Privacy
US Vantage is built to know as little about you as possible.
What the site stores
When you use US Vantage, the site stores:
- Your handle — the name you choose to debate under. Handles are public: anyone can see them next to your posts and on your profile page.
- What you post — debates, arguments, and replies you write. Posts are public.
- A hashed identity — your browser generates a random secret and keeps it on your device. The server stores only a one-way hash of that secret, used to check that you are the same person who claimed a handle, to count one vote per person, and to count reports per person. The secret itself is never sent to or stored by the server in a recoverable form, and the hash cannot be reversed into the secret.
- Rate-limit counters — to stop flooding, the server keeps short-lived counters keyed by a one-way hash of your connection address and your identity hash. Raw addresses are never stored, and these counters are not linked to your handle.
What the site does not collect
No accounts, no passwords, no email addresses, no names, no locations. No third-party trackers, no analytics, no advertising, and no cookies beyond what your browser needs to keep your secret on your own device (the secret is stored in your browser's local storage, not in a cookie).
What is public
Your handle, your posts, and the support counts on arguments are public and visible to anyone who visits the site. Don't post anything you wouldn't want the world to see. Deleted posts are hidden from view but may remain in backups for a time.
Your browser data
Your secret lives in your browser's local storage under this site's origin. Clearing your browser data for this site removes it. If that happens, you can no longer post, edit, or delete as your old handle — you'll need to pick a new one. There is no recovery process, because there is no account to recover.
Hosting
US Vantage is hosted on Cloudflare Pages with a Cloudflare D1 database. Cloudflare may keep standard operational logs as part of running the service; US Vantage itself adds no tracking on top of that.
Changes
If this policy changes, the updated version will appear on this page.