Website Privacy Policy
Last updated: 2026-10-07
This policy covers the website at wavefrontvanguard.com, run by Wavebound Studios. The game has its own Game Privacy Policy, and stores, platforms and community spaces have their own policies.
The short version
This site has no accounts, comments or advertising. Its only form is an optional newsletter sign-up: if you use it, your email address goes to Wavebound Studios and is used only to email you about the game. It uses privacy-friendly, cookie-free analytics (Umami) that we host ourselves at analytics.waveboundstudios.com. It sets no cookies, and it doesn't load anything from other companies' servers: fonts, scripts, images and videos are all served from this site or from Wavebound Studios' own servers.
What is collected
Server logs. Like almost every web server, the server hosting this site automatically records basic technical details of each request: your IP address, the date and time, the page or file requested, the response status, and the browser's user-agent string. These logs are used only to keep the site running and secure (for example, to diagnose errors or block abusive traffic). They are kept only for a limited time, aren't used to build profiles of visitors, and aren't sold or shared, except where the law requires it.
Analytics. We use Umami, self-hosted by Wavebound Studios, to count visits and see which pages are popular. It records things like the page viewed, referrer, browser, operating system, device type, screen size, language and approximate country. It also records interactions such as which links you click (for example the Steam and Discord links), how far down a page you scroll, how long a page stays open in your tab, screenshots you open, videos you play, theme changes, use of the search box (that you opened it, never what you typed), text copied from a page (its length, not its content), newsletter sign-ups (that one happened and where on the page, never the address), and page errors. It uses no cookies, doesn't store your IP address, doesn't track you across other sites, and the data isn't sold or shared with advertisers. You can opt out by blocking analytics.waveboundstudios.com with a content blocker.
Settings stored in your browser. The site remembers a few display preferences in your browser's own storage. This isn't a cookie, and it never leaves your device:
| Key | Stored in | What it remembers |
|---|---|---|
vitepress-theme-appearance | Local storage | Whether you picked the light or dark theme |
wv-seen | Local storage | A flag so analytics can tell a first visit from a return visit. It holds no identifier |
vitepress:local-search-detailed-list | Local storage | Whether search results show the detailed view |
vitepress:local-search-filter | Session storage | The last text typed in the site search box, cleared when you close the tab |
Site search runs entirely in your browser. What you type isn't sent anywhere. You can clear these values at any time through your browser's site data settings.
Newsletter
The form at the bottom of each page lets you sign up for emails about Wavefront: Vanguard. It is optional, and nothing is sent until you press the button.
- What is collected. Your email address and the time you signed up. Sending the form is a request to Wavebound Studios' own server at waveboundstudios.com, which logs it like any other request (see Server logs above).
- What it is used for. Only to send you emails about the game: the Steam launch and occasional major updates. Your address is not sold, not shared with advertisers, and not added to any other list.
- How long it is kept. Until you unsubscribe. After that, it is deleted.
- How to unsubscribe. Use the unsubscribe link in any of the emails, or write to the contact address below and we will remove you.
- The hidden field. The form contains a hidden field that people never see. It exists to catch spam bots, which fill in every field, and it holds nothing about you.
Links to other sites
This site links to other websites, for example community or store pages. Once you follow a link, that site's own privacy policy applies.
Children
This site is a general-audience page about a video game. It doesn't knowingly collect personal information from anyone, including children.
Your rights
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to ask what personal information is held about you, to have it corrected or deleted, or to object to how it's used. Unless you signed up for the newsletter, this site only keeps short-lived server logs, so there is usually nothing tied to you personally, but you're welcome to ask. If you did sign up, you can ask what is held, or have your address removed, at any time.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with an updated date. If the site ever adds accounts or anything else that collects more data, this page will be updated before that goes live.
Contact
Questions about this policy: [email protected]