Last Updated & Effective Date: 6 August 2025
This policy explains our commitment to your privacy, the necessary restrictions for our Free Tier, and your rights under UK GDPR.
Our commitment and contact info.
Why restrictions are necessary.
Our security-first approach.
Suspensions and your GDPR rights.
Our policy for users under 18.
Our technical security measures.
Abuse metrics and revenue allocation.
The balance between free and paid tiers.
Updates, assessments, and disputes.
King's Domain ("we", "us") is a UK-based sole proprietorship providing game server hosting and Discord bot services (the "Services"). We are committed to operating transparently and in full accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). This policy explains our approach to data privacy, including the specific restrictions necessary for our Free Tier, how we balance service integrity with user privacy, and your data rights.
We are proud to offer high-quality services for free. To protect our platform from widespread abuse and to sustain our operations financially, certain restrictions are essential for users of our Free Tier.
Justification: Our free services are targeted by abuse attempts at a rate significantly higher than our paid tiers. Linking a Discord account is a critical security measure that allows us to effectively prevent fake accounts, resource hoarding, and ban evasion. This has led to a 78% reduction in fraudulent sign-ups.
Data Scope: We only collect your Discord ID and username for verification. We do not access your messages, friend lists, or other personal server activity.
Condition of Service: As our main channel for support and verification, membership in our Discord server is a condition for using our Free Tier. Services are automatically paused if you leave the server but can be restored in minutes by rejoining and contacting support.
VPNs/Proxies (Free Tier only): Our internal data shows that 82% of credential-stuffing attacks originate from anonymized IPs. Blocking them is a necessary step to protect our platform.
Ad-Blockers: Our Free Tier relies on ad revenue to cover approximately 95% of its operational costs. The use of ad-blockers directly threatens the sustainability of the free service for all users.
Key policies differ between our service tiers. Paid Tier users are not required to remain in our Discord server, are permitted to use VPNs (unless used for abuse), receive an ad-free experience, and get priority support.
We collect a minimal amount of data necessary to operate our services securely and efficiently:
When you delete your account, your email, name, and payment data are erased immediately. However, to protect our services from malicious actors, your Discord ID and associated IPs may be retained in a hashed, encrypted format for up to 6 months only if confirmed abuse, fraud, or a ban evasion attempt was detected from your account. These security records are stored offline, fully encrypted, and completely separated from our active systems. You can appeal this retention by emailing [email protected] with the subject "SECURITY APPEAL".
For our Free Tier, automated suspensions are a first line of defense against abuse and are triggered only by: leaving our Discord server, using a VPN/proxy, or blocking advertisements. All such suspensions are reviewed by a human team member within 24 hours. To appeal, email [email protected] with the reference ID from your suspension notice. You will receive a response with evidence within 48 hours.
You have several rights over your personal data, which you can exercise as follows:
We require all users to be 13 years of age or older. This policy is enforced by requiring a link to a Discord account, which has the same minimum age requirement. Accounts suspected of belonging to underage users may be manually reviewed and removed.
Parents or guardians can email [email protected] with the subject “MINOR ACCOUNT” and the child’s Discord ID. No identity documents are required. You can request either an ad-free mode for your child's account or a full and immediate account deletion.
We are transparent about our security measures to demonstrate our commitment to protecting your data:
Our strict free-tier policies are based on real-world data. For example, our WAF logs show a 78% reduction in fake accounts since implementing mandatory Discord linking, and our internal records show that 83% of banned users attempt to evade their ban within 4 months. More public reports are available at: https://status.kingsdomain.uk.
To show our commitment to the community, for every £0.10 earned through ads, we allocate: £0.08 to server infrastructure, £0.015 to support staff, and £0.005 to youth coding education projects.
We offer Free Tier services valued at up to £10/month at no monetary cost. In return, we ask our free users to agree to a fair value exchange by joining our Discord, allowing non-intrusive ads, and accepting our essential abuse prevention measures. Our paid users are vital to this ecosystem, helping to fund 73% of the Free Tier infrastructure, parental controls, and our advanced abuse mitigation tools.
Updates: We will notify all users via Discord and/or email 30 days in advance of any major policy changes.
Legitimate Interest Assessment (LIA): Our LIA, which justifies our data processing for security, is available on request to verified users.
Disputes: In the first instance, please contact [email protected] for an internal review. If your issue remains unresolved, you have the right to contact the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ico.org.uk).