Poor Camp · Privacy Policy

Privacy

Effective: August 1, 2026

Poor Camp is an interactive fictional project operated by Justin Ward as Poor Camp Publishing. We do not sell personal information or use advertising trackers. This policy explains the limited information used by poor.camp, its contact and mailing-list features, and the Poor Camp Voices Discord application.

Information used by poor.camp

Interactive-fiction continuity

Some experiences use a random browser token stored in a strictly necessary, secure cookie. The server receives a one-way hash of that token and may store a fictional citizen code, fictional Civic Trust values, choices, ratings, viewing progress, conversation-node progress, and similar in-world activity. This provides continuity across participating pages without requiring a real account.

Do not enter real names, addresses, diagnoses, employment information, or other sensitive personal information into fictional government or corporate interfaces.

Information kept only in the browser

Some experiences still keep their progress in browser storage. Clearing site data may erase that progress. Features that use the server are identified in this policy and will receive visible deletion controls as they become public.

Contact forms and mailing lists

If you submit a contact form, we receive the information you choose to provide, such as your name, email address, organization, message, and optional attachment, so we can respond. Mailing-list and Student Free Copy subscriptions are processed only when you separately submit the corresponding form. Student consent remains separate from the general Poor Camp News list.

Hosting information

Netlify and ordinary internet infrastructure may process request information such as IP address, browser type, requested URL, and timestamp for hosting, delivery, abuse prevention, and security. Poor Camp does not currently load advertising trackers or third-party behavioral-analytics scripts. If optional analytics are introduced, this policy and the visitor controls will be updated before activation.

Poor Camp Voices on Discord

Poor Camp Voices provides clearly labeled AI portrayals of fictional Poor Camp characters through commands such as /talk. The portrayals do not create or change Poor Camp canon.

When you use the application, it may process and store:

your Discord user ID;
the Discord server and channel IDs where the command was used;
the selected character and the message you submitted;
the generated response and recent conversation history;
timestamps, moderation status, and limited technical metadata needed to operate and protect the service.

Your message and a bounded portion of recent conversation history are sent to OpenAI for safety review and response generation. Poor Camp requests that generated-response API calls are not stored by OpenAI for model-response storage. Discord necessarily processes activity performed through its platform. Netlify hosts the application functions and database.

Discord identity and poor.camp browser identity are not joined. The application does not receive your email address through these commands.

Retention and deletion

Active Poor Camp Voices conversation sessions expire 30 days after their most recent activity. A daily cleanup removes expired sessions and their messages. You may delete a selected character conversation immediately with /forget or delete all of your stored Poor Camp Voices conversations with /forget-all.

Website feature-level and complete-history deletion controls are being added as server-backed continuity becomes public. Until then, use the contact page to request access or deletion. We may retain limited records when reasonably necessary for security, abuse prevention, legal compliance, or resolving a request.

Sharing

We use service providers only as needed to operate the project, including Discord, Netlify, OpenAI, form-processing providers, and mailing-list providers. We do not sell personal information. We may disclose information when required by law or when reasonably necessary to protect users, the service, or others.

Young users

Poor Camp Voices is available only through Discord and is not intended for anyone below Discord’s minimum permitted age or the minimum age required in their jurisdiction. We do not knowingly solicit sensitive personal information from children.

Security and international processing

We use reasonable safeguards and minimize the information collected, but no online service can guarantee absolute security. Service providers may process information in the United States and other countries where they operate.

Your choices

Do not use optional interactive or Discord features.
Use /forget or /forget-all for Discord conversations.
Clear poor.camp cookies and browser storage to remove device-held identifiers and progress.
Unsubscribe through the link in any mailing-list email.
Use the contact page for access, correction, or deletion requests.

Changes and contact

This policy may change as the project’s features develop. The effective date above will be updated when material changes are published.

Privacy questions and requests: contact@poor.camp or the Poor Camp contact page.