Privacy

No accounts, no tracking

YaCursed does not require an account, does not set cookies, and does not use fingerprinting or any form of persistent identifier. Every visit is anonymous.

What we store per cast

When you cast a curse or blessing, we store:

• The public figure you chose, the intent (curse/bless), and the strength level
• Your rationale text (max 500 characters) — this is never shown to other users (however, you may choose to share it yourself via your personal social media accounts).
  • In the future, we may use rationale text across all users to produce aggregate summaries of community sentiment for each figure — think "why people feel this way," not "what you specifically wrote."
• City and country derived from your IP address — used only for aggregate geographic maps, never displayed individually
• Ritual duration and tap count (anonymous behavioral data)

What we do not store

• Your IP address — used only for temporary rate limiting (held in memory, never written to the database)
• Exact coordinates — only city-level geography, shared across all users in that city
• Browsing history, device identifiers, or cross-session data

Analytics

If enabled, we use Plausible Analytics — a privacy-respecting service that does not use cookies, does not track individuals, and is fully GDPR-compliant. Aggregate page views and event counts only.

Third-party services

We query Wikipedia and Wikidata to display public figure information. These requests are made server-side — your browser never contacts Wikipedia directly through YaCursed.

Data sharing

We do not sell, share, or provide your data to any third party. Aggregate metrics (leaderboards, geographic maps) are derived from anonymous cast data and contain no personally identifiable information.