Privacy policy

This policy covers arenaofchampions.xyz, an independent fan guide. The game at arenaofchampions.live is a different site with its own practices. Privacy requests go to [email protected].

Default loading and your 180-day choice

The site loads Google Analytics 4, Microsoft Clarity and Adsterra on the first view. A visitor with no stored choice is treated as granted: the page writes that default record, starts the providers immediately and shows the notice so the choice can be withdrawn. The notice is information plus an opt-out, not a gate in front of the scripts.

Reject stores a denied choice for 180 days, sends Google a denied consent update, sets the GA4 opt-out flag, calls Clarity’s Consent V2 API with denied storage signals, removes the provider tags and ad units, and reloads into a new document. With a stored denied choice, the loader does not request GA4, Clarity or Adsterra. Removing a tag alone cannot undo code or requests that already ran, and Reject does not erase data already received by a provider. Accept stores a granted choice for 180 days and restores the providers. The footer control labelled Cookie settings reopens the notice at any time; it does not grant anything by itself. A browser that sends Global Privacy Control is recorded as denied and treated as a rejection. Do Not Track is not used as a substitute for Global Privacy Control. Clearing site data for this origin removes both records.

The site's own storage keys are aoc_consent (choice granted or denied, timestamp, record version, and whether the notice was dismissed) and aoc_ads_closed (timestamp written by Hide ads). Both are kept for 180 days and then ignored. They are local storage only and are not sent to a server.

What the pages load

The lead reviewer’s mobile checks on 30 Oct 2026 observed six host categories: www.googletagmanager.com, www.google-analytics.com, www.clarity.ms, scripts.clarity.ms, a varying a–u.clarity.ms subdomain, and bicea.org. No iframe was present in the initial state. The table distinguishes those observations from other endpoints documented or potentially used by the providers; it does not claim every listed host was contacted in that test.

Fonts and images are files shipped with this site. There is no newsletter, account, checkout, comment box or Cloudflare analytics beacon on these pages. No Google AdSense, Popunder, Banner or Smartlink unit is loaded.

Why the site processes this data

The site uses these services to measure readership, understand page use and fund the guide. Its current first-visit behaviour is default-on with an opt-out, not prior opt-in. A value of granted written automatically by code is a technical state, not evidence that a visitor has freely and actively consented. Displaying a notice or offering Reject afterwards does not turn that default into valid legal consent. Where applicable law requires prior consent for non-essential storage or processing, this default-on behaviour must not be represented as satisfying that requirement. This page does not claim EEA, UK or Swiss compliance merely because Consent Mode or a consent API is present. See the ICO guidance on cookies and active consent and the EDPB consent guidelines. Email correspondence is used to answer the request and maintain a correction record; do not send sensitive account credentials.

The site keeps its own consent and hide-ads records for 180 days. Correspondence is kept only as long as needed to answer it and to document a correction, then deleted. Provider-side retention is set by each provider: Google's GA4 property setting (user and event data), Microsoft's Clarity project setting, and Adsterra's own retention for campaign and delivery records. Those periods are not fixed by this page and can change; the provider links below describe the current defaults.

Personalised advertising and opt-out

Adsterra may serve personalised advertising when the granted record is present. You can turn advertising off here with Reject or Hide ads, and you can also use industry controls for participating providers (these do not guarantee that Adsterra or every creative partner is covered):

• Google Ad Settings for Google-served personalisation; this is not an Adsterra opt-out.
• DAA WebChoices and NAI opt-out for participating advertisers in the United States.
• Your Online Choices for participating advertisers in Europe.
• Adsterra privacy policy and Adsterra cookie policy for its own choices and contacts.

Opting out of personalisation does not necessarily stop ads; it stops ads based on your inferred interests. Browser settings that block third-party storage can also limit these providers.

Your rights and contact

You can ask for a copy of mail you sent, a correction, or deletion of that correspondence. You can withdraw the analytics, recording and advertising choice with Cookie settings in the footer, then Reject. You can also clear site data for this origin in your browser. Requests about data held by Google, Microsoft or Adsterra may need to go to that provider; the links above and their privacy policies explain how. You can complain to your local data-protection authority.

Contact [email protected]. This page was checked on 30 Oct 2026. Material changes are posted here with a new date. Provider references: GA4 cookies, Google privacy, Clarity cookie list, Clarity consent API, Microsoft privacy, Adsterra privacy, and YouTube embeds.