Privacy Policy
Last updated: 22 September 2026
NexusTiers ranks Minecraft PvP players. To do that we store Minecraft usernames, UUIDs, regions and tier results, plus the Discord details needed to run tier tests. This page lists exactly what we store, why, who else sees it, and how to get it changed or deleted.
On this page
1. Who runs NexusTiers
NexusTiers (nexustiers.com and its Discord servers for Vanilla, Mace, Spearmace and SMP) is a community project run by kappader4 from Switzerland. The operator is responsible for the data described here.
Contact: kappader4@gmail.com. You can also open a support ticket in any NexusTiers Discord server.
2. Data shown on the website
For every ranked player, the website and its public API (/players, /tier/<uuid> and the same paths under /mace, /spearmace and /smp) show:
- Minecraft username and Minecraft UUID
- region (EU, NA, AS or AU), if known
- current tier, peak tier and result type (for example earned, retired) in each gamemode
- the date the tier was last set
This information is public on purpose: showing it is what a tier list does. Anyone, including other websites and mods, can read it through the public API. Player head images are loaded from mc-heads.net using the player's UUID.
3. Data from Discord testing
Tier tests happen in our Discord servers and are run by our Discord bots. To run them, the bots store:
| What | Why |
|---|---|
| Your Discord user ID | To link your queue spot, ticket and results to you |
| The Minecraft username, preferred server and region you enter in the test form | So a tester can find and test you |
| Queue entries, open test tickets and ticket deadlines | To run the waiting list and test channels |
| Retest cooldowns | To stop players retesting too often |
| Test results (tier, outcome, result message link) | To set and update your tier |
| Support ticket details (who opened it, type, number, who claimed it) | To handle support requests |
| For testers: tests completed and optional tester list entries | For tester statistics and tester lists |
To turn a username into a UUID, the bot looks the name up with Mojang's public profile API. Messages you send in our Discord servers are also processed by Discord under its own privacy policy.
4. Visiting the website
- No cookies, no analytics, no ads and no tracking pixels.
- Nothing is saved in your browser's storage.
- Our web server is not set up to keep access logs of visitors.
- Like every website, our server receives your IP address when your browser loads a page. It is used to send the page back to you and is not stored by us.
- The TierTagger download button goes through a counter that adds 1 to the total download number. It does not record who downloaded.
5. The TierTagger mod
TierTagger asks our API for the tiers of players you see in game by sending their UUIDs. It does not send your account details, your chat, or anything else from your game. Our server receives your IP address with each request, the same as for a website visit, and does not store it.
6. Other services we use
| Service | What it receives |
|---|---|
| Infomaniak (Switzerland) | Hosts our server and the stored data |
| Discord | Everything that happens in our Discord servers |
| Google Fonts | Your IP address when your browser loads the site's fonts |
| mc-heads.net | Your IP address and the UUIDs of the players shown, to load head images |
| Mojang (Microsoft) | Usernames the bot looks up to find UUIDs |
We do not sell data and do not share it with anyone else for marketing.
7. Why we are allowed to use it
We process this data because running a public tier list and its testing system is our legitimate interest, and because you ask to be tested when you join a queue. This applies under the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP) and, for visitors in the EU or EEA, Article 6(1)(f) and 6(1)(b) of the GDPR.
8. How long we keep it
- Tiers and player entries: for as long as the rankings run, or until you ask for removal.
- Queue entries and test tickets: deleted when you leave the queue or the ticket is closed.
- Cooldowns: deleted once they expire.
- Test form submissions and result history: kept so staff can check past results, until you ask for removal.
9. Your rights
You can ask us to show you the data we hold about you, correct it, delete it, or stop using it. Contact kappader4@gmail.com or open a support ticket in a NexusTiers Discord server. We answer within 30 days. Removing your data also removes your tiers from the website.
If you think we handled your data wrongly, you can complain to the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) or, in the EU, to your local data protection authority.
10. Changes to this policy
If what we collect changes, we update this page and the date at the top.