Privacy and cookie policy

Who we are

The Forever Era is a fan site, not affiliated with Blizzard Entertainment. Contact: edumrtnz91@gmail.com.

What we process

There is no registration and we do not collect personal data directly, except what you publish in the community builds, the guild directory or the streamer directory and the temporary identifier of the online visitors counter. Site preferences (language, filters) are stored in your browser's local storage and never sent to a server. Your cookie choice is stored by Google's consent message, as explained under Cookies and advertising.

Community builds

If you publish a build from the talent or Legacy calculator, we store the build code (the points, as they appear in the calculator link), the class, the title you write, your nickname if you give one, the page language, the publication date and the vote and report counters. The build, the title and the nickname are shown to every visitor: do not put personal data in them.

The most voted talent builds of each class also appear in The Forever Era addon, without the nickname: each version of the addon carries a copy of the day it is released (the class, the build code, the title, the votes, the points, the level, the language and the publishing date). That copy stays on the computer of whoever installs that version until they update the addon, even if the build is hidden later.

To count one vote per person and limit abuse (at most 5 builds, 60 votes and 20 reports per hour), we compute an identifier with SHA-256 from your IP address (for IPv6, its /64 network) and a secret server key. For IPv6 we compute another one the same way for its /48 network: one network gives each build at most 3 votes and counts as a single report. We never store the IP address in the database or write it to logs: only those pseudonymous identifiers, from which the address cannot be recovered without that key. Your identifier is stored in the vote list of every build you vote for (including your own when you publish it, since that counts as your vote); your /48 network's, in those builds' per-network vote count; and when you report a build, one of the two goes into its report list.

How long:

• Published builds and their votes are kept while they stay published. You can remove your vote at any time by pressing the vote button again.
• Builds hidden after reports are deleted, with their votes and reports, after 30 days unless we restore them after review. Builds we remove when moderating are deleted at once.
• The hourly rate-limit counters expire on their own after a little over an hour.

The data lives in an Upstash Redis database connected to our Vercel hosting. The legal basis is your consent when you publish (build, title and nickname) and our legitimate interest in preventing abuse (identifier and counters). To delete a build of yours, email us its link at the address above.

In your browser we store which builds you voted for or reported and the last nickname you used, to show them when you come back. That never leaves your browser, except the nickname when you publish.

Guild directory

If you list a guild in the guild directory, we store what you put in the listing: the guild name, faction, region, ruleset, language, what you play for, the days and schedule, the description, the Discord invite and the in-game contact (if you give them), and the dates it was published, last edited, renewed and when it expires. All of it is shown to every visitor: do not put personal data in it. We do not ask for an email address or any other data.

Active listings also appear in The Forever Era addon, without the in-game contact: each version of the addon carries a copy of the listings of the day it is released (the guild name, faction, region, ruleset, language, what you play for, the days and time, the description, the Discord invite and the renewal date). That copy stays on the computer of whoever installs that version: if you delete your listing or it is hidden, it can still appear there until that person updates the addon. The addon stops showing each listing when it expires.

When you publish we give you an edit link with a secret key, which lets you edit, renew or delete the listing. We only store a SHA-256 digest of that key, which can check it but not recover it. The key sits in the part of the link after "#", which your browser does not send when it opens the link, and the page takes it out of the address bar before anything else loads (the visit statistics included): it only reaches the server when the page uses it, to check the status of your listings and to edit, renew or delete them.

To limit abuse (at most 2 listings a day per person, 4 a day per IPv6 /48 network and 150 a day in total; 20 attempts to publish, 30 changes to your listings, 120 checks of their status and 20 reports per hour) we use the same pseudonymous identifier as the community builds: a SHA-256 of your IP address (for IPv6, of its /64 network, plus another of its /48) with a secret server key. That identifier is only stored in the rate-limit counters and, if you report a listing, in its report list; it is not stored with the listing you publish. We never store the IP address in the database or write it to logs.

How long:

• Each listing is deleted on its own, with its reports, 45 days after it was published or last renewed. You can delete it sooner with your edit link, or by emailing us its name at the address above.
• A listing hidden after reports is not kept any longer: it is deleted on the date it would have expired, or sooner if we remove it when moderating.
• The rate-limit counters expire on their own: the daily ones after a little over a day and the hourly ones after a little over an hour.

The data lives in the same Upstash Redis database as the community builds. The legal basis is your consent when you publish (the listing's content) and our legitimate interest in preventing abuse (identifiers and counters). The "Join the Discord" button takes you to Discord, which handles your data under its own policy.

In your browser we store the edit keys of the listings you publish or open with their link, to show them under "Your listings", and which listings you reported. That never leaves your browser, except the key, which the page sends to check the status of your listings and when you edit, renew or delete them. The last status of your listings is also kept for a few minutes in session storage, so that it is not checked again on every reload, and it is cleared when you close the tab.

Streamer directory

The streamer page has two parts: the Twitch streams and the channel directory.

"Live now" comes from Twitch's public API. Our server asks Twitch, with the site's application key, for the WoW Forever streams in English or Spanish and keeps the answer for a couple of minutes; the request is the same for every visitor and carries no data about you. The stream thumbnails, however, load in your browser from Twitch's image server (static-cdn.jtvnw.net): as with any file your browser requests, Twitch receives your IP address, though not the page they are requested from. If you open a stream, you go to Twitch, which handles your data under its own policy. Our database also keeps, until it expires, the access key Twitch gives the site's application, which holds nobody's data.

