This policy describes lonlonranch.org as of 13 Nov 2026. The site is an independent guide. It does not sell a game and it does not ask you to make an account. It is supported by advertising and measured with analytics.
Default loading and how to turn it off
Google Analytics 4, Microsoft Clarity and Adsterra ads load by default when a page opens. The banner explains this and offers Accept and Reject; it is not a gate in front of the scripts. If you press Reject, the page updates Google consent signals to denied, stores your choice, and reloads the page to stop the running integrations. On that new document and later visits no GA4, Clarity or Adsterra script is created. The preference lasts 180 days under the key llr_consent. Cookie settings in the footer brings the banner back so you can change the choice. Clearing site data also resets it.
Cookies and local storage
| Name | Set by | Purpose | How long | Legal basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| llr_consent | This site (localStorage) | Remembers Accept or Reject for the banner | 180 days | Your choice |
| llr_ad_closed | This site (localStorage) | Remembers that you closed the floating Social Bar so it does not return on reload | 30 days | Your choice |
| _ga | Google Analytics 4 | Distinguishes browsers for aggregate traffic reports | 2 years by default, refreshed on visits | Default measurement; Reject disables it |
| _ga_<container> | Google Analytics 4 | Keeps session state for this property | 2 years by default, refreshed on visits | Default measurement; Reject disables it |
| _clck | Microsoft Clarity | Persists the Clarity user id and preferences | Provider-managed; see the Clarity cookie list | Default loading; Reject disables it |
| _clsk | Microsoft Clarity | Joins page views into one session recording | 1 day | Consent |
| CLID, MUID, ANONCHK, MR, SM | Microsoft Clarity / Microsoft | Identifies a returning Clarity visitor and keeps Microsoft service state | Provider-managed; see the Clarity cookie list | Default loading; Reject disables it |
| co_* and campaign cookies | Adsterra | Caps frequency, measures impressions and detects invalid traffic | Provider-managed; see the Clarity cookie list | Default loading; Reject disables it |
| __cf_bm (when bot management is applied) | Cloudflare | Conditional hosting-edge bot management, not an eager browser tag | 30 minutes if set | Serving and protecting the site |
Our preference storage uses the two local-storage keys above. We do not use localStorage for a player profile, a cart, or a login. Analytics providers may also set first-party cookies through their scripts; those are distinct from our preference keys. Global Privacy Control, when your browser sends it, is stored as Reject and the three integrations are not injected.
Analytics: Google Analytics 4 and Microsoft Clarity
Google Analytics 4 receives page views, approximate location derived from the request, device and browser information, and interaction events. It is operated by Google. IP addresses are not logged by GA4, but the request still reaches Google. Reports are aggregate; we do not join them to a name. Google may process the data outside your country under its own safeguards.
Microsoft Clarity records pseudonymous sessions and heat maps: clicks, scrolling, and a replay of the page with text inputs masked by default. It sets the Clarity cookies in the table and sends the recording to Microsoft. We use it to see which guide sections are hard to use, not to identify a person.
Advertising: Adsterra
Adsterra supplies the in-page Native Banner and the floating Social Bar. Its script and demand partners may set creative-dependent cookies, read the page address and device information, and choose a creative. Adult ads are switched off for this site, so the network is not asked to serve adult creatives. We do not run Popunder, Banner or Smartlink units here.
Adsterra and its demand partners may use cookies or similar identifiers to limit repetition and, where permitted, to personalise a creative. You can object to personalised advertising at Google ad settings (https://adssettings.google.com/), the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out (https://optout.networkadvertising.org/) and, in Europe, https://www.youronlinechoices.com/. The Adsterra privacy policy is at https://adsterra.com/privacy-policy/. Reject reloads this page and prevents Adsterra from being created on that document and later visits until you Accept again.
The seller declaration for Adsterra is in /ads.txt (adsterra.com, publisher 3403020). It names only the network this site actually loads.
Other third parties
YouTube: the page shows a picture we host until you press play. That click creates a privacy-enhanced frame on youtube-nocookie.com, which can set YouTube cookies and receive your IP address and viewing request. We do not receive a copy of your YouTube account. If you never press play, no YouTube frame is created.
Cloudflare serves and protects the site at the hosting edge and may set the __cf_bm cookie shown above. Fonts and images are files on this site; we do not call a third-party font CDN. There is no traffic-mesh banner SDK, no AdSense tag, no Meta pixel, and no other advertising network on these pages.
Your choices and legal bases
Analytics, recording and ads are requested by default, before an explicit banner choice. The banner remains visible until you choose Accept or Reject. Continuing to read is not recorded as explicit acceptance. Reject stops subsequent integration loading for 180 days; it cannot undo requests that already reached a provider. Google advertising storage signals start denied, analytics storage starts granted, and ads data redaction is enabled. Explicit Accept changes those signals to granted. Hosting and security processing is necessary to deliver and protect the page. We do not sell personal information.
Do Not Track is not read. Browsers retired it as a dependable signal, and this static site has no server rule that branches on that header. Global Privacy Control is the signal the page script honors as Reject.
Your requests
You can ask what we hold, ask us to correct a page, or ask us to delete a message you sent. Email [email protected]. We do not hold an account database. Messages you send are kept long enough to answer and to fix the page. You may clear llr_consent and llr_ad_closed yourself in the browser, and you can use the opt-out links above for advertising cookies. To complain, contact your local data authority. We will say on this page when the policy changes, and the date at the top moves with the sitemap.
Contact
Privacy questions and requests: [email protected]. Post is not accepted at a residential address; email is the reliable route and is monitored for privacy requests.
Questions
Do you run ads and analytics?
Yes. Google Analytics 4, Microsoft Clarity and Adsterra load when a page opens, which is how the guide is measured and kept free. Reject in the banner turns all three off and is remembered for 180 days under llr_consent.
How do I change the preference?
Use Cookie settings in the footer. Accept and Reject are stored for 180 days under llr_consent; the floating-ad close state is stored for 30 days under llr_ad_closed.
Sources
- Google Analytics cookie configuration — checked 2026-11-14
- Clarity cookie list — checked 2026-11-14
- Google Analytics privacy — checked 2026-11-13
- Microsoft Clarity privacy — checked 2026-11-13
- Adsterra privacy policy — checked 2026-11-13
- Google ad settings — checked 2026-11-13
- Network Advertising Initiative opt-out — checked 2026-11-13