What loads before I click anything?

Google Analytics 4, Microsoft Clarity, the Adsterra Native Banner and Social Bar, and the site’s own fonts. The banner is notice and a way to withdraw, not a gate.

What happens if I press Reject?

The choice is stored as denied for 180 days and the page reloads. The next document omits the GA4, Clarity and ad loaders, and YouTube stays unloaded until you change the choice.

What is stored on my device?

Two local-storage records of our own, lm_consent (your choice, 180 days) and lm.adbar.closed (the Social Bar’s close button), plus whatever Google, Microsoft and Adsterra set when their scripts run.

How do I change the choice?

Use Cookie settings in the footer. Accept restores analytics, Clarity and ads; Reject turns them off again for 180 days.

Privacy Policy — LinkMalon

This policy matches the pages as published on 14 November 2026. If a script is added, this page and the changelog change in the same update.

Default loading and how to reject it

Google Analytics 4, Microsoft Clarity and Adsterra ads load on the first page view without waiting for a click. The cookie banner tells you that and offers Accept and Reject; it is notice plus a way to withdraw, not a gate. Press Reject and the site stores denied for 180 days and reloads, so the next document omits the GA4, Clarity and ad loaders entirely. Global Privacy Control and Do Not Track are treated as Reject before you click anything. Cookie settings in the footer reopens the banner so you can change the choice.

What the site stores

Name	Type	Purpose	Retention	Basis
`lm_consent`	local storage (not a cookie)	Records Accept or Reject, with the ads and analytics flags and an expiry	180 days	Your choice; a first visit is written as granted and the banner lets you reject
`lm.adbar.closed`	local storage (not a cookie)	Keeps the Adsterra Social Bar closed after you press “Hide ad bar”	Until you clear site data	Your action on the close button
`_ga`, `_ga_*`	first-party cookies set by Google Analytics 4	Distinguishes browsers for aggregate traffic reports	Google’s default retention for the property; the cookie lifetime is provider-set	Legitimate interest in measuring readership; Reject stops it
`_clck`, `_clsk`, `MUID`	first-party and Microsoft cookies set by Clarity	Stable visitor id, session grouping and the Microsoft user id	Provider-set; Clarity’s cookie list documents the current lifetimes	Legitimate interest in aggregate heatmaps and session replay; Reject stops it
Adsterra cookies from `bicea.org`	third-party cookies	Choose and measure the Native Banner and Social Bar creatives	Campaign-dependent; set by Adsterra and its advertisers	Legitimate interest in advertising; Reject stops the ad loaders
YouTube embed	third-party cookies, only after Play	Plays a cited video from youtube-nocookie.com	Set by Google while the frame is open	Your click on Play

Fonts are files served by this site. They are not requested from a font service, so no font host receives your IP address. The pages run no other analytics tag, no tag manager, no banner SDK and no second ad network.

Who receives data, and why

Google Analytics 4 (measurement G-HCFP8PGXZN) receives page views, the page URL, browser and device information and a client id through googletagmanager.com and google-analytics.com. Google produces aggregate traffic reports for this site. Loading is on by default and Reject stops it. Opt out with the Google Analytics opt-out add-on.
Microsoft Clarity (project zd4ncdnwry) receives page views, clicks, scroll depth and a session recording with form fields masked by default, through www.clarity.ms and scripts.clarity.ms. Loading is on by default and Reject stops it. Microsoft processes the data under its own privacy statement; the Clarity cookie list documents its cookies.
Adsterra (publisher 3403020, website 6197982, adult ads off) receives the page URL, your IP address and cookie or device signals when its Native Banner and Social Bar load from bicea.org. It uses them to choose and measure ads. Advertising is on by default and Reject stops it. Adsterra explains its own processing in its privacy policy.
YouTube (the privacy-enhanced player at www.youtube-nocookie.com) makes no player request until you press Play; the preview image is served by this site. Pressing Play loads the player. Google’s privacy policy applies.

There is no Google AdSense tag, no Popunder, no Banner unit and no Smartlink on this site. The only ad network is Adsterra, with the two page-level formats named above. The site does not build an account or run a store.

Your choices and rights

You can ask what data is held about you, ask for a correction or deletion, or object to processing. Email [email protected]; mail is kept only as long as needed to answer and to preserve a correction, then deleted. You can also complain to your local data-protection authority. You can clear lm_consent and lm.adbar.closed in your browser at any time, or press Reject. Google, Microsoft and Adsterra may process data outside your country under their standard contractual clauses or an adequacy decision. This policy changes by editing this page; the date at the top is the change log.

Personalized advertising opt-outs

Google Ads Settings — turn off personalized Google ads.
Digital Advertising Alliance opt-out — US industry opt-out for participating advertisers.
Your Online Choices — European interactive advertising opt-outs.
Adsterra privacy policy — the network used on this site.

Lon Lon Ranch artwork used on the privacy page — Lon Lon Ranch, adult overhead render, 2026 remake. Via zelda.mtwildwood.net.

Malon artwork used on the privacy page — Adult Malon, 2026 remake model. Via zelda.mtwildwood.net.

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