Privacy
Last updated: 9 November 2026 (sign in with Steam added)
Short version: the tools don't collect anything about you, and this site has no analytics, tracking or ads. The only cookie is the one that keeps you signed in. Payments are handled by Lemon Squeezy.
Your subscription
- When you subscribe, Lemon Squeezy (our reseller and merchant of record) collects your name, email, billing country and payment details to take the payment, send receipts and handle taxes, under its privacy policy. We never see your card details.
- We get your name, email, country, your plan and your licence key from Lemon Squeezy, and use them only to run your subscription and to answer you. We don't sell or share them.
- Licence check: the app sends your licence key and a name for your computer to Lemon Squeezy's licence service when you activate it and now and then afterwards, to check the subscription is active. Nothing else about your PC or your use is sent.
- Each download carries an ID linked to your order, so a leaked copy can be traced to its key.
- You can ask for a copy of your data or for it to be deleted (where we don't have to keep it, for example for tax records): email rustlights.contact@gmail.com.
This website
- The site runs no analytics or ads.
- Sign in with Steam (optional): Steam tells us your Steam ID. We then read your public Steam name and picture to show them on your account page. We never see your Steam password. Your Steam ID is stored with your subscription so the account page can show your plan, licence key and the link to manage it.
- Cookies: signing in sets one cookie that keeps you signed in for up to 30 days (and a short-lived one during sign-in to protect it from misuse). Both are needed for signing in, so there's no cookie banner; they're never used for tracking. Signing out removes it.
- The site and its sign-in run on Cloudflare (Cloudflare Pages), which stores the account data and serves the pages, under Cloudflare's privacy policy.
- Like any website, the hosting provider that serves the pages may keep standard server logs (such as IP address, browser and time of the request) for security and to run the service. Those logs are under the host's own privacy policy, and we don't use them to identify you.
The app and the plugins
- No telemetry. Apart from the licence check above, the tools don't send any data about you or your use to us or to anyone else.
- Stored on your PC only: the app's settings (server folder, ports, your acceptance of the terms) in your own user folder; your server, its backups and the plugins' data inside your server folder. You can delete them at any time.
- Your server: like every Rust server, it sees the Steam IDs and names of the players who join, and the plugins keep things like whitelists, kits and saved bases in the server's data folder. That data stays on your machine. If you let other people join, you're the one responsible for their data.
Connections the tools make
Only when you use the matching feature:
| Feature | Connects to |
|---|
| Server setup and updates | Steam / SteamCMD (Valve) |
| Oxide install | The Oxide project's download site |
Builders Sanctuary bases in /base | Builders Sanctuary (sanc.gg and its API) |
Pictures on signs (/image) | The web link you give it |
Those services see a normal request from your computer or server (for example its IP address) and handle it under their own privacy policies.
Children
The tools are made for Rust players and aren't aimed at children. Rust itself has its own age rating.
Changes and contact
If this changes, the date at the top changes too. Questions: email rustlights.contact@gmail.com.