NERVE has accounts. To hold one we store your email address, your handle and your wallet balance. We do not run analytics, we do not advertise, we set no tracking cookies, and we never sell or share your data. We ask your date of birth to check you are 18 — that check happens in your browser and the date is not sent to us or kept.
01The short version
This policy describes what happens to information when you visit the NERVE website or play the game. It is written to be read, not to be survived. Where a bracketed placeholder appears, the operator must complete it before this policy is relied upon.
02Who we are
The controller of any personal information described here is [LEGAL ENTITY NAME] [COMPANY NUMBER] of [REGISTERED ADDRESS]. You can reach us at hello@thenervegame.com.
03What we collect
Information you give us
- Your email address and password. Required to hold an account. The password is hashed by our authentication provider — it is never stored in a form we or anyone else can read.
- Your date of birth. Asked once at signup so we can check you are 18 or over. The check runs in your browser and the date is never sent to us; we keep no record of it.
- Your fighter. The handle, flag and colour you choose. Handles are public — they appear to opponents and on leaderboards.
- Your wallet. Every deposit and settlement is recorded as an entry in a ledger against your account, so your balance can be derived and audited. Balances are play credits; no real money is involved.
- Anything you send us. If you email us or use the contact page, we receive whatever you choose to write, including your email address.
Information collected automatically
- Server logs. Our host records standard request data — IP address, timestamp, the page requested, user agent and referrer — as part of serving the site and protecting it from abuse.
- Font requests. The site loads typefaces from Google Fonts, which means your browser makes a request to Google and Google receives your IP address.
04What we don't collect
To be specific about the things people usually assume are happening:
- There is no analytics package, no tracking pixel and no advertising network on this site.
- We do not track you across other sites, and we run no advertising.
- We do not use your email address for marketing. It is used to sign you in and to send account emails.
- We do not sell personal information, and we do not share it for cross-context behavioural advertising.
- We do not collect payment information, because the site does not take payments.
If any of this changes — and adding accounts and real multiplayer will change it — this policy will be updated before the change goes live.
05Cookies
NERVE sets no cookies of its own. Signing in stores a session token in your browser's local storage so you stay signed in — that is strictly necessary to keep you logged in, and clearing your browser data removes it. Our host may set a strictly necessary cookie for security or load balancing. Because nothing is used for analytics, advertising or profiling, there is no consent banner — there is nothing to consent to.
06Third parties
- Vercel — hosting and content delivery. Processes request data as described above. See Vercel's own privacy notice for details.
- Google Fonts — serves the typefaces. Receives your IP address and user agent when your browser fetches a font.
- Supabase — authentication and database. Holds your account, your fighter and your wallet ledger. Hosted in Canada (ca-central-1).
- Resend — delivers account email such as sign-up confirmations. Receives your email address for that purpose only.
We have no other processors at present, and no analytics provider of any kind.
07Why we hold it
We rely on our legitimate interests in operating a secure, working website — serving pages, keeping logs to diagnose faults and detect abuse, and replying to people who contact us. Where consent is the appropriate basis in your jurisdiction, we will ask for it before doing anything that requires it.
08How long we keep it
- Your account, fighter and wallet ledger — for as long as the account exists. Ask us to delete it and we will.
- Ledger entries — retained while the account exists. Individual entries are immutable by design: a correction is recorded as a further entry rather than by editing history.
- Bout state — held only while a bout is running; it is not kept afterwards beyond the settlement recorded in the ledger.
- Server logs — for the retention period set by our host, currently [LOG RETENTION PERIOD].
- Email correspondence — for as long as needed to deal with your enquiry, then [EMAIL RETENTION PERIOD].
09Your rights
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to ask for a copy of the personal information we hold about you, to have it corrected or deleted, to object to or restrict how we use it, and to complain to a regulator.
In practice, unless you have emailed us there is very little for us to hold. Write to hello@thenervegame.com and we will respond within [RESPONSE PERIOD]. The supervisory authority for our operations is [REGULATOR].
10Children
NERVE is not directed at children and is not intended for anyone under 18. We do not knowingly collect information from children. If you believe a child has sent us information, contact us and we will delete it.
11Security
The site is served over HTTPS. Because there is currently no database and no account system, the surface area is small by construction. No system is perfectly secure, and we cannot guarantee the security of information sent to us over the internet.
12Changes
When this policy changes, the date at the top of the page changes with it. Material changes — particularly the introduction of accounts, stored records or analytics — will be flagged in the game before they take effect.
13Contact
Privacy questions go to hello@thenervegame.com, or through the contact page.
See also the terms & conditions.