Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 2026

1. Introduction

VRCMods.com ("we", "us", "our") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your data when you use our website at https://vrcmods.com.

2. Information We Collect

When you create an account on VRCMods, we may collect the following information:

  • Account information: Username, email address, and password (stored securely using hashing).
  • Profile information: Avatar image and any optional profile details you choose to provide.
  • Uploaded content: Files, images, descriptions, and other content you upload to the platform.
  • Discord data: If you link your Discord account, we store your Discord user ID, username, and avatar so we can identify you, plus your bot notification preferences and delivery state (see Section 7).
  • Usage data: We collect anonymised analytics data such as pages visited, browser type, and general location (country level) to improve our services.
  • Cookies: We use cookies to maintain your session, remember preferences, and for analytics. Third-party services (such as advertising partners) may also set cookies.

Essential cookies support sign-in, security, and saved site preferences. Optional analytics and advertising storage is denied until you select Ok in the cookie notice. Selecting Dismiss keeps optional storage denied. You can review or change this choice at any time using Cookie choices in the site footer.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

  • Provide, operate, and maintain the VRCMods platform.
  • Process your account registration and manage your user account.
  • Display your uploaded content to other users of the platform.
  • Communicate with you regarding your account, uploads, or support requests.
  • Detect and prevent abuse, spam, and violations of our Terms of Service.
  • Analyse usage trends to improve and develop our services.
  • Deliver notifications you have requested to your Discord account or a Discord server channel through our Discord bot (see Section 7).
4. User-Uploaded Content

By uploading content to VRCMods, you confirm that you own the content or have the necessary permissions to upload it. Uploaded content is stored on our servers and made available to other users of the platform as intended by the upload settings you choose.

If you need to remove uploaded content from our servers, please contact us at [email protected] and we will process your request.

5. Account Deletion

You can request to delete your account from your Dashboard Settings. Once you initiate account deletion, there is a 7-day grace period during which you may cancel the request. After 7 days, your account and associated personal data will be permanently deleted and cannot be recovered.

Please note that some content you have uploaded may remain on the platform after account deletion. To have uploaded content removed, please contact us at [email protected] separately.

6. Data Sharing

We do not sell your personal information. We may share data with third parties only in the following circumstances:

  • Service providers: We use third-party services for hosting, analytics, and content delivery that may process data on our behalf.
  • Legal requirements: We may disclose information if required by law or in response to valid legal process.
  • Safety: We may share information when necessary to protect the rights, safety, or property of VRCMods, our users, or the public.
  • Discord: Our Discord bot sends and receives data through Discord's API. Discord processes that data under its own Privacy Policy.
7. Discord Bot

VRCMods operates an optional Discord bot ("Platypus") that connects VRCMods to Discord. The bot is not required to use the website, and most of its commands mirror website features. This section explains what data the bot uses, what we store, and how you control it.

Linking your Discord account

When you link your Discord account (from your Dashboard Settings or the bot), we store your Discord user ID, username, and avatar so the bot can identify you and deliver notifications to the right place. Linking is required for DM notifications and for the plain /follow command, which follows your linked VRCMods account. You can unlink your Discord account at any time from your dashboard, or delete your account to remove the connection entirely (see Section 5).

Notification delivery

If you enable DM notifications, we store your delivery preferences (which categories you want, daily summary or individual messages, pause state) and a queue of the events we deliver to you. The bot sends you a direct message when there is something to notify you about, and you may receive a welcome message when you first link your account. You control all of this from the bot itself:

  • /notifications - choose categories and delivery style.
  • /pause and /resume - temporarily stop and restart DMs.
  • /stopnotifications - stop DM notifications entirely.
  • /dmsettingsonly - receive settings changes in DMs instead of servers.

If Discord will not accept our DMs (for example, you have DMs closed or removed the bot), we stop trying and mark delivery as stopped until you run /resume. These preferences are read-only on the website and can only be changed through the bot.

Server channel feeds

Server admins can choose a channel with /notifychannel, and anyone can run /follow to have that channel receive posts about a creator, item, or media page. To support this we store the Discord server ID, the chosen channel, and the list of follow targets. Use /unfollow to remove a follow or /subscriptions to see what a channel follows. If a channel becomes unreachable, those subscriptions are dropped so the queue cannot grow without bound.

Commands and lookups

Commands such as /search, /category, /profile, and /cases read the same public data you can see on the website. If you enable Hide my profile from the Discord bot in your privacy settings, other people cannot use /profile to find your VRCMods page through your Discord account.

Prefix commands (for example !search) read the content of the Discord message you send, which requires Discord's Message Content Intent. We only use that content to run the command you invoked, and it is processed under Discord's own Privacy Policy.

Moderation

On servers where it is enabled, the bot can help thread authors moderate their own threads (/threadremove, /threadblock, /threadlock) and assists judges with court cases. People whose comments are removed are notified by DM. Moderation actions are processed through the same systems that protect the website from abuse and spam (see Section 3).

Retention

Delivery queues are temporary; events that have already been delivered remain in a log used to prevent duplicates. Unlinking your Discord account stops all bot activity for your account immediately. Deleting your VRCMods account removes your Discord connection and notification preferences after the 7-day grace period (see Section 5).

8. Data Security

We take reasonable measures to protect your personal information from unauthorised access, alteration, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

9. Children's Privacy

VRCMods is not intended for use by individuals under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child under 13 has provided us with personal data, please contact us and we will take steps to remove it.

10. Your Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the right to:

  • Access the personal data we hold about you.
  • Request correction of inaccurate data.
  • Request deletion of your data (see Section 5).
  • Object to or restrict processing of your data.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected].

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated "Last updated" date. Your continued use of VRCMods after any changes constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at [email protected].