Privacy policy

This policy matches what the built pages of pitofgoblin.org actually load on 6 November 2026. Google Analytics 4, Microsoft Clarity and Adsterra start on the first view; the YouTube trailer stays a local poster until you press Play. The banner tells you that and Reject turns the optional scripts off for 180 days.

Who is responsible

The site operator for pitofgoblin.org can be reached at [email protected] for privacy questions, access requests, corrections or deletion requests about mail you sent. The site is hosted by Cloudflare and the contact mailbox is routed through Cloudflare Email Routing to the mail-hub Worker and the editorial mailbox.

This is an independent guide to PIT OF GOBLIN. It is not operated by Friendly Foe or Bright Gambit, and the studio does not receive data collected here.

Default loading and how Reject works

The consent banner is a notice and a withdrawal control, not a gate. With no stored choice, the page treats consent as granted and starts Google Analytics 4, Microsoft Clarity and Adsterra on the first view, so the first screen already loads them. The banner is still shown so the state is visible and can be changed.

Accept records granted and closes the banner. Reject records denied, updates Google Consent Mode to denied, removes the ads and any YouTube player, then reloads the page so GA4, Clarity and advertising code are unloaded. The reloaded page requests none of these optional tags. The choice is stored in localStorage key pog_consent for 180 days. The footer link Cookie settings reopens the banner at any time.

If the browser sends Global Privacy Control (GPC) or Do Not Track (DNT) = 1, the site records denied and keeps advertising, session recording and the YouTube player off. The choice is local to this browser; the banner itself sends nothing to a server.

What loads, and when

Google Analytics 4 loads on every page from www.googletagmanager.com using measurement ID G-N43Q83NPH6 unless you have rejected. The Google tag sends page views to google-analytics.com and sets the _ga and _ga_N43Q83NPH6 cookies. Consent Mode v2 starts with analytics_storage granted so measurement works without a prompt; Reject changes it to denied and sets ga-disable, so no hits are sent on later page views. ads_data_redaction and url_passthrough are both on.

Microsoft Clarity loads on every page from www.clarity.ms/tag/z9axjtt7ez; the loader then fetches scripts.clarity.ms and sends events to *.clarity.ms. Clarity records page views, clicks, scroll depth and session replays for project z9axjtt7ez. Text entry and form fields are masked by Clarity's default settings. Reject withdraws Clarity cookie consent and reloads without its tag, stopping the recording code on this and later pages.

Adsterra serves the in-page Native Banner (NativeBanner_1, unit 32121910) and the floating Social Bar (SocialBar_1, unit 32121911) for publisher 3403020, website 6179659. The unit loaders come from bicea.org and are created by this site's own script, not by a vendor script tag in the first HTML. Adsterra may use its own cookies, local storage or device identifiers on its domains for frequency capping, measurement and interest-based advertising. The adult-ads switch is off for this website.

The trailer starts as a local poster image. If you press Play, the page creates a YouTube iframe from www.youtube.com with the video id shown on the page. YouTube may then contact youtube.com, googlevideo.com, ytimg.com, ggpht.com, google.com and doubleclick.net and may set provider cookies. Reject removes an already-created player and restores the local poster.

Cloudflare provides hosting and email routing. A request to this first-party domain necessarily sends your IP address and HTTP request information to Cloudflare. We do not run Cloudflare Web Analytics or add its beacon. Contact emails and attachments pass through Cloudflare Email Routing to the mail-hub Worker and the editorial mailbox.

Cookies and local storage

The site sets no first-party advertising cookie of its own. The two keys below are localStorage written by this site; the rest are set by the providers named in the table, on their own domains or as first-party cookies for their scripts.

Keys this site or its providers may store, with purpose and retention.
Key	Set by	Purpose	Retention
pog_consent	pitofgoblin.org	Remember granted or denied and the expiry date	180 days
pog_ads_closed	pitofgoblin.org	Keep a hidden Adsterra Social Bar hidden	Until site data is cleared
_ga	Google Analytics 4	Distinguish browsers for aggregate reporting	2 years
_ga_N43Q83NPH6	Google Analytics 4	Keep session state for this property	2 years
_clck	Microsoft Clarity	Identify a browser for heatmaps and recordings	About 1 year
_clsk	Microsoft Clarity	Join page views into one session	About 1 day
Adsterra cookies / local storage	Adsterra	Frequency capping, measurement and interest-based ads	Controlled by Adsterra
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE, YSC, PREF	YouTube	Playback preferences and abuse prevention	Controlled by Google

