Privacy

What we collect today

No analytics and no tracking. As of May 30, 2026, the site runs without any analytics service, no third-party measurement scripts, and no per-visitor tracking. We do not record which pages you view or build a profile of your browsing.

The one exception is content you choose to submit. If you rate a venue, leave a comment, post to the message board, or suggest a venue, we store what you send us: the initials and text you enter, and an email address only if you choose to provide one. A submitted email is kept so we can follow up if needed; it is never shown publicly and never sold.

Those submission features also use a one-way fingerprint derived from your browser. It exists solely to rate-limit submissions and curb spam — it is not used to track you across pages or sessions, and it is not tied to your identity.

Analytics — planned, not yet live

We intend to add first-party analytics after an upcoming hosting migration. It is not running yet. When it does, it will be built and operated by us on our own domain — no third-party analytics vendor and no third-party tracking scripts.

When enabled, it will record a small set of events:

• Sponsor card impressions — when a sponsored placement actually becomes visible on screen.
• Outbound clicks — when a card's link is used (view on Rusty's, the venue's website, a phone tap, or a map link).
• Geographic origin — coarse location (such as country, region, and metro), derived at our edge. We do not store your IP address.
• Device split — a rough device, operating-system, and browser category. We do not store the full user-agent string.

The purpose is narrow: to tell a sponsoring venue, in aggregate, how its placement performed. We will not collect names, email addresses, precise location, or any other personally identifying data through analytics.

How long we keep it

Raw analytics events are kept for 90 days, then deleted. Aggregated counts derived from them — totals and summaries with no individual events behind them — are kept indefinitely so historical reporting stays consistent. Content you submit (ratings, comments, board posts, venue suggestions) is kept until it is removed through moderation or on request.

Who sees it

Sponsoring venues receive aggregate reports only — counts and summaries for their own placement. They never get access to individual events, raw logs, or anything about a specific visitor.

We do not share or sell data to third-party data brokers, advertising networks, or analytics resellers. The only third parties involved are the infrastructure providers that run the site (hosting, database, and our content-delivery edge), and Stripe, which processes donations — we never see or store your card details.

Cookies and tracking

No third-party cookies. No advertising cookies. No persistent visitor IDs that follow you between visits. The planned analytics is designed to count events without identifying who you are or linking your activity across sessions.

Your choices

We honor the Do Not Track (DNT) signal server-side. Once analytics is live, requests that arrive with a Do Not Track header will not be recorded — there is nothing for you to install or configure for that to take effect.

A per-visitor analytics opt-out control is planned but not yet built. Until it exists, the Do Not Track signal is the supported way to opt out, and you can always reach us directly with a request.

Contact

Questions about privacy, or a request about data you've submitted? Email warsignallabs@gmail.com.

Changes

When this policy changes in a way that matters — particularly when analytics first goes live — we'll update the date above and note it on What's new.