Privacy
Last updated August 21, 2026
The short version
Crownd stores the minimum data needed to run fair weekly matchups and public traffic counters. We do not sell personal data, run targeted advertising, or require an X login.
Voting
Your browser creates a random identifier and saves it in local storage. Crownd hashes that identifier before storing it with votes. It is used to prevent the same browser from voting repeatedly on one matchup during a weekly season. Crownd stores the chosen accounts, matchup, weekly season, and vote time. To reduce automated and cookie-reset abuse, Crownd also converts the request's network address into a one-way keyed hash. The raw address is never stored. This hash enforces voting limits, prevents repeat votes on the same matchup from one network, and prevents submitters from voting on accounts they added.
Public traffic counters
Crownd uses first-party, HTTP-only random cookies to estimate active visitors and visits during the previous 24 hours. The random visitor value is hashed before it is stored. “Active” means the site received a heartbeat from that browser in the previous five minutes. A new visit is counted after 30 minutes of inactivity. These approximate totals are shown publicly and are not used for advertising.
Account submissions
If you submit an account, Crownd stores the public handle, display name, short bio, category, and a Crownd avatar path. Crownd requests the account's public profile image through Unavatar and caches the response through its hosting provider. If the image cannot be fetched, Crownd shows an initial-based fallback. Submissions are public and may be moderated, corrected, or removed.
Infrastructure
Crownd uses Google Cloud Firestore to store accounts, votes, and anonymous traffic counters. Direct browser access to the database is disabled; requests go through Crownd's server-side API.
Your choices
Clearing this site's local storage removes your voting identifier. Clearing site cookies removes the anonymous traffic identifier. Votes and aggregate visit counts that were already recorded remain. Crownd is not affiliated with X, and links to X profiles are governed by X's own terms and privacy policy.