Privacy policy

What loads, and when

Google Analytics 4 (Google). The page loads the Google tag (gtag.js) from https://www.googletagmanager.com/ with id G-YE22WNSLK0 and sends page-view and event data to https://*.google-analytics.com. Google may set _ga and _ga_YE22WNSLK0 cookies (vendor default lifetime up to two years; browser and property settings can differ) and reads the first-party consent record. Purpose: measure pages and traffic. These requests are default-on, not prior opt-in consent. Retention: Google event retention depends on the property settings; this policy does not claim an independently verified retention configuration. Google privacy terms: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

Microsoft Clarity (Microsoft). The page loads https://www.clarity.ms/tag/z2los403vk and sends session events to https://*.clarity.ms. Microsoft documents cookies including _clck, _clsk and CLID; browser and regional settings affect which are set. Purpose: heatmaps and session replay so layout problems are visible. Do not submit sensitive information to this site. Default loading is not prior opt-in consent. Retention: recordings are kept for 30 days; aggregated heatmap data is kept longer, as described at https://privacy.microsoft.com/.

Adsterra (Adsterra). The page loads the NativeBanner_1 unit 31895373 and the SocialBar_1 unit 31895374 from https://bicea.org/. Publisher id 3403020. Adult ads are switched off in the Adsterra panel. Adsterra may use vendor-managed session and frequency-cap cookies and localStorage; the vendor chooses those names and can change them, so we do not invent first-party keys for them. Purpose: show the two ad placements and count impressions. Default loading is not prior opt-in consent. Retention: set by Adsterra; its cookie policy is at https://adsterra.com/cookies/.

YouTube (Google). The embedded beginner video is a click-to-play facade. Until you press play, the page shows a local image and requests nothing from YouTube. After you press play, the browser loads https://www.youtube.com/embed/7L-j1mjASk0, which can set VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE, YSC, PREF and CONSENT cookies depending on your Google account. Purpose: show the video you asked for. Playback is initiated by your click. Retention: set by Google at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

First-party storage. dl_consent_v1 holds your ads/analytics choice, its source, a timestamp and an expiry 180 days ahead. dl_adsterra_closed_v1 holds “1” after you close the fixed Social Bar, so it stays closed until you clear site data. Fonts and images are files this site ships; no font CDN is called.

Default load, Reject, and GPC

The scripts above load by default on the first view. The cookie banner is a notice and a withdrawal tool, not a gate: it does not hold the page back and it does not wait for Accept. If you have no saved choice, the page records granted, loads Google Analytics 4, Microsoft Clarity and Adsterra, and then shows the banner.

Press Reject and the page records denied in dl_consent_v1 for 180 days, sends gtag a consent update with analytics_storage denied and immediately reloads into the saved opt-out. This terminates already-running Adsterra and Clarity code and prevents their loaders on subsequent views. The Google tag can still make consent-mode, cookieless requests. Press Accept or open Cookie settings in the footer to turn them back on. Global Privacy Control (navigator.globalPrivacyControl === true) is treated as Reject on every load.

This default-on implementation is a technical disclosure, not a claim that prior-consent requirements in every jurisdiction are satisfied. YouTube is separate: it is a click-to-play embed and loads after you press play.

Personalized advertising and your choices

Adsterra may personalize ads using its own signals. You can limit personalized advertising at https://adssettings.google.com/, https://optout.aboutads.info/ and https://optout.networkadvertising.org/. Adsterra does not offer a per-visitor opt-out page; pressing Reject removes its scripts from this site for 180 days, which is the control this site provides. Adult ads are off.

We do not run Google AdSense, a popunder, a smartlink or a third ad network on this site. The only ad code is the two Adsterra units named above.

Your rights and contact

You can ask for a copy, a correction, deletion, or a restriction on processing, and you can object to processing based on legitimate interests. Email [email protected]. We have no account database to export. The consent and bar keys live in your browser; clearing site data removes them. You can also complain to your local data-protection authority.

We will update this page and its date when a vendor or key changes. Continued browsing is not a substitute for affirmative consent where it is legally required.