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Updated 10 Nov 2026
Privacy policy
This policy matches the scripts this site actually loads. Google Analytics 4, Microsoft Clarity and Adsterra start on the first page view; the cookie banner tells you so and lets you turn them off. The services below may contact the delivery and measurement hosts named here.
Default load, and how to turn it off
On a first visit there is no stored choice, so we treat analytics and advertising as granted: Google Analytics 4, Microsoft Clarity and the two Adsterra units start with the page itself. The banner still appears on that first visit. It is notice and a way to withdraw, not a gate.
Pressing Reject stops the Clarity recorder and the Adsterra units, sets the Google consent signals to denied, stores the rejected choice for 180 days and reloads the page so vendor code that already started is terminated. Later page views skip all three loaders. Pressing Accept restores the default. Cookie settings in the footer reopens the banner so you can change the choice at any time.
If your browser sends Global Privacy Control or Do Not Track, we treat that as Reject and do not wait for a click. Clearing site data for sweepthemoon.com removes the stored choice so the banner can appear again.
What loads, and what it stores
The table lists every third party this build can reach, not a hypothetical future list. Cookie names are the vendors’ documented examples; a campaign, region or browser setting can change which ones appear.
| Third party | When it loads | Purpose | Cookies, keys and retention |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Analytics 4 (measurement ID G-XVQ50HTL32, Google Ireland / Google LLC) | Default load; Reject disables it | Aggregate page views, sessions and approximate geography so we know which guides are used | Cookies _ga and _ga_XVQ50HTL32 identify browser sessions. Their expiry and event retention follow the Google property settings; we have not independently audited those settings. Reject sets analytics_storage to denied. Google may process data outside the EEA under its own safeguards. |
| Microsoft Clarity (project zbaqo5phsw, Microsoft Corporation) | Default load; Reject disables it | Heatmaps and anonymised session recordings so we can see where a page is hard to use | Microsoft documents _clck, _clsk, CLID, ANONCHK, MR, MUID and SM. Their presence depends on browser and vendor settings. Delivery and recording requests use www.clarity.ms, scripts.clarity.ms and regional subdomains of clarity.ms. Clarity masks sensitive content by default. |
| Adsterra (publisher 3403020, website 6188751; adult ads permanently off) | Default load; Reject disables it | Native Banner above the footer and a Social Bar fixed at the bottom of the viewport, which fund the site | Both units start at bicea.org; the selected creative can contact additional advertising delivery hosts. Cookie names and lifetimes vary by creative and region, so we do not claim a fixed inventory or retention period. Reject terminates the units and prevents their loaders on later visits. |
| YouTube (youtube-nocookie.com) | Only after you press Play on a video | Shows the embedded video you asked for | YouTube may set cookies after playback starts. We use the privacy-enhanced host and do not create the frame before the click. |
| Consent and ad-bar state (this site) | On every page | Remembers your choice and a closed floating bar so we do not ask again | localStorage key stm_consent (choice plus timestamp, 180 days) and stm_adbar_closed (until you clear site data). No account and no server-side profile. |
Google Analytics 4 and Microsoft Clarity
GA4 uses www.googletagmanager.com for its library and www.google-analytics.com for measurement. Before any Google configuration, Consent Mode v2 defaults ad_storage, ad_user_data and ad_personalization to denied, analytics_storage to granted, and enables ads_data_redaction. The page then updates the signals from the stored choice; a first visit follows the default-load policy described above. Reject updates all four signals to denied and a reload terminates active vendor code. The saved choice gates GA4 and Clarity on later page views.
Clarity records heatmaps and session replays for project zbaqo5phsw. Its loader is created by the site script only when the stored choice is granted. Microsoft documents the cookie list linked under Sources. We use Clarity to improve page layout and do not use it to identify individual visitors.
Advertising, personalised ads, and your choices
Adsterra serves two placements on this site: a Native Banner (unit 32186417, NativeBanner_1) above the footer and a Social Bar (unit 32186418, SocialBar_1) pinned to the bottom of the viewport. The publisher id is 3403020 and the website id is 6188751. Adult ads are switched off for this website. The ad scripts load from bicea.org, and a creative may request images, styles, scripts and frames from the network’s own rotating CDNs.
Adsterra and its demand partners may set cookies on bicea.org and on creative domains. They use them to cap frequency, measure impressions and clicks, and, where you have not opted out, to choose advertising. Default loading is an operational policy and does not by itself establish valid consent or another legal basis; use Reject to withdraw the site’s analytics and advertising signals. The consent record stores only your selected preference. Reject on this site stops the units, but it does not delete cookies another site already set.
You can opt out of personalised advertising at Google Ads Settings, the Digital Advertising Alliance opt-out, Your Online Choices, or Adsterra’s own privacy page. The links are listed under Sources. These are industry opt-outs; they do not remove every ad, and they do not change this site’s own Reject behaviour.
YouTube, retention, and your rights
A video image on the page is a file we host. The YouTube player from youtube-nocookie.com is created only after you press Play. That player is YouTube’s, and YouTube may set cookies once the frame exists. Rejecting the banner does not retroactively delete a frame you already opened; close the page to drop it.
The consent choice is kept for 180 days and then treated as missing. The ad-bar close flag stays until you clear site data for this domain. Vendor retention follows the policies and service settings linked under Sources; no site-specific vendor retention audit has been completed. We do not run a server-side account, so we do not hold a profile of you.
Email you send to [email protected] is read to answer you and is kept as ordinary mail. You can ask for access, correction, deletion, or a restriction by emailing that address. The legal basis for answering mail is the request you sent. Do Not Track is honoured the same way as Global Privacy Control: the stored choice is rejected. This policy is versioned by the date at the top of the page.
Questions
Do analytics and ads load before I click Accept?
Yes. With no stored choice, Google Analytics 4, Microsoft Clarity and Adsterra load on the first page view. The banner explains this; Reject turns them off and remembers the choice for 180 days.
Which storage keys does the site use?
stm_consent stores the choice and timestamp for 180 days. stm_adbar_closed remembers that you hid the floating Adsterra bar. Both are browser storage keys on sweepthemoon.com.
Does a video load YouTube immediately?
No. The player appears only after you press Play, and it uses youtube-nocookie.com.
Are adult ads enabled?
No. The Adsterra website is configured with adult ads off, and only a Native Banner and a Social Bar are placed.
Sources
- Google Analytics privacy — checked 2026-11-10
- Microsoft Clarity cookie list — checked 2026-11-10
- Microsoft Clarity privacy — checked 2026-11-10
- Adsterra privacy policy — checked 2026-11-10
- YouTube privacy — checked 2026-11-10
- Google Ads Settings — checked 2026-11-10
- DAA opt-out — checked 2026-11-10
- Your Online Choices — checked 2026-11-10
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