Privacy Policy
frontpage collects as little as possible. There are no ads, no third-party trackers, and no analytics scripts. This page explains exactly what is stored and why.
What we collect
- Account data — your username and a hashed password (we never store the password itself). Optionally a display name, bio, avatar, banner, theme, and profile anthem if you set them. No email address is required or collected.
- Content you create — posts, comments, votes, lounge messages, direct messages, and files you upload.
- Safety data — IP addresses are used transiently for rate limiting (e.g. limiting registrations and message sending) and are not attached to your profile or used to track you.
- Personalization data (optional)— which communities you visit on frontpage, used only to recommend communities you might like. See "Personalization" below.
Personalization
When you're logged in, frontpage remembers which communities you look at and uses that to shape the "picked for you" suggestions on the communities page. This happens entirely on frontpage's own servers — no third-party trackers, no advertising profiles, and the data is never shared with anyone.
You can turn this off any time in settings. Turning it off stops the recording and deletes everything already recorded.
How it's used
Only to run the site: showing your content to other users, delivering messages, ranking feeds, and preventing abuse. Your data is never sold or shared with advertisers.
Where it lives
- The site is hosted on Vercel; the database runs on Neon (Postgres).
- Uploaded images, videos, and files are stored on Vercel Blob.
- Payments for board tiles are handled by Stripe — card details go directly to Stripe and never touch our servers.
Direct messages
DMs are private between you and the recipient. They are stored in the database so they can be delivered and shown in your message history; they are not end-to-end encrypted. Site admins do not read DMs except where required to investigate abuse reports.
Cookies
One essential cookie keeps you logged in. Details in the Cookie Policy.
Your rights
You can edit or delete your content at any time. If you want your account and its data removed entirely, message an admin on the site and it will be deleted.
Changes
If this policy changes materially, the update will be noted here with a new date.