Updated 24 Oct 2026

Privacy policy

This page names every third party the site actually loads, the cookies and localStorage keys involved, how long they last, and how to turn advertising and recording off.

Last checked: 2026-10-24. Facts below were re-read on 2026-10-24.

Red cat beside a pool beneath waterfalls in Warrior Cats: Clans of the Forest
Waterfall pool scene from Clans of the Forest. Image: Steam store screenshot, © Bamtang / Trailmark. Illustrative game art, not a screenshot of a book character or a tested save procedure.

Evidence and limits

I matched this policy to the build. The pages load Google Analytics 4, Microsoft Clarity, Adsterra Native Banner and Social Bar by default, plus Google Fonts; a YouTube iframe is created when you press a trailer button. The consent banner is notice and withdrawal, not a gate: with no stored choice the scripts load, and Reject turns them off for 180 days.

What loads, and what it stores

Google Analytics 4 (GA4), measurement ID G-GKQX6SH1ZB, loads by default through www.googletagmanager.com and sends measurements to www.google-analytics.com. Reject disables the tag and its requests. GA4 may set _ga and _ga_ cookies, normally expiring after two years, and process page views, approximate location, device and referral data. We have not independently confirmed the property’s user-event retention setting and do not promise a specific retention period. Purpose: understand which guides are used. See the linked Google privacy policy and opt-out tools.

Microsoft Clarity, project z2mccpr3mz, loads by default from www.clarity.ms and may use additional clarity.ms subdomains. Reject disables recording and subsequent loading. It may set _clck, _clsk and CLID cookies, and Microsoft documents additional ANONCHK, MR, MUID and SM cookies. Clarity records clicks, scrolling and session replays. Microsoft documents playback retention of 30 days and heatmap and labeled or favorited session retention of nine months. We do not promise that automatic masking catches every sensitive field. Purpose: find confusing pages. See the linked Microsoft privacy and Clarity documentation.

Adsterra, publisher 3403020 and website 6146567, requests Native Banner (unit 31896073) and Social Bar (unit 31896074) by default through bicea.org. Reject disables both placements. Adult ads are switched off in the placement configuration. The ad service may process IP address, device and campaign or frequency identifiers. A direct response from bicea.org set the Cloudflare bot-management cookie __cf_bm with a roughly 30-minute expiry; your browser may restrict third-party cookies. Our local page audit requested both scripts but displayed no ad iframe. An ad request is not a guarantee of a filled creative. Purpose: fund the guide. See the linked Adsterra privacy policy.

Google Fonts, from fonts.googleapis.com and fonts.gstatic.com, serves Cinzel, Cormorant Garamond and Source Sans 3. Google receives your IP address as part of that request and sets no cookie for it. Purpose: typography. Legal basis: legitimate interest in a readable page. See policies.google.com/privacy.

YouTube (youtube-nocookie.com) is used for trailer and video embeds. No iframe is created until you press a play button; after that click YouTube may set its own cookies and receive your IP address under Google’s policy. Purpose: show the publisher’s video. Legal basis: your click.

There is no AdSense, no Popunder, no Banner unit and no Smartlink on this site. ads.txt declares only adsterra.com, 3403020, DIRECT, the seller that actually serves the two units above.

Storage on your device

wc_consent_v1 is a localStorage key holding JSON with choice (granted or denied) and ts (a timestamp), respected for 180 days. With no stored choice, or an expired one, GA4, Clarity and Adsterra are requested on the first view while the banner remains visible; this default is not recorded as your acceptance. The three Google advertising consent signals remain denied until you press Accept. Reject writes denied, updates consent signals and reloads the document so previously running scripts stop and cannot restart on subsequent pages. Accept restores them. Global Privacy Control (navigator.globalPrivacyControl) is treated as Reject.

wc_socialbar_closed_v1 remembers that you closed the Adsterra Social Bar. It is a layout preference rather than a tracking choice and stays until you clear site data for warriorcats.pro. Closing the bar stops the Social Bar script from being requested again on later visits.

The third-party cookies listed above are set by Google, Microsoft and Adsterra under their own policies. You can remove them with your browser’s site-data controls; doing so also removes the local choice, so the banner will appear again. The footer’s Cookie settings button reopens the banner at any time.

Your choices, rights, and children

For access, correction, deletion or objections, email [email protected]. Email sent to us is processed by Cloudflare Email Routing and our mail-hub Worker, stored in our mailbox service, and mirrored to the operator’s Gmail inbox for replies. Do not send passwords or account recovery codes. To stop optional measurement, recording and ads, choose Reject in the banner or reopen Cookie settings in the footer. Clearing site data removes the choice rather than opting out: default loading resumes and the banner reappears.

Personalized-ad opt-outs: https://adssettings.google.com , https://optout.aboutads.info and https://www.youronlinechoices.eu . Adsterra and its demand partners may still serve contextual ads after an opt-out, but should not build a personalized profile.

We do not ask for accounts and do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child emailed us, write and we will delete that message.

Changes to this policy appear as a new updated date on this page. The date here and the sitemap lastmod for this URL use the same site-wide checked date until a page overrides it.

Cats facing each other in a forest clearing in Warrior Cats: Clans of the Forest
Forest encounter from Clans of the Forest. Image: Steam store screenshot, © Bamtang / Trailmark.

Questions people ask

Do you sell data?

No. We do not sell personal data or operate a data-broker relationship.

Do ads load before I click Accept?

Yes. GA4, Clarity and Adsterra load by default; Reject turns them off for 180 days. The banner is notice and withdrawal, not a gate.

How long is the consent record?

180 days in localStorage under wc_consent_v1.

Who do I email?

[email protected].

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