Privacy policy

Who we are

The site owner operates dirtbound.xyz and is reached at [email protected]. The rally game is a separate site, dirtbound.fr. A Google sign-in there is their page, not ours. We do not receive that login.

What loads on a page, and when

Google Analytics 4, Microsoft Clarity and Adsterra ads are requested on the first page view by default, together with the rest of the page. Nothing waits for an Accept click. The cookie banner tells you that and lets you withdraw: pressing Reject stores the refusal for 180 days and reloads the page so their scripts stop. Later page views do not request them while that record is valid. Requests already sent before Reject cannot be recalled from the network. Global Privacy Control is treated as a rejection. The footer Cookie settings button reopens the banner at any time.

The scripts are added by this site’s own loader from URL strings. No third-party script tag for Clarity or Adsterra is present in the first HTML response; the loader creates it on the first view.

What we store in your browser

Google Analytics 4

We use Google Analytics 4, measurement ID G-W7QEJEZKMJ, to count page views and see which guides are read. It loads on the first view by default. Consent Mode v2 starts with ad_storage, ad_user_data and ad_personalization denied, analytics_storage granted, and ads_data_redaction enabled before the GA4 config call. Allow grants the advertising signals. Reject denies all four signals and reloads without the Google tag. Google may set the `_ga` and `_ga_<container>` cookies (about 2 years each) and processes the page URL, referrer, IP address, and device and browser information under its policies. We do not send names, email addresses or account IDs to Analytics. You can install the Google Analytics opt-out add-on at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout or block the tag in your browser. Google’s policy is at policies.google.com/privacy.

Microsoft Clarity

We use Microsoft Clarity, project z7v5c0mjek, for heatmaps and session replays. It loads on the first view by default. Clarity may set the `_clck` cookie (about 1 year) and the `_clsk` cookie (about 1 day), and processes the pages you visit, clicks, scrolls and session activity. We send ConsentV2 with analytics storage granted and ad storage denied before an explicit Allow. Reject sends both signals as denied and reloads the page without the Clarity loader. Clarity masks sensitive content such as form input by default. Microsoft’s policy is at privacy.microsoft.com/privacystatement.

Adsterra advertising

We show advertising through Adsterra (publisher ID 3403020, website 6172168). Two units are active: Native Banner `NativeBanner_1` (unit 32071435) inside the page column, and Social Bar `SocialBar_1` (unit 32071436), the fixed strip at the bottom of the viewport. They load on the first view by default. Adsterra and its partners may set cookies and read your IP address, user agent and the page URL to choose and measure ads. Those cookies are set by Adsterra’s domains, including bicea.org, not by this site; we do not control their lifetime. Adult ads are switched off for this site. Reject stops this site’s Adsterra loaders on the reloaded page; closing the Social Bar with its × button stores `db_ad_closed` so it does not return. Adsterra’s policy is at adsterra.com/privacy-policy.

Your choices, legal basis and rights

The consent record is stored on your device so we can respect the choice you clicked. Analytics, session replay and advertising use the default-on preference explained above. An automatic granted record is not an explicit consent click. Allow records an explicit preference; Reject switches off these services for later page views. Mail you send is processed to answer you, which is the request you made. You can ask for access, correction, deletion, restriction, or a copy, and you can object, by emailing [email protected]. You can also complain to the supervisory authority where you live. We do not name a data-protection officer because we do not have one.

You can turn off personalised advertising with the industry exits: Google Ads Settings, DAA opt-out, and Your Online Choices. Because the tags load by default, the banner is a notice and an opt-out, not a gate.

Other third parties

The site does not embed YouTube, Vimeo or a chat widget. Adsterra may create advertising frames and load partner resources; the Google tag and Clarity are the measurement services described above. Outbound links to dirtbound.fr, Discord and itch.io are ordinary links: they send nothing until you click one, and the destination’s own policy then applies. Fonts and images are files served from this site.

Retention and changes

The consent record lasts 180 days and the Social Bar dismissal lasts until you clear site data. Google, Microsoft and Adsterra retain data according to their service settings and policies; this page does not claim a verified retention period for those accounts. Email you send to [email protected] is kept long enough to answer and to finish a correction.

Changes to this policy show up as a new date on this page. The current date is 3 November 2026. The site is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect their information. If a script is added later, this page and the banner change in the same edit. Alias addresses /privacy-policy/, /cookie-policy/, and /cookies/ send you here.

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