Privacy Policy

Last updated: September 25, 2026

Ancient Warden and this website are run by WZC Development LLC. We built the game to be played, not to collect or sell personal information. This policy says what we collect, why, and what you can do about it.

1. The short version

We collect the minimum. Only what the game needs to run, stay secure and take payments, plus visit statistics from Google Analytics.
We do not sell your data. We never have and never will.
No ad trackers. No targeted ads and no third-party marketing trackers.
Age limits. You must be 13 to play and 18 to buy anything.
Your data is yours. You can read, change or delete your account and its data at any time.

2. What we collect

Account details. An email address, a display name and a password. The password is hashed and salted. Nobody on our team can read it.

Game progress. Your characters, stats, inventory, quest states, settings and friends list, saved to our servers so you can play from any device.

Guest play. A guest account has no email address. Its progress is saved online and tied to the browser it was made in and to a recovery code. A guest account that sits unused for a long time is deleted automatically.

Technical data. When you connect we record your IP address, browser and operating system. If the game hits an error it may send us a bug report so we can fix it.

Site counters. We count how often our pages open and how often the blocks that advertise Keeper and realms are seen and clicked. Each counter records only that something happened, on a given day, on a given part of the site, a given number of times.

No identifier, cookie or browser storage is attached to a count.
No record of an individual visit exists, so we cannot profile visitors, count unique visitors, or tie a number to a person or account.
The counting is done by our own servers and shared with nobody.
If your browser sends a Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control signal, nothing is counted for your visit.

Google Analytics. This website, the wiki and the game page use Google Analytics, a service run by Google, to show us how many people visit, which pages they open, where they came from and what devices they use.

It sets cookies on this site, named _ga and _ga_ followed by an ID, so it can tell one browser's visits from another's. They last up to two years.
It records the page address, the page you came from, your browser, device type, screen size, language and a rough location worked out from your IP address. Google says it does not store the IP address itself.
We cut the query part off each page address before it is sent, keeping only campaign tags, so password reset links, email confirmation links and invite codes never reach Google.
We send Google no email address, username or account ID, and we do not link its statistics to your account.
We do not use it for advertising. Google's advertising features are off for this site.
Google handles this data under its own privacy policy, and explains how it uses data from sites that use its services.
In the EU, the EEA, the UK and Switzerland, Google Analytics runs only after you press Allow on the banner. We tell where you are from your device's time zone, which is read in your browser and sent nowhere. A time zone we cannot place, such as UTC, gets the banner too.
If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control or Do Not Track signal, Google Analytics does not load at all and no banner shows.
You can turn it off or on for this browser at any time with the switch below. You can also block cookies for this site, use a content blocker, or install Google's opt-out browser add-on. The game works the same either way.

Chat. In-game chat is relayed to the other players in your session. We keep no permanent readable log of ordinary chat. Messages do pass through our safety systems as they are sent, to catch harassment, abuse and rule breaking.

Mailing list (optional). If you join, we store the address you gave us and the times you subscribed, confirmed and unsubscribed.

Joining is double opt-in. We send one confirmation email and add you only when you click its link.
Every email carries a one-click unsubscribe link, and unsubscribing takes effect at once.
After you unsubscribe we keep the address only as a suppression record, so it cannot be re-added without your consent. Email us (section 11) to erase it fully.
The list is used for occasional Ancient Warden news and nothing else. It is never sold, never linked to game or site data, and shared only with the delivery provider.
Delivery is handled by Mailgun as a data processor under its own privacy policy.

3. What we do not collect

We do not ask for your legal name (unless a payment needs it), postal address, phone number or date of birth. Google Analytics sets its own cookies on this site, as described in section 2. We use no cross-site tracking cookies. Because we do not sell data, we meet the core "sale" and "sharing" requirements of privacy laws such as the CCPA.

4. Payments

Payments are handled by Stripe. Charges appear on your statement as WZC Development LLC.

You enter your billing details in Stripe's checkout, and Stripe handles them under its own privacy policy. Our servers never receive or store your card number, expiry date or CVV.

We keep only the billing records Stripe gives us, such as transaction IDs, purchase dates and what was bought, so we can unlock what you paid for and manage your subscriptions.

5. How we use your data

We process your data to deliver the game you signed up for and to run it properly. In practice that means:

Signing you in, keeping your account secure and loading your progress.
Running multiplayer sync and social features.
Enforcing the Terms of Service, keeping the servers stable, and running automated checks for cheating, botting and abuse.
Sending account notices such as password resets and billing alerts.

6. Who sees your data

Other players see your display name, character names, and what you do and say in a shared session. Your email address is never shown.

Service providers host our servers and databases. They act as data processors under contract and may not use your data for their own purposes.

Google receives the visit statistics described in section 2 through Google Analytics.

Authorities get your data only when a valid subpoena, court order or similar legal process requires it.

7. Children

Ancient Warden is not for children under 13, and we follow the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). We do not knowingly collect data from anyone under 13. If we learn that we have, we delete the account and its data.

8. Security

Connections between your browser and our servers are encrypted. Access to player databases is limited to the staff who need it. No online service can promise perfect security, and we do not.

9. Your rights

Access and correction. Review and change your account details on your account page.
Erasure. Delete individual characters in the game, or ask us to delete your account and all of its data for good.
Information. Ask us at any time for a summary of the data we hold about you.

10. Changes

We may update this policy as the game changes. The date at the top shows the latest revision. For changes that affect your rights we will try to give notice in advance, by email or in the game.

11. Contact

Questions or data requests go to WZC Development LLC at [email protected].