Privacy policy

What loads, and when

There is no stored choice on a first visit, so the site treats the visit as granted and loads Google Analytics 4, Microsoft Clarity and the two Adsterra units during page load. The cookie banner still appears to tell you this and to give you a one-click Reject. Reject writes sr3_consent with the value denied and an expiry 180 days later; the loaders read it before creating any tag, remove their tags, and reload the page to terminate already-running third-party code. The refreshed page suppresses these integrations. Cookie settings in the footer reopens the banner; only pressing Accept changes the choice back. Global Privacy Control is treated as Reject.

Google Analytics 4 uses gtag.js from www.googletagmanager.com with measurement ID G-0C4CJ0D70Y and sends page-view data to google-analytics.com and region-specific analytics endpoints. It sets first-party cookies _ga (two years), _ga_0C4CJ0D70Y (two years) and uses their values to distinguish visits. Google receives the page URL, referrer, approximate location derived from IP, browser and device data, and the cookie values. We use it to count visits and see which guide pages are read. The initial Consent Mode v2 advertising storage and user-data signals are denied; analytics_storage is granted. Accept updates those signals to granted, while Reject denies them and disables the loaders.

Microsoft Clarity uses project z681ty9jw9. The loader creates a tag at www.clarity.ms/tag/z681ty9jw9, which loads scripts.clarity.ms and sends session data to collection endpoints under *.clarity.ms. Clarity may set first-party cookies _clck and _clsk, and third-party identifiers including CLID to keep a recording session together. Session replay and heatmaps record clicks, scrolls, page structure and interactions; form inputs and other sensitive fields are masked by Clarity by default. Microsoft retains data under its published Clarity retention schedule.

Adsterra is the only advertising network on this site. The account is publisher 3403020, the website record is 6164248, and the only units are NativeBanner_1 (unit 32015484, an in-flow native block) and SocialBar_1 (unit 32015485, a fixed bottom bar). The initial scripts are served from bicea.org. The 31 October 2026 local browser audit also observed Adsterra-requested delivery resources at static.nresystems.com, cdn.storageimagedisplay.com, cdn.show-sb.com, cdn.show-creative1.com and cdn.cloudpiko.com. These advertising requests start by default and stop after Reject. Google Analytics requests use www.googletagmanager.com and www.google-analytics.com; Clarity uses www.clarity.ms, scripts.clarity.ms and regional *.clarity.ms collection hosts. Adsterra and its demand partners may set cookies or local storage to cap frequency, measure impressions and clicks, prevent fraud and choose creatives; those names are controlled by the vendor and can change. Adult ads are switched off in the Adsterra panel for this website. There is no Popunder, Banner or Smartlink unit here.

YouTube is not loaded with the page. A video facade shows a still image; the YouTube iframe is created only when you press play, and then YouTube may set its own cookies and receive your IP and playback data. External store and source links also contact their destination when followed.

Cookies and localStorage keys

sr3_consent, in localStorage: the choice granted or denied plus an expiry timestamp. It lasts 180 days, after which the banner treats the next visit as a new choice. It is the switch the GA4, Clarity and Adsterra loaders read.

sr3_adbar_closed, in localStorage: set when you press Hide ad on the Adsterra Social Bar. It stores a closed flag and a 180-day expiry so the bar does not return on the next page view. It is separate from sr3_consent because closing the bar is not the same as rejecting all advertising.

Google Analytics 4 cookies: _ga and _ga_0C4CJ0D70Y for two years, with vendor-defined expiry settings. Microsoft Clarity cookies include _clck, _clsk and CLID; lifetimes depend on the vendor and browser. Adsterra and its partners may write cookies or local storage under bicea.org and their ad-serving domains; the exact names and lifetimes are set by those vendors and are described in their privacy policies. YouTube may write its own storage inside its player after you press play.

If your browser blocks localStorage, the choice lasts only for the open page and the loaders fall back to the same default-on behaviour. Blocking third-party scripts or the hosts named above also stops the matching integration; the guide pages still work.

Legal basis and your choices

The site starts analytics, session replay and advertising before an affirmative choice, as described above. Reject disables these integrations for this browser for 180 days; Global Privacy Control is also honored as Reject. Do Not Track is not a separate switch. Vendor advertising and analytics practices are described in their policies below. YouTube starts only after a play action.

You can object to personalized advertising from Adsterra and its partners through Your Online Choices (https://www.youronlinechoices.com/), About Ads (https://www.aboutads.info/choices/) and Google Ad Settings (https://adssettings.google.com/). Adsterra's own privacy policy is at https://adsterra.com/privacy-policy/. Microsoft's privacy statement covers Clarity at https://privacy.microsoft.com/privacystatement, and Google's at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

To withdraw the on-site choice, press Cookie settings in the footer and then Reject, or clear the sr3_consent and sr3_adbar_closed keys in your browser's site data. Reject removes the Adsterra containers, withdraws Clarity recording and disables GA4, then refreshes the page so already-executed third-party code is terminated. The next page load reads the stored rejection before creating any integration tag. Data already received by a vendor cannot be recalled by this control.

Rights, retention and changes

You can ask what personal data this site holds about you, request a copy, correction or deletion, or object to processing by writing to [email protected]. We answer privacy requests from that address; the mailbox provider processes the message so a reply can be sent. You also have the right to complain to your local data-protection authority.

The site stores the two preference keys for 180 days. Contact email is retained in the site mailbox to handle correspondence; do not send sensitive account or payment information. Google Analytics retains data under the property settings and its published policies; this page does not promise a retention period that has not been verified. Clarity and Adsterra retain data under their own policies linked above. The hosting provider may process request logs for security and troubleshooting under its own retention policy.

This policy is published at /privacy/ and any change appears here with a new date in the page metadata. The current version is 31 October 2026.

ads.txt declares one seller line, adsterra.com, 3403020, DIRECT, because Adsterra is the only advertising system this site loads. There is no AdSense, reseller or second ad network.