Privacy policy
This policy matches the scripts on the site on 30 Oct 2026. Controller: the stealapetandrideit.com desk, [email protected]. It covers every page, including the guides, tools and this policy.
What loads, and when
Google Analytics 4, Microsoft Clarity and Adsterra load by default on the first page view. The cookie banner is a notice with a withdraw button, not a gate: there is no stored choice yet, so the site records granted and shows the banner. Pressing Reject turns analytics, replay and ads off and remembers that for 180 days. The banner does not gate the scripts.
- Google Analytics 4 (measurement ID G-5NMWRT3P6B, property 561652391) counts page views and acquisition. gtag.js comes from www.googletagmanager.com and reports to www.google-analytics.com.
- Microsoft Clarity (project z5mqerqim1) records heat maps and session replay. The loader requests www.clarity.ms/tag/z5mqerqim1, which pulls scripts.clarity.ms and posts to regional *.clarity.ms/collect hosts (the lettered host can vary). We do not ask for account passwords or payment details on this site.
- Adsterra (publisher 3403020, website 6161532) serves a Native Banner (unit 31996103) inside the page and a Social Bar (unit 31996104) pinned to the bottom corner. Both loaders request bicea.org; creatives may contact additional delivery hosts under Adsterra control. Adult ads are off; Popunder, Banner and Smartlink units are not installed.
- A YouTube clip stays as a still picture until you press play. Only then does the player load from youtube-nocookie.com. That request is optional and is not made on page load.
- Pages, images and fonts come from this site. No third-party font file is requested.
Cookies and localStorage keys
| Vendor | Key | Purpose | Retention |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Analytics 4 | _ga, _ga_5NMWRT3P6B | Tells one browser from another for visit counts | Vendor default up to 2 years; browser settings may shorten it |
| Microsoft Clarity | _clck | Keeps a Clarity user id | See current Clarity cookie documentation |
| Microsoft Clarity | _clsk | Joins page views into one replay session | See current Clarity cookie documentation |
| Adsterra | Vendor-controlled keys on delivery domains, including bicea.org | Frequency capping, fraud checks and ad delivery; the ad server controls the names | Set by Adsterra |
| This site | sap_consent (localStorage) | Your granted or denied choice plus its timestamp | 180 days |
| This site | sap_adbar_closed (localStorage) | Hides the Social Bar after you press Hide ad bar | Until you clear site data |
| YouTube (on play only) | Playback storage controlled by YouTube | Video playback after an explicit play click | See YouTube provider policy; browser-dependent |
Default loading and your choice
The first-visit granted value is our default site setting, not proof that you actively agreed. We do not describe default loading as explicit opt-in consent or a guarantee of compliance in every jurisdiction. Reject saves a denied choice, stops Clarity, removes ad units and reloads this document so already-executed vendor scripts stop. Later page views do not request GA4, Clarity or Adsterra while that choice remains valid. Global Privacy Control and Do Not Track are treated as a rejection. Cookie settings in the footer reopens the notice; Accept saves a new choice and reloads to enable vendors again. Withdrawal cannot undo requests already made.
Reject stops future vendor loading on this site; it does not erase every cookie that a provider previously wrote. You can remove those separately in your browser site-data controls. We never clear cookies belonging to unrelated websites.
Personalised advertising
Adsterra may personalise creatives using its own signals; the site does not pass your email or any account data to it. Opt out of personalised advertising with Google at https://adssettings.google.com, with the industry choices at https://optout.aboutads.info/ and https://www.youronlinechoices.com/, or by pressing Reject here. You can also block third-party scripts in your browser; the pages keep working.
Retention, rights and contact
Analytics and replay data are kept in the vendors' systems under their retention settings (we have not independently verified account-level retention settings, so no fixed event-data or recording duration is promised here). The consent key lives in your browser for 180 days and the bar-dismissal key until you clear it. You can ask for access, correction, deletion or a copy of anything you sent us, and object to processing, by emailing [email protected]. We answer within 30 days. A change to this policy updates the date on this page.
Questions people ask
Do you sell data?
We do not sell your messages or account details. Advertising providers may process browser identifiers under their own policies; Reject disables the installed tracking and advertising scripts.
Which ad network is on the site?
Adsterra, publisher 3403020: a Native Banner in the page and a Social Bar pinned to the corner. Popunder, Banner and Smartlink units are not used, and the adult-ads switch is off.
How long is the choice kept?
180 days in localStorage under the key sap_consent, then the site default applies again unless your browser sends Global Privacy Control or Do Not Track.
Sources
- Google Analytics cookie documentation — P1, checked 30 Oct 2026.
- Microsoft Clarity cookies — P2, checked 30 Oct 2026.
- Adsterra privacy policy — P3, checked 30 Oct 2026.
- YouTube privacy-enhanced embeds — P4, checked 30 Oct 2026.