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Privacy policy

This policy covers cleanthemoon.com. It was updated on 2 Nov 2026. Questions go to [email protected].

Default loading, and how to say no

On a first visit, before you click anything, the page starts Google Analytics 4, Microsoft Clarity and Adsterra (Native Banner and Social Bar). The banner is a notice with two buttons, not a gate: Accept keeps the default, Reject switches analytics, session replay and ads off. The choice is written to local storage under cleanthemoon-consent for 180 days, so a Reject survives a reload and a new tab. Cookie settings in the footer reopens the banner and lets you change the choice at any time. If the browser sends Global Privacy Control, the site treats that as Reject before it creates any tag.

Reject records your choice and reloads the page, ending the existing Clarity and Adsterra script execution and keeping their tags and GA4 off on later visits. Requests already sent before Reject cannot be recalled. The site's own loaders read the stored choice before creating asynchronous third-party tags.

Google Analytics 4

Microsoft Clarity

Adsterra advertising

YouTube

A video appears as a poster image with a play button. The YouTube player, https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/, is not requested until you press play. After that, YouTube and Google may set cookies such as VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE, YSC and PREF, and may record the play. Their retention and controls are described at https://policies.google.com/privacy. The poster image itself is a file on this site, so the page makes no YouTube request before the click. Reject reloads the page, closing any player already opened; you can choose to play a video again afterward.

The keys this site stores

NameWhereWhyHow long
cleanthemoon-consentlocal storage on cleanthemoon.comYour Accept or Reject choice, with an expiry timestamp180 days, or sooner if you clear site data
ctm-adbar-closedlocal storage on cleanthemoon.comThe time you closed the Adsterra Social Bar, so it stays closed instead of returning on every page180 days, or sooner if you clear site data
_ga, _ga_B9PH267C3Rcookie on cleanthemoon.comGoogle Analytics 4: distinguishes browsers for visit countingUp to 2 years
_clck, _clskcookie on cleanthemoon.comMicrosoft Clarity: stores the Clarity user id and session idAbout 1 year / 1 day
Adsterra delivery cookiescookies on bicea.org, adsterra.com and creative hostsAd delivery, frequency capping, click measurement and fraud preventionSet by the network; see its policy

Site code stores the choice in local storage. Analytics libraries can set first-party cookies on this domain, including _ga, _clck and _clsk; provider domains can also set third-party cookies as described above. The 180-day period is the lifetime of the choice record, not the lifetime of every vendor cookie.

Global Privacy Control and Do Not Track

If the browser exposes Global Privacy Control, the site treats it as Reject immediately, does not wait for a click and does not create the analytics, replay or ad tags. A Do Not Track header is also read as a rejection. The controls that change the stored choice are Global Privacy Control, the Reject button and Cookie settings.

Your choices and rights

Mail

If you email [email protected], the message contains whatever you put in it, including your address. The mailbox is used to answer and to correct a page. The working copy is deleted after the correction is handled. Do not send account passwords or Roblox session secrets.

Children

The guide has no reader account system and does not ask for a date of birth. Analytics and advertising providers process data as described above. Roblox and Steam accounts are governed by those platforms. If a parent believes a child emailed this site, write to [email protected] and the message will be deleted.

Changes

When a third-party script is added or removed, this page gains or loses a named section for it and the date at the top moves with that edit. The date on this page is 2 Nov 2026.

Guide art, not a tracking pixel
Site icon artwork

Questions

Does this site load ads and analytics before I click Accept?

Yes. Google Analytics 4, Microsoft Clarity and Adsterra load on the first visit by default, and the banner explains that. Press Reject to turn all three off; the choice is remembered for 180 days under cleanthemoon-consent.

How do I withdraw my choice?

Use Cookie settings in the footer and press Reject, or clear site data for this origin. Reject is stored for 180 days under cleanthemoon-consent and the loaders read it before they start.

Does the site show adult ads?

No. Adult ads are switched off on the Adsterra website that carries the two units used here.

Which cookies and local-storage keys does this site use?

The site writes cleanthemoon-consent and ctm-adbar-closed in local storage. GA4 writes _ga and _ga_B9PH267C3R; Clarity writes _clck and _clsk; Adsterra and its creative hosts set their own delivery cookies.

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