Privacy Policy

Overview

FirstTick ("we", "us", or "our") operates this website as a community landing page for our free Discord server. We are committed to being straightforward about what data is and isn't collected when you visit this site.

The short version: we do not collect, store, or process any personal information directly. We have no account system, no sign-up forms, and no databases of user data. This policy explains what does happen when you visit, including the role of third-party services this site uses.

Information We Collect

Information you provide directly

This website has no registration, login, contact forms, or data entry of any kind. We do not ask for — and therefore do not collect — your name, email address, or any other personal information.

Information collected automatically

This site is hosted on Cloudflare Pages and uses Cloudflare Web Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our pages. Cloudflare Web Analytics is privacy-first by design — it uses no cookies, no fingerprinting, and does not track you across sites. It may collect:

• Pages visited and time spent on each page
• Referring website or source (how you arrived here)
• Browser type and operating system
• General geographic region (country or city level, derived from IP address)
• Device type (desktop, mobile, tablet)

This information is aggregated and anonymous. It cannot be used to identify you personally, and it is never used for advertising or sold to third parties.

Cookies

This site uses a small number of cookies for functional purposes:

• Theme preference — We store your light/dark mode preference in your browser's local storage so it persists between visits. This data never leaves your device.
• Loader preference — We store a flag in local storage to skip the loading animation on return visits. This data never leaves your device.
• Analytics — Cloudflare Web Analytics does not use cookies or local storage. It is cookieless by design, so no analytics-related cookies are set by this site.

You can clear or block cookies at any time through your browser settings. Doing so may affect minor site preferences like your theme choice.

Third-Party Services

This website embeds or links to services provided by third parties. Each operates under its own privacy policy, which we encourage you to review:

Cloudflare

This site is hosted on Cloudflare Pages and uses Cloudflare Web Analytics. Cloudflare may process your IP address and request metadata as part of serving this site and providing DDoS protection — this is standard infrastructure behaviour for any website. Cloudflare's Privacy Policy governs how they handle this data.

Discord

This site includes a live online member count fetched from Discord's public widget API. This is a read-only, anonymous request — no personal data is sent to or received from Discord by visiting this page. If you click "Join Discord" and join our server, Discord's own Privacy Policy governs the data they collect.

TradingView

This site embeds a live market ticker widget provided by TradingView. When the widget loads, your browser may send a request to TradingView's servers. TradingView's Privacy Policy governs any data they collect through this interaction.

Google Fonts

This site loads fonts from Google Fonts. When fonts are requested, your browser sends a request to Google's servers which may include your IP address. Google's Privacy Policy applies to these requests.

How Information Is Used

The limited, anonymised analytics data we may collect is used solely to:

• Understand how many people visit the site and which pages are most useful
• Improve the site's content, layout, and performance
• Identify technical issues or broken functionality

We do not use any data for advertising, profiling, or selling to third parties. Ever.

Data Sharing

We do not sell, rent, trade, or otherwise share personal information with third parties — because we don't collect any to begin with. Anonymised, aggregated analytics data (e.g. "500 people visited this page this week") may be viewed by FirstTick team members to improve the site, but this data cannot identify any individual.

Children's Privacy

This website is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect information from children. If you believe a child has provided personal information through any channel associated with FirstTick, please contact us and we will take appropriate steps.

Your Rights

Because we do not collect personal data, there is typically nothing to access, correct, or delete. If you have questions about data processed by third-party services listed above, those requests should be directed to those services directly using the links provided.

If you are located in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or California, and believe you have privacy rights relevant to your use of this site, please contact us and we will respond promptly.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be reflected on this page with an updated date at the top. We encourage you to review this page periodically. Continued use of the site after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

Contact Us

Questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy? Reach out — we're happy to clarify anything.