Privacy policy

Who to ask

This policy covers diablo2survivors.com, the D2 Survivors Guide. Write to [email protected] for access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection, or a copy of a message you sent us. We use the letter to answer that request and then remove it from the mailbox when the thread is finished. We do not run a separate marketing list.

What loads on the first page view

Google Analytics 4, Microsoft Clarity and Adsterra start on the first page view, without waiting for a click. The cookie banner on the first visit is a notice and a withdrawal control, not a gate. Pressing Reject stops all three and is remembered for 180 days; Accept turns them back on. Global Privacy Control or Do Not Track is treated as Reject. YouTube stays behind its Play button. The playable game is an outbound link to the official site.

Google Analytics 4 (measurement id G-8J86GM1WXE) loads from www.googletagmanager.com and reports to *.google-analytics.com and *.analytics.google.com. It counts page views and basic events. Consent Mode v2 defaults run before config: analytics_storage is granted; ad_storage, ad_user_data and ad_personalization are denied, and ads_data_redaction is enabled. Under this site's default-on policy an update then grants the advertising signals unless a refusal is stored. Reject keeps analytics_storage granted in Consent Mode but separately disables GA4, stores the refusal and reloads to stop future requests.

Microsoft Clarity (project id z4kx5ibhn9) loads from www.clarity.ms/tag/ and scripts.clarity.ms and sends session recordings and heatmap data to *.clarity.ms (including letter-prefixed collection hosts observed in this audit). Clarity masks form inputs by default. A stored Reject prevents the loader from creating its script; rejecting after load reloads the page to unload the recording code.

Adsterra (publisher id 3403020, website id 6156320) serves a Native Banner (unit 31960738) above the footer and a Social Bar (unit 31960739) fixed at the bottom. The snippets are requested from bicea.org and observed delivery partners on 2026-10-28 include static.nresystems.com, cdn.storageimagedisplay.com, cdn.show-sb.com, cdn.show-creative1.com and cdn.cloudpiko.com. Their scripts and creative assets load by default along with bicea.org; Reject closes this delivery chain on the reloaded page. Adult ads are switched off for this website in the Adsterra account. Reject means neither snippet is requested, and the Hide ad bar button hides the fixed bar on later visits.

YouTube: the video cards show a local still. The youtube-nocookie.com iframe is created only after you press Play, and Google may then set its own cookies under its policy. It is not part of the first page view.

Outbound links to the developer's site, Discord and store pages are ordinary links and load only if you follow them. Fonts, screenshots and the logo are files on this origin; there is no font CDN request.

Cookie and localStorage keys, and retention

The site can write two localStorage keys of its own. d2s_consent is written when you select Accept or Reject (or when a browser privacy signal refuses); it holds the choice (granted or denied), a timestamp and an expiry 180 days out; it is not sent to our server. d2s_socialbar_closed records that you pressed Hide ad bar, so the fixed Social Bar stays away until you clear site data. Press Cookie settings in the footer to reopen the banner and change the choice; Reject stores denied for 180 days and reloads without Clarity or Adsterra, and Accept stores granted.

Ads, personalized advertising and opt-outs

Adsterra is the only advertising network on this site and adult ads are off. Adsterra and its delivery partners may use cookies or device identifiers to cap frequency, prevent fraud, measure delivery and personalize ads. Reject in the banner withdraws that use for this browser and stops the units loading; Cookie settings brings the choice back at any time.

You can also opt out of personalized advertising at Google Ads Settings, YourAdChoices, Your Online Choices and the NAI opt-out. Adsterra's own practices are described in its privacy policy. Microsoft Clarity data can be limited through Microsoft's privacy controls. Browser settings can block cookies, and clearing site data removes the two localStorage keys above.

Legal basis, rights, and changes

This site enables measurement and advertising before an affirmative choice. The initial default-on state is not a record of your express consent. Reject or Global Privacy Control stops future vendor loading, but cannot erase requests already sent. Contact us to object or request deletion. Privacy and cookie requirements depend on your jurisdiction; the controls here describe the actual default-on operation rather than claiming that silence supplies consent.

Serving the page and keeping the short preference are how the site functions. Mail you send is processed to answer you. You can ask for a copy of mail we hold about you, a correction, or deletion, by emailing the contact address. We have no user accounts. You can also complain to a data-protection authority where you live.

The host that serves the static files may keep ordinary connection logs (IP address, user agent, URL, time). Those logs are the host's, and this site does not add a second analytics copy. We do not knowingly collect data from children. When this policy changes, the date under the heading changes with it; the current date is 2026-10-28.

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