choice.

You can disable cookies in your browser settings. If you refuse cookies, some parts of our Service may not work as intended.

Third Parties and Third-Party Cookies

Our Service uses the third-party services listed below, some of which use cookies. Service providers that process personal information on our behalf may only use it to perform the tasks we assign to them, and may not disclose or use it for any other purpose.

Cloudflare

We use Cloudflare (based in San Francisco, California, United States) as a Content Delivery Network ("CDN") and DDoS protection service, to speed up our Service and to protect it from attacks. To detect malicious visitors without blocking legitimate users, Cloudflare may place cookies in your browser and analyze certain characteristics of your visit.

We also use Cloudflare Turnstile to verify that certain actions, such as voting and submitting forms, are carried out by a person and not by an automated program. Some web assets, such as icons, are loaded from cdnjs, a service provided by Cloudflare.

For information about the personal data Cloudflare collects, how it is used and disclosed, your rights (including how to contact Cloudflare to exercise them), and international data transfers, please visit Cloudflare's GDPR Compliance statement and Privacy Policy.

Google, Inc.

We use the following services provided by Google, Inc. (based in Mountain View, California, United States). For information about how Google uses data from websites that use its services, please visit "How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services" and Google's Privacy Policy.

• Google Analytics collects analytical data, such as the pages you visit and how you use our Service, which helps us improve it. Google Analytics is only loaded after you consent to statistics cookies, and it does not log or store your IP address. To opt out of Google Analytics on all websites, you can install the "Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on".
• Google AdSense shows advertisements on our Service and is only loaded after you consent to marketing cookies. Google and its partners may then use cookies to show ads based on your visits to our Service and other websites, and to measure how these ads perform. You can manage personalized advertising in Google's My Ad Center.
• YouTube videos, such as server trailers, are embedded in privacy-enhanced mode and are only loaded after you consent to marketing cookies.
• Google Fonts provides fonts used on our Service. When your browser loads these fonts, your IP address is sent to Google.

PayPal

We use PayPal (PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., based in Luxembourg, a subsidiary of PayPal Holdings, Inc.) to process payments. When you pay through PayPal, PayPal processes your payment and the related Billing Information, such as your name and payment details, to complete the transaction and to meet its own legal obligations. PayPal acts as an independent controller of the data it processes for these payments.

For information about the personal data PayPal collects, how it is used and disclosed, and your related rights, please visit PayPal's Privacy Statement.

Discord

We use Discord (Discord Inc., based in San Francisco, California, United States) to let you sign in with your Discord account. See "User Account" under "Information Collection and Use" for the information we receive. Avatars and banners of linked Discord accounts are loaded from Discord's servers. For more information, please visit Discord's Privacy Policy.

Sentry

We use Sentry (Functional Software, Inc., based in San Francisco, California, United States) to detect and fix errors on our Service. When an error occurs, technical information about the error and the request that caused it is sent to Sentry. We limit the personal information included in these reports. For more information, please visit Sentry's Privacy Policy.

Email Delivery

We use a third-party email delivery provider to send emails, such as account verification and password reset emails, receipts, and notifications. To deliver these emails, the provider processes your email address and the content of the email.

4. Data Transfer

The servers that host our Service, including the servers that query Minecraft servers listed on our Service, are located within the European Union ("EU"). Personal information stored on these servers is protected under the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") and other applicable EU data protection laws.

Some of the third-party services described in this Privacy Policy may process personal information outside the EU, and outside your state, province, country, or other jurisdiction, where data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction. We take all reasonable steps to ensure that your information is handled securely and in line with this Privacy Policy. We only transfer personal information to an organization or country when adequate safeguards are in place, including for the security of your information.

5. Data Retention

We keep your personal information, including information linked to your account, only for as long as necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. We may keep and use information for longer when necessary to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements and policies.

6. Data Removal

Anyone can ask us to remove their information from our Service by contacting us. We may ask for additional information to confirm your identity and to determine which information should be removed. We may keep information about a purchase where needed to complete the transaction and for record-keeping purposes.

User Account

You can close your account from your dashboard by following this link. To prevent abuse, you must be signed in to your account to close it. Copies of your account information may remain in offline backups, which are deleted automatically after thirty (30) days.

7. Your Rights

Under the GDPR and other applicable data protection laws, you have the right to:

• Access the personal information we hold about you;
• Have inaccurate or incomplete personal information corrected;
• Have your personal information deleted;
• Object to, or ask us to restrict, the processing of your personal information;
• Receive your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format (data portability);
• Withdraw your consent at any time where processing is based on consent, such as for analytical and marketing cookies. Withdrawing consent does not affect processing that took place before.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us. We may ask you to confirm your identity before handling your request, and we will respond within one (1) month. We may keep some information when we are legally required to, as described under "Data Removal".

If you believe that we process your personal information unlawfully, you have the right to file a complaint with a data protection authority. In the Netherlands, this is the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (Dutch Data Protection Authority). You may also contact the authority in the country where you live.

8. Security

Protecting your information, both online and offline, is a priority for us, and we value the trust you place in us. We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information, with a level of security appropriate to the risk.

9. Children's Privacy

Our Service is not directed at children under the age of thirteen (13), and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. If we discover that a child under thirteen (13) has provided us with personal information, we delete it from our servers immediately. If you are a parent or guardian and you know that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so that we can take the necessary action.

10. Links to Other Sites

Our Service may contain links to websites and services that are not operated by us. If you follow such a link, you will leave our Service. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites or services. We strongly advise you to review the privacy policy of every website or service you visit.

11. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will post the new version on this page, and the changes take effect immediately after they are posted. We advise you to review this page regularly.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us.