If you add your channel to the directory, we store what you put in the listing: the platform (Twitch, YouTube or Kick), your channel name, from which we build the link, the display name, the language of your streams, the main class, what you play, the schedule and the description (if you give them), and the dates it was published, last edited, renewed and when it expires. All of it is shown to every visitor: do not put personal data in it. We do not ask for an email address or any other data. To mark a Twitch channel of the directory as "Live", the page compares it with the list of streams it has already loaded: it makes no request of its own.

When you publish we give you an edit link with a secret key, which lets you edit, renew or delete the listing. As in the guild directory, we only store a SHA-256 digest of that key, the key sits in the part of the link after "#", and the page takes it out of the address bar before anything else loads: it only reaches the server when the page uses it, to check the status of your listings and to edit, renew or delete them.

To limit abuse (at most 2 listings a day per person, 4 a day per IPv6 /48 network and 150 a day in total; 20 attempts to publish, 30 changes to your listings, 120 checks of their status and 20 reports per hour) we use the same pseudonymous identifier as the community builds: a SHA-256 of your IP address (for IPv6, of its /64 network, plus another of its /48) with a secret server key. That identifier is only stored in the rate-limit counters and, if you report a listing, in its report list; it is not stored with the listing you publish. We never store the IP address in the database or write it to logs.

How long:

• Each listing is deleted on its own, with its reports, 45 days after it was published or last renewed. You can delete it sooner with your edit link, or by emailing us your channel's link at the address above.
• A listing hidden after reports is not kept any longer: it is deleted on the date it would have expired, or sooner if we remove it when moderating.
• The rate-limit counters expire on their own: the daily ones after a little over a day and the hourly ones after a little over an hour.
• The list of Twitch streams is refreshed every few minutes and is not stored in the database.

The data lives in the same Upstash Redis database as the community builds. The legal basis is your consent when you publish (the listing's content) and our legitimate interest in preventing abuse (identifiers and counters) and in showing which streams are live. The "Go to channel" button takes you to Twitch, YouTube or Kick, which handle your data under their own policies.

In your browser we store the edit keys of the listings you publish or open with their link, to show them under "Your channels", and which listings you reported. That never leaves your browser, except the key, which the page sends to check the status of your listings and when you edit, renew or delete them. The last status of your listings is also kept for a few minutes in session storage and cleared when you close the tab. The language and filters you pick go in the page's address and are not stored.

Online visitors counter

The "online now" counter (the fire lord in the corner) shows how many people visited the site in the last 5 minutes. While you have a page open and in view, your browser pings the server when you arrive and every two and a half minutes; when the tab goes to the background it stops. For each ping we compute an identifier with SHA-256 from your IP address (for IPv6, its /64 network) and a secret key that changes every day, and we store only that identifier and the time of the ping. For IPv6 we also compute one for its /48 network, in memory only and never stored, to limit how many people one network can add. The IP address is never stored in the database or written to logs, and without the server's secret key the identifier cannot be turned back into your address or linked to another day's (each day's key is computed in memory and never stored).

Each identifier counts for 5 minutes after your last ping and is deleted as soon as it stops counting: usually after 6 minutes and at most after 10. The counter uses no cookies and stores nothing else, and only the total number is shown. So that the ping is not repeated on every page, your browser keeps the last number in session storage, which is cleared when you close the tab. It lives in the same Upstash database as the community builds, and the legal basis is our legitimate interest in showing the site's activity in aggregate.

The Forever Era addon

Our addon, The Forever Era, works only on your computer: it sends nothing to anyone (no chat, no addon messages, no network) and stores no player names, realm, guild, chat or identifiers (GUIDs); in quest texts your name becomes $N. What it records only leaves if you copy its export and send it to us. That export carries no account, character or realm names, and every contribution is stored under an anonymous id, never a name. Never send us the game's WTF folder: it holds your account and character names.

Cookies and advertising

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If you visit from the European Economic Area, the UK or Switzerland, you will see Google's consent message: a consent management platform certified by Google that follows IAB Europe's Transparency and Consent Framework (TCF). There you can accept, reject or choose by purpose and by vendor, and Google stores your choice in your browser. Until you answer, we tell Google there is no consent (its "consent mode" starts as denied).

If you do not consent, Google can only show non-personalised or limited ads, which are not based on your browsing history. Serving them still uses data such as your IP address and, depending on what you choose, cookies to cap how often you see an ad, measure it or detect fraud. Outside those regions the message is not shown and ads may be personalised.

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Hosting and measurement

The site is served by Vercel, which may log IP addresses in its server logs for technical purposes.

The fonts (Cinzel and Inter) are served from our own hosting, like the rest of the site, so your browser makes no request to Google for them. The game icons load from Wowhead's image server (wow.zamimg.com), and on the streamer page the stream thumbnails load from Twitch's (static-cdn.jtvnw.net): as with any file your browser requests, those services receive your IP address.

Intellectual property

World of Warcraft, Warcraft and the game's icons, maps and names are property of Blizzard Entertainment, Inc., used for informational purposes under their fan content policy. Data comes from Blizzard's official notes and the game client (build 1.60.1.70862). Classic item sources and the data of the Classic quests, rares, NPCs and books: CMaNGOS Classic-DB (GPL v3). Quest and book texts © Blizzard Entertainment, untranslated: the books are shown in Classic-DB's English, or in Spanish where the game server (the beta's or, since the launch, the full game's) sent them.

Your rights

You can ask about the processing of your data at the email above. Last updated: November 10, 2026.