Privacy policy

Minecraft Tools works without an account and keeps world generation in your browser. This page explains what we process, which cookies are used, how advertising works on the free plan, and your rights.

Log files

Like most websites, our server records standard request logs: IP address, browser type, requested URL, referring page and timestamp. We use them to keep the service running, fix errors and stop abuse. They are not linked to your account or combined with other data, and are kept only as long as needed to run and secure the service.

Cookies and local storage

Most of your settings never leave your browser. We keep these in local storage:

• the seed, edition, version and map position (also in the page URL), and recent seeds;
• markers, “completed” checkboxes and, if you are not signed in, your bookmarks;
• your light/dark theme.

“Load from save” reads the save file in your browser to extract the seed; it is not uploaded. We set these cookies:

• cs_device (first-party, 1 year) — an anonymous, signed device ID used for the free AI answer limit.
• authjs.* (first-party, session) — keeps you signed in, only if you sign in.

The third-party services below may set their own cookies. You can block or delete cookies in your browser; the maps and tools keep working without them.

Advertising

The free plan shows ads served by Google. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.

• You may opt out of personalised advertising in Google Ads Settings, or opt out of third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalised advertising at aboutads.info.
• Learn more in How Google uses information from sites that use its services.
• Where the law requires it (for example in the EEA, the UK and Switzerland), personalised ads are shown only after you give consent through Google’s consent message.
• Pro subscribers see no ads, and no ad scripts are loaded for them.

If an ad blocker is detected we show our own promotion in the ad space and record an anonymous count (no identifiers) so we know how often it happens.

Other third-party services

• Sign-in (Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, X) — optional. The provider shares your name, email address and profile picture with us (Apple may give us a private relay address instead of your email; X shares an email only if your X account has a confirmed one). With Microsoft we also read your Xbox gamertag and gamer picture once, at sign-in, to use as your name and picture. We never see your password.
• Mojang, GeyserMC and OpenXBL — when you look up a player (skin viewer, XUID lookup, gamertag checker), the username, gamertag or XUID you typed goes to Mojang’s public profile service (Java), OpenXBL (an Xbox Live profile service) or GeyserMC’s public player service (Bedrock), nothing else about you. A skin file you open yourself never leaves your browser.
• RevenueCat and its payment processor (Stripe or Paddle) — run Pro subscriptions. We share your account id and email address with RevenueCat to link a purchase to your account. Card details are entered on the hosted checkout page and never reach our servers; we keep only the subscription status. See RevenueCat’s privacy policy.
• AI model providers — when you use the AI assistant, your question and the selected seed, edition and version are forwarded to an AI model provider to generate the reply. Please don’t include personal information in your questions.
• YouTube — some guides recommend a YouTube video. The guide shows a preview image from YouTube's image server; the player itself, from youtube-nocookie.com, only loads when you press play, and from then on Google's privacy policy applies to that video.
• Google Analytics — counts visits and which pages and tools are used, so we know what to improve. Google Analytics 4 sets the _ga cookies (first-party, up to 2 years) to tell returning browsers apart and, as Google documents, does not log or store IP addresses. We only look at aggregate reports. You can stop it with the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on; Google’s privacy policy applies to the data it processes.
• Cloudflare — delivers the site and protects it from attacks; it processes request data such as your IP address.

We don’t sell personal data.

Accounts and what we store

If you sign in, we store your profile (name, email, picture), your saved seeds and bookmarks, daily-challenge progress and cosmetic rewards, and your plan. For the AI answer limit we keep a salted hash of your device and IP address, never the raw values.

When you share a seed, a skin or a build, we store what you send (title, description, the name you chose to show, and the skin file or screenshots) with your account. Once a moderator approves it, everyone can see it, under the name you chose rather than your account name. Deleting your account deletes everything you shared and your upvotes.

Data retention

• Server logs: only as long as needed to run and secure the service.
• AI usage records: hashed, kept for answer limits and cost control.
• Account data: until you delete your account.
• Payment records: as long as tax and accounting law requires.

Your rights

Depending on where you live (for example under the GDPR or the CCPA), you can ask to access, correct, export or delete your personal data, and object to or restrict how we use it. Email us from the address you signed in with and we’ll respond within 30 days. You can also complain to your local data protection authority.

Children

Minecraft Tools is not directed at children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect their personal information. Sign-in and payments are for users old enough to consent under their local law. If you believe a child has given us personal data, contact us and we will delete it.

Changes

If this policy changes we’ll update the date at the top of this page.

Contact

Privacy questions and deletion requests: hello@minecrafttools.wiki, or see the contact page.