Clear. Limited. Protected.
This policy explains the information handled by the 4MGarage website, contact form, game servers and connected leaderboards.
1. Who operates these services
4MGarage operates 4mgarage.com, its Assetto Corsa servers and the custom gameplay systems presented on this website. Privacy enquiries can be submitted through the private contact form.
2. Information we process
Website and security logs
Normal web-server records may include your IP address, requested page, browser information, timestamp, response status and limited security events. These records help keep the website available, diagnose failures and prevent abuse.
Contact form
When you send a message, we process the name, reply email address, selected topic, message content, submission time and IP address you provide or generate through the request. The receiving mailbox address is kept private and is not published in the form. Submissions are stored in protected server storage and may also be forwarded to a private 4MGarage mailbox when authenticated delivery is enabled.
Game servers and custom systems
When you connect to a 4MGarage game server, records may include your driver name, game or platform identifier, IP address, connection times, selected car and skin, session events, administrator actions and gameplay statistics. Police Pursuit and Overtake Drift may process scores, tickets, busts, escapes, strikes, overtakes, drift values and achievement times.
Public leaderboards
Leaderboard pages may publicly display a driver name, role, score and related gameplay statistics. IP addresses, contact-form email addresses and private identifiers are not intended to appear on public leaderboards.
3. Why we use this information
- Operate and secure the website and game servers.
- Respond to support, partnership and general enquiries.
- Calculate gameplay results and maintain competitive leaderboards.
- Detect cheating, spam, abuse, duplicate scoring and technical faults.
- Enforce server rules and protect players and services.
4. Sharing and service providers
Information is not sold. Limited information may be processed by hosting, network, email or security providers when needed to operate the services. Information may also be disclosed when required by law or when reasonably necessary to protect users, 4MGarage or the integrity of the service.
5. Retention
Contact submissions, operational logs and game records are kept only while reasonably useful for support, security, moderation, service history or leaderboard operation. Records may be retained longer when needed to investigate abuse, resolve a dispute, preserve leaderboard integrity or meet a legal obligation. Data that is no longer needed may be deleted or anonymised.
6. Security
4MGarage uses restricted server permissions, encrypted HTTPS connections, form validation, request-size limits, spam traps and rate limiting. No internet service can guarantee absolute security, but access to stored contact submissions is restricted from normal website visitors.
7. Cookies and local storage
The main website does not currently use advertising cookies or behavioural tracking. Essential technical storage may be introduced where required for security or user-selected settings; this policy will be updated if that changes.
8. Your choices and requests
You may ask to access, correct or delete contact information or identifiable gameplay records where reasonably possible. Some records may need to be retained for security, moderation, dispute resolution or legal reasons. Submit a request using the contact page and provide enough information to identify the relevant record.
9. Children
The services are not directed to children under 13. A parent or guardian who believes a child has submitted personal information should contact 4MGarage so the request can be reviewed.
10. Policy changes
This page may be updated when website features, game systems or data practices change. The effective date above identifies the current published version.
