Last updated November 13, 2026
This policy explains what personal information this website, gsm.farmsimgame.com (the "Site"), and the FS Game Server Manager app for Windows (the "App") collect, why, how long it's kept, and your choices. They are operated by Sargent Interactive LLC ("we", "us"), which is responsible for your personal information. You can reach us at privacy@sargentinteractive.com or Sargent Interactive LLC, PO Box 65, Toney, AL 35773, USA.
Farm Sim Game's other services (FarmSimGame.com, its Discord bot and app, ModBarn, FarmLink) are covered by the Farm Sim Game Privacy Policy.
The short version. The Site has no accounts, forms, ads or analytics. The App runs on your PC and keeps its settings there. It has no account and sends us no telemetry, usage data or crash reports. The only things that reach us are the normal details any web request carries (your IP address, browser or app version, the page and the time) when you visit the Site, download the App, or the App checks for an update.
| Information | Why | Legal basis (EU/UK) | How long |
|---|---|---|---|
| Request logs: IP address, browser and device type, the page or file asked for, the referring page, the time, and the country Cloudflare works out from the IP address | Deliver the Site and downloads, stop abuse, and fix problems | Legitimate interests (running and securing the Site) | Kept by Cloudflare for a few days, then deleted automatically |
| Your cookie notice choice, stored in your own browser | Not show the notice again | Legal obligation and legitimate interests | 6 months, in your browser only |
The Site doesn't use analytics, advertising, social media plugins or embedded videos, and doesn't set tracking cookies. See the Cookie Policy.
The App runs on your PC. Everything you enter into it stays there:
| Stored on your PC | Where |
|---|---|
| Your servers, settings, web admin addresses and themes | %APPDATA%\FS25 Server Manager |
| Windows passwords for servers with their own user, SFTP passwords and the Discord bot token, encrypted with Windows DPAPI so only your Windows account can read them | %APPDATA%\FS25 Server Manager\config.json |
| Activity log, including Discord user names and IDs of people who used bot commands | %APPDATA%\FS25 Server Manager\activity.log |
| Usage history for the graphs (memory, CPU, player counts) for the last 24 hours | %APPDATA%\FS25 Server Manager\history.json |
| SFTP logins (salted password hashes), the activity log with IP addresses of people who connect, and blocked addresses | %ProgramData%\FS25 Server Manager\sftp |
We never receive any of this. Uninstalling keeps these folders so a reinstall picks up where you left off; delete them yourself to remove everything.
| Connects to | When | What it sends |
|---|---|---|
| gsm.farmsimgame.com (us, through Cloudflare) | Update check: when the App starts and every 6 hours, unless you turn it off. Update downloads, when you click Install. | The normal request details (IP address, time) and the App's version and "Windows" in its user agent. Logged as described in section 1. |
| api.ipify.org, checkip.amazonaws.com, ipv4.icanhazip.com | When you open a server's settings or the port forwarding guide, to show your internet IP address | A plain request; the service sees your IP address. Their own privacy policies apply. |
| Discord | Only if you set up the Discord bot | Your bot's token, and the alerts it posts (server names, statuses, player names) to the channels you chose. Discord's privacy policy applies. |
| GIANTS Software | When you activate a server's profile or install a DLC: those are GIANTS' own programs | Whatever the GIANTS activation and installer send, under GIANTS' privacy policy. The App doesn't see your keys. |
| Your browser | When you click a link in the App (docs, partner links) | Opens the page in your default browser. Partner links include our code FSGAME so GIANTS can credit the referral. |
Your servers themselves (the GIANTS dedicated server and its web admin) talk to GIANTS and to your players as the game always does. That isn't the App.
If you run servers with the App, it shows and keeps some information about the people who use them: player names from your servers' stats feed, IP addresses of people who log in over SFTP, and Discord names and IDs of people who use your bot's commands. That information stays on your PC. For it, you are the one in charge of it, not us: tell your players what you keep, keep it safe, and delete it when you no longer need it.
We use Cloudflare to host the Site and deliver downloads; it processes the request details in section 1 for us. We share information when the law requires it, or to protect the rights and safety of our users or the public, and with a company that takes over the App, which must keep this policy's promises. We don't sell or rent personal information, and we don't share it for advertising.
We are based in the United States. Cloudflare serves the Site from data centres around the world, close to you, and may transfer request details to the US. It uses recognised safeguards such as the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and standard contractual clauses.
The Site and downloads only use HTTPS. Each installer's SHA-512 checksum is published on the download page, and the App checks it before installing an update. In the App, stored passwords and tokens are encrypted with Windows DPAPI, and SFTP passwords are kept as salted scrypt hashes. No system is perfectly secure.
The Site and the App are not meant for anyone under 13, and we don't knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child under 13 has given us personal information, email us and we will delete it.
You can ask us for a copy of the personal information we hold about you, or ask us to correct or delete it, to restrict or object to how we use it, or to withdraw consent. We hold very little: request logs that Cloudflare deletes within days. Email privacy@sargentinteractive.com; we answer within 30 days and don't charge. If we turn down your request, you can appeal by replying, and we answer within 45 days. You can also complain to your local data protection authority.
US state privacy rights: we don't sell or "share" personal information or use it for targeted advertising, so there is nothing to opt out of. We honour Global Privacy Control signals all the same, and we won't treat you differently for using your rights.
We may update this policy. The date at the top shows the latest version. For a material change, we'll say so on this Site before it takes effect.
Sargent Interactive LLC, PO Box 65, Toney, AL 35773, USA
privacy@sargentinteractive.com