Privacy policy

This policy covers https://pokerivals.net. It matches the scripts on the pages as of 2026-11-04. The contact address is [email protected].

What loads on the first view

Google Analytics 4, Microsoft Clarity and Adsterra advertising load as soon as a page opens. The cookie banner is notice and withdrawal, not a gate: it appears on the first visit while requests have already started. No choice is stored until you press a button. Reject stops all three and is remembered for 180 days. YouTube is different: the player stays a local image until you press play.

The scripts are created by this site’s own loader after the page starts painting. They are not blocking <script src> tags in the first HTML. The networks still receive the request on that first view, so this page describes them as loaded, not as waiting for a click.

Google Analytics 4

We use Google Analytics 4 (measurement ID G-SJBB4XF4FH, property under the game_websites account) to count page views, referral sources and rough country. GA4 sets first-party cookies named _ga and _ga_<container-id> and sends event data to google-analytics.com and googletagmanager.com. Google offers 2-month and 14-month retention settings for user-level and event data in standard GA4 properties. Standard aggregated reports are separate from that setting. We do not send names, email addresses or account ids to GA4. The initial analytics storage signal is granted. The three advertising signals start denied, and ads_data_redaction is enabled before GA4 config. Accept updates the signals to granted; Reject withdraws them and reloads the page with the GA4 loader disabled.

Microsoft Clarity

Microsoft Clarity records anonymized sessions and builds heatmaps so we can see where a guide is hard to read. The project id is z890he3a0d. Requests use www.clarity.ms, scripts.clarity.ms and regional collection hosts under clarity.ms. Clarity sets first-party cookies named _clck and _clsk, and may read the Microsoft MUID cookie on Microsoft domains. Ordinary session recordings are retained for 30 days. Favorite recordings, a random sample of recordings and heatmaps may be available for up to 9 months, according to the Clarity FAQ. Clarity masks sensitive content according to its masking settings; this site has no game login or payment form. Reject withdraws the Clarity signal and reloads the page without its loader.

Adsterra

Adsterra (publisher 3403020, website 6174347) supplies two formats on this site: a Native Banner unit placed inside the article flow, and a Social Bar unit that can float at the edge of the screen. Both load by default. Adsterra and its demand partners may use cookies and similar identifiers on bicea.org and on the creative hosts they return (including cdn.cloudvideosa.com, cdn.cloudpiko.com, cdn.show-creative1.com, cdn.show-sb.com, static.nresystems.com and campaign destinations), to cap frequency, measure a view and, where you have not opted out, personalize the ad. We do not control the names of those cookies; the Adsterra privacy policy linked above describes the network’s data practices. Reject removes both units and reloads without the ad loaders for 180 days, and the opt-out links below work even if you keep ads on.

Personalized advertising opt-outs: Google Ad Settings https://adssettings.google.com/, the Digital Advertising Alliance page https://optout.aboutads.info/, and the European choice page https://www.youronlinechoices.com/. Your browser’s Global Privacy Control signal is honored as Reject.

Your choice record

The site stores one record in local storage under the key pr_consent. It holds choice (granted or denied), an ads flag, an analytics flag, and the time it was written in t. It is written only after a button choice, kept for 180 days and then ignored. With no record or an expired record, scripts load by default and the banner remains visible. If the browser sends Global Privacy Control, the site writes denied without waiting for a click. Cookie settings in the footer opens the banner again so you can change the choice at any time.

The floating Adsterra bar also writes pr_adbar_closed when you use its Hide ad bar button. That key holds a timestamp and is kept until you clear site data, so the bar does not return on the next page or the next visit. It contains no identifier and is never sent to a server.

YouTube, when you press play

Gameplay video starts as a local image. Pressing play creates a YouTube iframe on youtube-nocookie.com and Google may then set its own cookies (including VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE and YSC) and receive your IP address and player interactions. We do not preload the player. Google’s privacy policy and the YouTube terms linked above cover that request. You can use Google Ad Settings to limit personalized advertising there.

Mail you send

Messages to [email protected] are received so we can answer them, and the reply uses that same address. We use the message to handle the correction or privacy request you sent. We do not sell the address and we do not add it to a marketing list. Keep the thread until the question is finished, then you can ask us to delete it.

Legal basis, retention, rights

The guide itself is published as our legitimate interest in explaining public games. Analytics, session recording and advertising start by default as described above; the banner records an explicit Accept or Reject, and Reject stops those loaders. The Google advertising signals begin denied. This site does not send a separate non-personalized-ad parameter to Adsterra. Mail relies on the request you made. Your choice record lasts 180 days. GA4 retention depends on the property setting described above. Ordinary Clarity recordings last 30 days, with the exceptions described above. Adsterra keeps its own logs under its policy. Mail is kept while the thread is open. You can ask for a copy of mail we still have, a correction, or deletion, by writing to the same address. You can also complain to the data authority where you live. This page changes, with a new date at the top, before any new third-party script ships.

Cookies and storage we do not set

We do not set a payment cookie and we do not read a card. Game accounts on other domains use their own cookies after you leave. We do not run a separate tracker that reads Do Not Track, and we do not sell personal data. A future network must be added to this page and the same withdrawal controls before it is enabled.