Dota Cues — Privacy Policy

Last updated: 2026-05-06

Dota Cues is an audio event timer for Dota 2, distributed as an Overwolf Native app. This privacy policy explains what data the app does and does not handle.

Short version

Dota Cues does not collect, transmit, or share any data about you. Everything stays on your computer.

What we collect

Nothing.

There is no analytics, no telemetry, no crash reporting, no advertising identifiers, no fingerprinting, no external API calls. The app does not have a server-side component. There is no account to create.

What stays on your computer

The following data is processed locally and never leaves your machine:

  • Your settings. Master volume, which cues are enabled or disabled, per-cue preferences (pre-warning offset, per-cue volume), voice pack selection. Stored via Overwolf’s local settings storage API at %LOCALAPPDATA%\Overwolf\settings\ or equivalent platform location.

  • Real-time game state. While Dota 2 is running, the app reads game events from Overwolf’s Game Events Provider (GEP) API — your hero level, current gold, buyback cost, kill / death / assist counts, the match state machine, the in-game clock, and a handful of similar fields. This data is processed in memory only and is not written to disk by the app.

  • Diagnostic logs. The app writes its own console output (rule evaluations, audio playback events, GEP payloads) to log files at %LOCALAPPDATA%\Overwolf\Log\Apps\Dota Cues\. These logs rotate automatically. They are local-only and are useful for debugging if the app behaves unexpectedly. You can inspect or delete them at any time.

Third parties

Dota Cues does not integrate with any third-party service.

The app runs inside the Overwolf platform. Overwolf has its own data practices governed by its own privacy policy, available at https://www.overwolf.com/privacy/. Your relationship with Overwolf is separate from your relationship with Dota Cues.

The app reads voice clip MP3 files bundled with the app itself — no streaming, no CDN, no per-clip network requests.

Children

Dota Cues is intended for players aged 13 and over (the minimum age to play Dota 2 per Valve’s terms). The app does not knowingly handle data from children under 13.

Changes to this policy

If our data practices change in any way, this page will be updated with a new “Last updated” date and a summary of what changed. Material changes will also be reflected in app release notes.

Contact

Questions, concerns, or vulnerability reports: open an issue at https://github.com/dotacues/dota-cues.