Privacy

Hosting

The cross-realm features run through a relay IrishScotty runs and pays for directly, at relay.blossombuddy.site. There's no third-party chat platform involved - it's the same kind of server-side relay any cross-server chat plugin needs, not a data broker.

Private and marry messages

BlossomBuddy never sees these. In-game whispers, marry chat and party chat are entirely BlossomCraft's own systems. The mod's secondary chat windows only filter chat your client has already received from the server into a separate window if you choose to - nothing about that is sent anywhere.

What's collected

Cross-realm chat (/xc) Opt-in Memory only

Off by default. Messages pass through the relay to reach other realms/Discord (unavoidable for any relay), but are never written to disk - held in memory for at most 10 minutes or 200 messages, then gone for good.

Player list ("who's using the mod") On by default Memory only

Shows your Minecraft name and realm to other players who also appear. On by default, but you get a one-time notice with a grace period before anything is sent, and you can turn it off any time with /buddy who off. Entries live in memory only and expire 90 seconds after you stop using the mod.

Vote-party sharing Opt-in Memory only

Off by default. Shares your realm's vote-party countdown (no player names or UUIDs) so other realms get an alert. Memory only.

Anonymous usage stats On by default

A random install ID, the mod version, and which days you used it - so support and bug-fixing can be targeted at versions actually in use. No IP address is ever stored. Turn it off with /buddy stats off.

Linking your username to that ID Opt-in

Off unless you run /buddy stats name on. You can unlink or fully delete your usage record yourself at any time, in-game, no request needed.

Emotes and other cosmetic grants Opt-in / by request

If you're granted an emote or other cosmetic, that grant is stored against your Minecraft account (e.g. "IrishScotty: Emotes: Dance") so it persists between sessions. This is the one thing that's kept longer-term. Message IrishScotty any time to have a grant removed.

Abuse prevention

Rate limiting uses a salted, one-way hash of your IP address, kept in memory only - never a raw IP, never written to disk.

Your rights

• Access or deletion - most data described above already deletes itself automatically (in-memory, short-lived). For the two things that don't (your usage-stats record and any cosmetic grant), you can self-serve the stats one in-game, or message IrishScotty for anything else.
• Consent - everything beyond keeping the relay itself running is opt-in, and can be withdrawn at any time with the commands above.
• Controller/contact - IrishScotty, reachable on Discord or in-game.

Source code

The mod's source is public: github.com/ScottK16/blossombuddy - read it, build it yourself, or send a pull request. It's source-available rather than fully open source: redistributing, rebranding, or running your own public copy needs permission first (see the repository's LICENSE for the details, including what stays MIT from the original BlossomSuite and Jobs Overflow XP). The backend relay and admin tools aren't included, for the same reason the admin panel isn't public - nothing about how chat/data is handled is any less documented for it though (see above).