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Privacy Policy

Effective date: April 6, 2026

Overview

This Privacy Policy explains how OSTDB (“we”, “us”, “our”) handles information when you use our website and services (the “Service”).

Our philosophy is simple: we do not collect, store, or process personal data natively. We do not have user accounts. The platform is designed solely as a read-only database of video game soundtracks.

Who We Are

Service Name: OSTDB
Contact: [email protected]

Information We Collect

Basic HTTP Logs

Like most modern websites, we use hosting providers and Content Delivery Networks (specifically Cloudflare) to serve our website globally. Cloudflare automatically collects standard access logs (e.g., IP address, user-agent, timestamps) for routing, security, and DDOS protection. We do not use this data to profile users.

Submissions Data

If you submit a soundtrack to the database via our "Submit" button, you are redirected to a secure third-party form hosted by Tally.so. Information you provide in that form (like game names and URLs) is processed by Tally according to their privacy policies. We only use this information to update the public database.

Third-Party Services

We rely on a few specific external APIs to display content on the site:

  • Cloudflare for edge hosting, caching, and database storage (Cloudflare D1).
  • Tally.so for accepting community database submissions safely.
  • Spotify and IGDB for fetching track lists and game cover art via our backend proxy.

Cookies

We do not set any first-party tracking cookies on your device. Any cookies present are strictly necessary security or networking cookies set by our hosting provider (Cloudflare).

Changes To This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time if our practices change. We will update the “Effective date” at the top of the page.