SQUADRON 42

Privacy

Privacy policy

Checked 2026-10-17

This page lists what the site actually loads. If a script is not named here, it should not be in the page.

Templates and browser requests were reviewed on 2026-10-17. Two third-party scripts load on every page: the Google Analytics 4 tag from www.googletagmanager.com, which is requested in Consent Mode v2 with analytics storage already denied and so stays cookieless, and the Microsoft Clarity snippet, which requests www.clarity.ms/tag/yywry0bpvd for heatmaps and session replays. No advertising script is in the page. YouTube needs both permission and a separate play action. Refusing again removes active players. This site's own script sets no cookie; the video choice is stored in localStorage.

What runs, and when

Fonts (Barlow and Rajdhani) are files we ship. The browser does not call Google Fonts for them. The only measurement scripts are the two in the table above: the cookieless Google Analytics 4 config and the Microsoft Clarity snippet. There is no advertising script. ads.txt is omitted because there is no seller id to declare.

The legal basis for loading an optional video is consent. The analytics tag runs cookieless: gtag('consent', 'default') sets ad_storage, ad_user_data, ad_personalization and analytics_storage to denied before gtag('config', 'G-W5SX1YYS33') is queued, and this site never grants analytics_storage, so no _ga cookie is written and no identifier is sent even when you allow a video. ads_data_redaction and url_passthrough are enabled. Global Privacy Control overrides stored permission and prevents playback.

The localStorage value is JSON with choice and a timestamp. Permission expires after 180 days; the stale record is removed on your next visit. Cookie settings reopens the choice. Refusing stores a refusal and removes existing video iframes, stopping further player activity; it cannot undo data already sent to Google or erase cookies set by another domain.

Allow embeds alone does not contact YouTube. After you also press Play, Google video infrastructure can be contacted, including youtube-nocookie.com, youtube.com, ytimg.com, googlevideo.com and Google API hosts as needed by the player. These are parts of the same Google/YouTube service, not our own analytics. We do not add AdSense or Adsterra. The measurement scripts are Google Analytics 4, described above, and Microsoft Clarity, which stores heatmaps and session replays of a visit and masks text, numbers and form fields by default before they leave the page. Clarity is not switched by the video choice; blocking www.clarity.ms or clearing the _clck cookie stops it, and a Global Privacy Control signal only disables videos here.

We do not run personalized ads. Industry opt-out pages, if you want them for other sites, are https://adssettings.google.com/ and https://optout.aboutads.info/. A Do Not Track signal is not a separate switch here; Global Privacy Control is the signal the banner reads.

Retention: the consent record lives in your browser for up to 180 days, or until you clear site data. Mail you send to the contact address is kept long enough to fix the page and then deleted from the inbox in ordinary cleanup. There is no account.

If you are in a region with access, correction, deletion, or complaint rights, email the address below and name the right you are using. You can also complain to your local authority. Changes to this policy show up on this URL with a new checked date.

Matched to the code, not to a generic policy.
PartyPurposeWhenStorage
This site / Cloudflare PagesDeliver and protect pages, images and local font filesOn a page request to our domainInfrastructure may process IP address, user agent and request logs; no site tracking cookie
Google Analytics 4Count page views for measurement id G-W5SX1YYS33, requested from www.googletagmanager.com on every pageOn every page load, with Consent Mode v2 defaults already set to deniedNo cookie and no identifier while analytics_storage stays denied; Google still receives one cookieless ping
Microsoft ClarityHeatmaps and session replays for project yywry0bpvd, loaded from www.clarity.ms on every pageOn every page load, when the inline snippet in the page head builds the tag URLCookies _clck (up to 1 year) and _clsk (up to 1 day) on the clarity.ms domain; text, numbers and form fields are masked before they are sent
Google / YouTubePlay a requested official video using youtube-nocookie.comOnly after Allow embeds AND pressing PlayVideo providers receive IP address and browser information; playback may use cookies or browser storage
Cloudflare Email Routing / Google GmailForward and handle mail to our domain addressOnly when you send emailEmail address, message and attachments; not a browser embed or tracking script
Consent preferenceRemember permission or refusalOn your choicelocalStorage sq42_consent_v1; checked for expiry after 180 days
Official Steam screenshot: a ring station and a fighter against a teal nebulaOfficial Steam screenshot: cockpit HUD with Self Status during a Defend Archon objective

Questions I keep getting

Do you use cookies?

Our own script does not set a tracking cookie. The Google Analytics 4 tag (measurement id G-W5SX1YYS33) runs with analytics_storage denied, so it writes no _ga cookie and sends no identifier. Microsoft Clarity sets its own cookies on the clarity.ms domain: _clck, which lasts up to a year, and _clsk, which lasts up to a day, both used to keep one visit together. localStorage sq42_consent_v1 remembers your video choice for 180 days. Only an allowed video that you actively play can contact YouTube and use its storage.

Do you use Google Analytics?

Yes, one Google Analytics 4 property, measurement id G-W5SX1YYS33, requested from www.googletagmanager.com on every page. Consent Mode v2 defaults are denied before the config call and this site never grants analytics_storage, so the tag stays cookieless: Google receives one cookieless ping per page and no cookie or identifier is used. Allowing or refusing video embeds does not change that.

Do you use Microsoft Clarity?

Yes. Every page runs the Microsoft Clarity snippet for project yywry0bpvd, which requests www.clarity.ms/tag/yywry0bpvd and records heatmaps and session replays so we can see which parts of a page are unreadable or unused. Clarity masks text, numbers and form fields by default before they are sent. The video choice does not affect it; blocking www.clarity.ms or clearing the _clck cookie stops the recordings.

How do I change my mind?

Use Cookie settings in the footer and choose Refuse or Allow embeds.

Sources I used