Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how Pass the Fear Wiki ("we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, and protects information when you visit passthefearwiki.wiki (the "Site"). The Site is an unofficial, community-maintained resource for the roguelite bullet-hell shooter Pass the Fear developed by PlayMud Studio and published by Paras Games. We are committed to protecting your privacy and being transparent about the limited data we process to operate this Site. By accessing the Site you acknowledge the practices described below.

Information We Collect

We collect only the minimum amount of information needed to operate, secure, and improve the Site. The information below is collected automatically by our infrastructure or voluntarily provided by you through the contact form.

• •Automatic technical data: IP address (anonymized where required), user agent string, referrer URL, browser type, device class, screen resolution, and approximate geographic region derived from IP. We retain this data in aggregated form for up to 26 months.
• •Cookies and local storage: a single first-party cookie is used to remember your theme preference (light or dark); analytics cookies may be set by Google Analytics as described in the Third-Party Services section below.
• •We do not collect personal identifiers such as real names, home addresses, phone numbers, government IDs, financial credentials, or any other directly identifiable information. The Site has no user accounts, no logins, and no ability to identify individual visitors beyond the aggregate statistics above.

How We Use Information

The limited information we collect is used solely to operate, secure, and improve the Site experience for our visitors. We do not sell or share information with advertisers, data brokers, or third-party marketing networks.

• •Aggregate analytics to understand which wiki categories and articles are most useful, where readers come from, and how the Site is navigated. Aggregated data is reviewed quarterly and never tied to individual visitors.
• •Performance monitoring: page load times, error rates, and CDN performance to ensure the Site is fast and reliable across regions and devices.
• •Preference storage: theme selection, language preference, and any user-controlled display options (such as dismissed banner notifications) are kept in local storage and not transmitted to any backend.

Third-Party Services

We rely on a small set of trusted third-party services to deliver the Site. Each service has its own privacy practices that govern how it handles data passed from your browser. We list every service below for full transparency.

• •Google Analytics 4: aggregates anonymized traffic statistics under the Google Analytics Terms of Service. IP anonymization is enabled.
• •Steam Store and Steam Community: outbound links to official Steam pages may send referrer information to Valve per Steam's privacy policy.
• •Discord: outbound links to the official Pass the Fear Discord server. Joining Discord is governed entirely by Discord's Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.

Children's Privacy

The Site is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect any information from children under 13. The game itself carries its own age rating under Steam's content descriptor system. If you believe a child under 13 has provided information through the Site, please contact us and we will promptly delete the relevant records. Parents who want to limit their children's exposure to mature themes should consult Steam's family controls and the game's official content rating before play.

Your Data Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or restrict processing of any personal information we hold about you. Because we collect no account-bound personal data, most rights requests can be honored automatically through browser-side controls (clearing cookies and local storage).

• •Opt out of analytics: install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, or use your browser's built-in privacy features (such as Global Privacy Control) to signal a do-not-track preference to our analytics provider.
• •Clear cookies and local storage: open your browser's privacy settings and clear the data stored for passthefearwiki.wiki. This will reset your theme preference and any dismissed notifications to defaults.
• •Contact us with any other data request: write to the contact email listed on the Site, and we will respond within 30 days. We honor verifiable requests in line with GDPR, CCPA, and other applicable privacy regulations.

Data Security

The Site is served over HTTPS with TLS 1.3 and HSTS enabled. We use Cloudflare's global edge network for DDoS protection and content delivery, which adds defense-in-depth at the network layer. While no system is completely immune to risk, we follow industry best practices to keep the Site and any incidental data secure. Anonymous analytics cannot be reverse-engineered to identify individual visitors.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for legal, operational, or regulatory reasons. When we make a material change, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. Continued use of the Site after a change indicates acceptance of the updated policy. For significant changes, we will also surface a banner on the homepage for at least 14 days.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, your data, or your rights, please reach out to the wiki maintainers via the contact form linked in the site footer, or post in the official Pass the Fear Discord server. We aim to respond to all privacy-related inquiries within 30 days of receipt.