Third parties and why they receive data

Google Analytics 4 (Google LLC) receives the page URL, your IP address, browser and device information, and the _ga cookie values so we can count page views and sessions in aggregate. Google's retention for GA4 event data is controlled in the property; we keep the reporting horizon short and do not upload personal identifiers. Google's privacy policy is at https://policies.google.com/privacy and its opt-out browser add-on is at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Microsoft Clarity (Microsoft Corporation) receives page views, clicks, scroll depth and replay data for project z9axjtt7ez, together with the _clck and _clsk cookies. Recordings are retained for up to 30 days in the Clarity project, and heatmap aggregates for up to 13 months; Microsoft's statement is at https://privacy.microsoft.com/privacystatement. Clarity masks text entry by default.

Adsterra receives your IP address, browser and device information, the page URL, and what you do with an ad so it can serve and measure advertising. It may set cookies or local storage on its own domains and may show interest-based ads. Adsterra controls that retention; its policy is at https://adsterra.com/privacy-policy/. We hold the publisher account directly, in our own name, and adult ads are off.

YouTube (Google LLC) receives your IP address, browser information and the video you play, and may use its own cookies or local storage. Its terms are at https://www.youtube.com/t/terms and Google's privacy policy is linked above. We do not receive YouTube playback data.

Cloudflare, Inc. provides hosting and Email Routing and necessarily sees request metadata and the addresses of contact emails. Its privacy policy is at https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/. Outbound links to Steam, Discord, YouTube and community guides leave this site; those destinations set their own cookies.

Legal basis, retention and your rights

For advertising, Clarity session recording and the YouTube player we rely on your consent, recorded through the banner. For hosting, security and aggregate page counting we rely on our legitimate interest in operating and measuring a static guide; where local law requires consent for analytics, the banner is the record of your choice and Reject withdraws it. The default state is granted until you reject, and the banner says so before you interact with it.

The two local-storage keys stay in your browser for the periods in the table and are removed when you clear site data. Provider cookies are controlled by the provider and by your browser settings. We keep contact emails only as long as needed to review a correction or rights request. We do not sell personal information and we do not knowingly collect information from children.

You may request access, correction, deletion, restriction or a copy of personal data we hold, and you may object to processing based on legitimate interests. Email [email protected]. For data Adsterra collected, use https://adsterra.com/privacy-policy/. For Google data, use the Google privacy controls linked above. You may also complain to your local data-protection authority.

To limit interest-based advertising in your browser generally, use Google Ads Settings (https://adssettings.google.com), the Digital Advertising Alliance opt-out (https://optout.aboutads.info) and Your Online Choices (https://www.youronlinechoices.com). These are external opt-outs; the direct opt-out on this site is Reject in the banner, which removes the ad units rather than only switching them to non-personalized mode.

Material changes to this policy are published on this URL with a new checked date. The date at the top of the page is the date of the last edit, and a change that adds a provider is made before that provider ships.

Questions

Does pitofgoblin.org load ads and analytics before I click Accept?

Yes. Google Analytics 4, Microsoft Clarity and Adsterra load on the first page view by default. YouTube stays a local poster until you press Play. The banner explains this, and Reject turns them off and remembers the choice for 180 days.

What happens when I click Reject?

The site stores denied in pog_consent for 180 days, updates Consent Mode to denied and reloads the page, unloading GA4, Clarity, Adsterra and any YouTube player. No optional tags load on the reloaded page. Cookie settings in the footer reopens the banner.

How do I reopen the banner?

Use Cookie settings in the footer. The banner is also shown on a first visit with no stored choice.

Does the floating ad bar come back after I hide it?

No. Hiding the Adsterra Social Bar stores pog_ads_closed in local storage, so it stays hidden until you clear site data.

Contact Editorial policy Terms

Sources

This site / built pages — checked 2026-11-06
Google Analytics privacy policy — checked 2026-11-06
Microsoft privacy statement — checked 2026-11-06
Adsterra privacy policy — checked 2026-11-06
YouTube terms of service — checked 2026-11-06
Google Ads Settings — checked 2026-11-06
DAA opt-out — checked 2026-11-06
Your Online Choices — checked 2026-11-06

Full ledger: sources and check dates.