Last verified: 2026-11-10

Privacy policy

This policy describes what zeldatimeline.org actually loads. It was last changed on 10 Nov 2026, the same day the measurement and ad scripts went in.

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Who runs this site

zeldatimeline.org is an independent chronology reference for The Legend of Zelda. The editorial desk is reachable at [email protected]. That address is the contact for privacy questions, access or deletion requests, and corrections.

Default loading and how to withdraw

Google Analytics 4, Microsoft Clarity and the Adsterra Native Banner and Social Bar load by default on the first page view, without waiting for a choice. Reject stops ads, recordings and analytics and remembers the decision in this browser for 180 days. Official Nintendo video galleries open through ordinary links; this site does not embed a video player.

If you choose Reject, the site records rejected and stops creating the GA4, Clarity and Adsterra scripts on this and later pages. Cookie settings in the footer opens the banner again, so the choice can be changed at any time. A Global Privacy Control signal, or a Do Not Track value of 1, is treated as Reject automatically.

Storage in your browser

The site's own code uses local storage rather than a custom cookie. It writes ztl-consent, which holds the choice and its expiry, and ztl-adbar-closed, which holds closed after you press Hide ad bar. The consent record expires after 180 days, when the banner asks again. The ad-bar key stays until you clear site data, so a hidden floating bar does not return on the next page view.

Clearing site data in your browser resets both keys. The third parties below may store their own cookies or local storage on their own domains, as described in their sections.

Google Analytics 4

Google Analytics 4 measures page views and sessions. The Google tag (gtag.js) loads from www.googletagmanager.com with measurement id G-0JDER90822 and sends events to google-analytics.com and Google's regional collection hosts. The data includes the page URL, referrer, approximate location derived from IP address, browser and device information, and interactions with the page.

GA4 writes the first-party cookies _ga (a random client id, about two years) and _ga_<container> (session state, about two years). Consent Mode v2 starts with analytics_storage granted, so measurement does not wait for a choice; after Reject the loader skips gtag.js on later pages and analytics_storage moves to denied. The advertising signals (ad_storage, ad_user_data, ad_personalization) start denied before Google configuration and become granted only after Accept. Default-on advertising script requests do not change those initial signals. ads_data_redaction is enabled and url_passthrough is used so a rejection is not lost across redirects.

You can refuse analytics with Google's browser add-on at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout or by blocking googletagmanager.com. Event retention is controlled in the Google property settings; a property-specific retention period has not been independently confirmed.

Microsoft Clarity

Microsoft Clarity provides heatmaps and session recordings for this site under project id zbepumeanx. The tag loads from www.clarity.ms/tag/zbepumeanx, pulls the SDK from scripts.clarity.ms, and reports to *.clarity.ms. It records page views, clicks, scroll depth, and a replay of on-page interactions. Entered text in form fields and other sensitive content is masked by default.

Clarity writes the first-party cookies _clck (a user id, about one year) and _clsk (session state, about one day), and Microsoft may also set cookies such as MUID and ANONCHK on its own domains. Microsoft controls retention in the Clarity project. Reject stops the tag from loading on later pages and calls clarity('consent', false) if the SDK is already present.

Adsterra

Adsterra (adsterra.com) is the advertising network behind the two units on this site. The publisher id is 3403020 and the Adsterra website id is 6189460. The units are NativeBanner_1 (unit 32191848), an in-feed native banner, and SocialBar_1 (unit 32191849), the floating bar. The invoker scripts load from bicea.org; the ads themselves fill from Adsterra and its creative CDNs. Adult ads are switched off in the Adsterra panel.

When the units load, Adsterra receives your IP address, browser and device information, the page URL, and what you do with the ad, so it can serve and measure advertising. It may set cookies or local storage on bicea.org and its ad domains, including a co_ cookie keyed to the unit, for frequency capping, measurement and interest-based ads. Adsterra controls that retention. Its policy is at https://adsterra.com/privacy-policy/.

The units load on the first page view, and Reject removes them and keeps later page views free of them. Reject records rejected for 180 days and is the direct opt-out here, because it removes the units rather than only switching them to non-personalized mode. For interest-based advertising generally, the exits are Google Ads Settings at https://adssettings.google.com, the DAA opt-out at https://optout.aboutads.info and Your Online Choices at https://www.youronlinechoices.com.

Cloudflare and email

Cloudflare provides hosting and Email Routing for zeldatimeline.org. A request to this domain necessarily sends your IP address and HTTP request information to Cloudflare. The site does not run Cloudflare Web Analytics and does not add its beacon. Mail to [email protected] is routed through Cloudflare Email Routing to the editorial inbox. We keep correspondence only as long as needed to answer it or handle a correction, and you can ask us to delete it. Please do not send passwords, account tokens or private player data.

Legal basis and your rights

The banner offers Accept and Reject controls. Merely visiting the site is not an affirmative consent choice; advertising storage signals start denied, while the third-party scripts described above load by default. Reject withdraws optional processing and stops subsequent loads. Serving the pages, keeping them secure and answering email rely on the legitimate interest of running an independent reference site. Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct, delete, restrict or receive a copy of personal data, and to object to processing. The ztl-consent and ztl-adbar-closed values stay in your own browser; clearing site data removes them. For anything sent to us by email, write to [email protected]. For data Adsterra, Microsoft or Google collected on their own domains, use the links in their sections above. You may also complain to your local data-protection authority.

Retention at a glance

Changes

If a new third party is added, this page and its verified date change in the same release, before the script ships. The date at the top of the page matches the article:modified_time value in the page metadata. Questions about this policy go to [email protected].