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THE RED ECLIPSE PRIVACY POLICY

THE RED ECLIPSE PRIVACY POLICY

This Privacy Policy explains how the Red Eclipse project (“Red Eclipse”, “Red Eclipse Team”, “we”, “us”) collects, uses, and protects information when you use the Red Eclipse game client, connect to the play.redeclipse.net master server or connected game servers, interact with our Discord integration or bot, or visit https://www.redeclipse.net.

Red Eclipse is an open-source, non-profit hobby project operated by Quinton Reeves and the Red Eclipse Team. We do not sell, rent, or trade personal data, and we do not use your information for advertising or commercial profiling.

Offline and Local Play

When you run Red Eclipse offline or on private servers not connected to the Red Eclipse master server, the game stores your configuration, logs, demos, and screenshots locally on your device. No gameplay or personal data is sent to the Red Eclipse Team during offline play.

Discord Integration

Red Eclipse integrates with Discord in two ways:

Game Client Rich Presence (Application ID 506825464946360321):
- When Discord support (discordenabled) and presence (presence) are enabled in the game client, Red Eclipse communicates locally with the Discord client running on your computer using the Discord RPC library.
- Depending on your presence setting (0 = off, 1 = activity, 2 = activity and Join button), the game sends your current activity (such as game mode, map, server description, player count, and match timer) and, while on a listed, open server with room, party and Join link information (the server’s address is never shown as text) to your local Discord client so it can be displayed on your Discord profile according to your Discord privacy settings.
- The game client receives your Discord username and user ID locally from your Discord client to log connection status and handle join requests. It does not transmit your Discord credentials or account data to Red Eclipse servers.
- You can disable Discord Rich Presence at any time in the game settings (presence 0 or discordenabled 0).
Official Discord Server and Chat Bridge (Redroid):
- In the official Red Eclipse Discord server, our bot (Redroid) processes slash and context-menu commands, user IDs, display names, roles, and server events (joins, leaves, bans) for community features (such as FAQs, quotes, and dictionary entries) and moderation logs.
- On game servers that enable chat bridging (httpbridge 1) through the master server relay, in-game chat messages are posted to a public thread in the Red Eclipse Discord server under the player’s in-game display name, and messages sent in that Discord thread are relayed into the game server with the sender’s Discord display name and role badge.

Steam Integration

When running Red Eclipse with Steam enabled (steamclient 1), the game uses the Steamworks SDK to read your Steam persona name and Steam ID locally, show your current match status to Steam friends (presence), and generate a session authentication ticket when connecting to a Steam-authenticated game server (steamserver) so the server can verify your Steam ID.
You can disable Steam presence or client integration via presence 0 or steamclient 0.

Online Play, Master Server, and Web API

When you connect to the play.redeclipse.net master server or any game server connected to it, certain information is processed for server operation, authentication, public server listings, and moderation in accordance with our Multiplayer Guidelines (https://www.redeclipse.net/guidelines):

Connection and Moderation Data:
- In-game username, authentication handle (if you use a master server account), Steam ID and handle (if using Steam authentication), Discord handle (if bridged or provided), IP address, client version, operating system, and hardware configuration.
- IP addresses and account identifiers are used to route game traffic, enforce bans and trusts, and assist moderators and administrators in maintaining fair play.
Public Server Browser and Web API:
- Listed game servers publish their status (server name, address, map, mode, match time, and active players’ display names, scores, pings, teams, and privilege badges) to the master server (play.redeclipse.net:28888), where it is viewable in the in-game server browser and on the web server browser at https://www.redeclipse.net/servers.
- The master server Web API relay logs only the target server, request path, HTTP status, response size, and viewer IP address; it never logs headers, bodies, query strings, authentication tokens, or challenge answers, and writes no relayed payloads to disk.
Game Statistics:
- On servers with statistics reporting enabled (sv_serverstats), completed match results and timed race laps are sent to the master server’s statistics database and displayed at https://www.redeclipse.net/stats.
- Statistics records store only players’ in-game nicknames, authentication handles (for authenticated users), and match performance metrics. IP addresses are not stored in the statistics database.

Website

Our website at https://www.redeclipse.net is hosted via GitHub Pages. Standard web server access logs (such as IP address and browser user-agent) are handled by GitHub in accordance with the GitHub Privacy Statement.
When you open the Server Browser page (https://www.redeclipse.net/servers), your browser connects directly to play.redeclipse.net:28888 to retrieve live server and match status.

We do not sell or share your personal information with third-party marketers or advertisers.
Public match information (active player names and scores on listed servers, bridged chat messages, and match statistics) is publicly accessible as part of the multiplayer service.
Administrative data (such as IP addresses, server logs, and moderation records) is restricted to authorized Red Eclipse Team members and server operators for legitimate administration, security, and moderation purposes, or when required by law.

Data Retention and Deletion

Server and relay logs are rotated and pruned automatically on a regular schedule.
Account authentication entries, moderation records (such as global bans), match statistics, and community database entries (such as Discord quotes or FAQs) are retained for as long as needed to operate the service and maintain historical records.
You may request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal data associated with your Red Eclipse authentication handle, Steam ID, or Discord User ID at any time by contacting us.

Contact Information

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to make a data request, please contact the Red Eclipse Team:

Email: contact@redeclipse.net
Discussions: https://www.redeclipse.net/discuss
Issues: https://www.redeclipse.net/issues