Privacy Policy for RiftHub

Last Updated: January 2, 2025

Overview
RiftHub is a Chrome extension that helps users track their registered Riftbound TCG events, search for nearby tournaments, and manage their event calendar. This privacy policy explains what data the extension collects and how it is used.

Data Collection

Location Data
What we collect: Zip codes or city names that you enter when searching for events.
How it’s used: Your location query is sent to the US Census Bureau’s geocoding service to convert it into coordinates for finding nearby events.
Storage: Your last searched location is stored locally in your browser using Chrome’s storage API.

Website Content
What we collect: Event IDs from the Riftbound “My Events” page when you are logged in.
How it’s used: Event IDs are used to fetch full event details from the Riftbound API to display in the extension.
Storage: Event data is stored locally in your browser using Chrome’s storage API.

Data Storage
All data is stored locally on your device using Chrome’s built-in storage API. This includes:

Your registered events

Search results

Filter preferences

Last searched location

No data is stored on external servers controlled by this extension.

Third-Party Services
The extension communicates with the following services:

Riftbound API (api.cloudflare.riftbound.uvsgames.com) to fetch event details

US Census Geocoding Service (geocoding.geo.census.gov) to convert US location queries to coordinates

OpenStreetMap Nominatim (nominatim.openstreetmap.org) to convert international location queries to coordinates (fallback for non-US locations)

These are the only external services the extension communicates with.

Data Sharing
We do not sell, trade, or transfer your data to any third parties.

Your data is:

Not sold to third parties

Not used for advertising

Not used for any purpose other than the core functionality of tracking Riftbound events

Data Retention
All data is stored locally in your browser. You can clear all stored data at any time by:

Using the “Force Clear All” button in the extension

Uninstalling the extension

Clearing your browser data

Your Rights
You have full control over your data:

View what’s stored by opening Chrome DevTools and checking chrome.storage.local

Delete all data using the “Force Clear All” button

Uninstall the extension to remove all associated data

Changes to This Policy
Any changes to this privacy policy will be reflected in this document with an updated “Last Updated” date.

Contact
If you have questions about this privacy policy, please open an issue on our GitHub repository:
https://github.com/j-ding/RiftHub

Open Source
RiftHub is open source. You can review the complete source code at:
https://github.com/j-ding/RiftHub