Privacy Policy

What loads, and when

• Google Analytics 4 (measurement ID G-P00H5FWYVL, script from googletagmanager.com, reports to google-analytics.com). Loads on every page from the first paint. Purpose: aggregate page counts and reading behaviour. Cookies: _ga and _ga_P00H5FWYVL, about 2 years under GA4 defaults. Legal basis: legitimate interests in aggregate measurement (GDPR Article 6(1)(f)); you can object with the reject control below.
• Microsoft Clarity (project zahfk0op06, script from clarity.ms, reports to *.clarity.ms). Loads from the first paint. Purpose: heatmaps and session replay; form inputs and other sensitive text are masked by default. Cookies: _clck (about 1 year) and _clsk (about 1 day), set by Microsoft. Default loading is a technical setting; an unanswered visit does not itself establish legally valid consent.
• Adsterra (publisher id 3403020, website 6185207, ad scripts and frames from bicea.org). Two placements: Native Banner unit 32160622 in the page body and the fixed Social Bar unit 32160623 at the bottom of the viewport. Both load from the first paint. Adsterra and its demand partners receive the ad request, your IP address, user agent and the page URL; they may set their own cookies and local storage. Default loading stops after Reject. Adult ads are switched off in the Adsterra dashboard for this site; we do not enable personalised advertising in Adsterra.
• YouTube (youtube-nocookie.com). A trailer player is created only after you press play on a video facade, so no YouTube request, cookie or thumbnail happens before that click. After the click, Google may set its own cookies and process playback data under its policy. Purpose: show the trailer you asked for.
• Not loaded. No Google AdSense or social embed is configured. Adsterra may contact its demand partners after its script loads. The services this site directly integrates are the three named above.

Cookies and localStorage keys this site writes

• wc_consent (localStorage). Stores {"choice":"granted"|"denied","exp":…} for 180 days, so the banner does not ask on every visit and a Reject keeps ads, replay and analytics off across page views. Written on the first visit (granted, because loading is the default), on Accept, and on Reject. You can delete it in your browser settings or by reopening Cookie settings.
• wc_floating_ad_closed (localStorage). Stores "1" after you close the Adsterra Social Bar, so the fixed strip stays closed on later page views instead of returning after a refresh. It is cleared when you press Accept again, and it does not expire on its own.
• _ga, _ga_P00H5FWYVL — Google Analytics, about 2 years, set by Google.
• _clck, _clsk — Microsoft Clarity, about 1 year and about 1 day, set by Microsoft.
• __cf_bm — Cloudflare bot management on the bicea.org ad host, about 30 minutes; Adsterra's own frequency and measurement cookies are named and retained by Adsterra.

We set no other first-party cookies. Nothing here asks for an account, an email address or a game login.

Default loading, Reject, and your choices

There is no gate in front of the site. An unanswered visit is treated as granted, so GA4, Clarity and both Adsterra units run from the first paint; the banner is a notice with a way back, not a permission prompt. Pressing Reject updates the Google consent signals to denied, requests Clarity consent withdrawal, removes the ad scripts this page view created, stores the denial for 180 days, and reloads the page so those services no longer run. Cookie settings in the footer reopens the banner so you can change the choice at any time.

If your browser sends Global Privacy Control, the site treats that as a rejection on its own; Cookie settings remains available. We do not branch on the separate Do Not Track header.

For personalised advertising downstream, opt out at adssettings.google.com, optout.aboutads.info or youronlinechoices.eu. Adsterra's policy is at adsterra.com/privacy-policy; Microsoft's is at privacy.microsoft.com; Google's is at policies.google.com/privacy.

Retention, legal basis, and your rights

The consent record stays in your browser for 180 days; the floating-bar dismissal stays until you press Accept again or clear storage. GA4 retention depends on the property settings; this page does not assert a configured duration. Microsoft documents recording access for up to 30 days, and Adsterra retains logs under its own policy. This site keeps no server-side visitor log of its own beyond standard hosting logs.

Clarity and Adsterra load by default under this site’s loading policy. Reject blocks subsequent loading for 180 days. Cookie settings lets you change that choice. This description of the implementation does not claim that silence is valid consent under privacy law. Depending on where you live you can ask for access, correction, deletion, restriction, or a copy of information we hold, and you can object to processing based on legitimate interests or complain to a supervisory authority. Write to [email protected]. The only record this site itself writes is the localStorage choice on your device, which you can delete without writing to us.

We change this page by editing it and updating the date under the heading. Continued use after that date is the notice.