Privacy policy

This site loads Google Analytics 4, Microsoft Clarity and Adsterra advertising on the first page view. The banner tells you that and lets you withdraw: Reject turns all three off and is remembered for 180 days. This page names every third party the site actually loads, the browser storage they may use, the published retention information, and the controls available to visitors.

PianoGlow training screen with a musical staff
Steam store screenshot, checked 9 Nov 2026.

What loads, and when

On a first visit the page starts Google Analytics 4, Microsoft Clarity and the two Adsterra units immediately. The cookie banner is notice and withdrawal, not a gate: it does not block the page and it does not hold the scripts back. If you press Reject, the site writes a denied choice, stops the loaders, sets Google Analytics’ disable flag, and reloads the page so already running third-party code is closed. The denied choice is remembered for 180 days. Accept writes a granted choice and clears a previous Reject.

YouTube is different: the trailer is a facade with a play button. The youtube-nocookie.com player is created only when you press play, and only if the stored choice is not denied. If you have rejected, the play button offers a link to YouTube instead of creating a frame.

Third parties and storage in use on this site.
NameWhat it doesStorageRetentionLoading / source status
Google Analytics 4 (G-VSVBP7HJB3)Page views and eventsCookies _ga and _ga_<container>Google documents 2 or 14 months for standard property event data; this property setting is not publishedDefault load; Reject closes it · Google documentation, 1 publisher
Microsoft Clarity (project zas0bu6rd9)Heatmaps and session recordingsCookies _clck, _clsk and MUIDMicrosoft documents its current retention policy; no project-specific duration is asserted hereDefault load; Reject closes it · Microsoft documentation, 1 publisher
Adsterra (publisher 3403020)Native Banner 32169303 and Social Bar 32169304Network-managed advertising cookies; this site stores pg_ads_closedVendor retention varies; pg_ads_closed lasts until Accept or you clear itDefault load; Reject closes it · Adsterra policy, 1 publisher
YouTube (youtube-nocookie.com)Trailer player after you press playGoogle controls player storage and playback dataDetermined by Google; no fixed duration assertedAfter Play, unless rejected · Google documentation, 1 publisher
This siteYour consent recordlocalStorage pg_consent180 daysNeeded to remember the browser choice · site implementation

Google Analytics 4

This site uses Google Analytics 4 measurement ID G-VSVBP7HJB3. Its loader requests www.googletagmanager.com and measurement requests go to www.google-analytics.com. It records page views, the page path, referrer, approximate location derived from IP, device and browser type, and events such as outbound link clicks. Google’s privacy documentation below explains its treatment of measurement and device data.

GA4 writes the _ga cookie (a client ID, two years) and a _ga_<container> cookie (session state, two years). Google documents 2-month and 14-month event-data retention options for standard properties. The property’s selected retention setting is not publicly available, so we do not assign one here. The head sets analytics_storage to granted by default, and Reject changes it to denied and sets ga-disable-G-VSVBP7HJB3 so later hits are not sent.

You can refuse GA4 without using this banner with Google’s opt-out browser add-on at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout, or block it with a content blocker. Google’s own explanation is at policies.google.com/privacy.

Microsoft Clarity

Clarity project zas0bu6rd9 records heatmaps and session replays: clicks, scroll depth, mouse movement, and a masked view of the page. This site does not add a custom identifier to the recording. The loader and collection use www.clarity.ms, scripts.clarity.ms and regional *.clarity.ms hosts. The recording is linked to a Clarity user ID, not to a name or an account on this site, because the site has no accounts.

Microsoft lists _clck and _clsk as site cookies and describes Microsoft cookies such as CLID, ANONCHK, MR, MUID and SM that can be involved. Which cookies are available depends on browser and vendor controls. The Microsoft cookie documentation and FAQ below describe current storage and retention; we do not assign an unverified project-specific lifetime. Reject withdraws the loader choice and reloads this site to close the active recorder. Microsoft’s privacy statement is linked in Sources.

Adsterra advertising

Adsterra serves two formats on this site: a Native Banner in the content column (unit 32169303, NativeBanner_1) and a Social Bar fixed at the bottom of the viewport (unit 32169304, SocialBar_1). The publisher ID is 3403020 and the Adsterra website ID is 6186526. The saved Adsterra setup has adult advertising disabled and lists these two formats. This site does not configure a Popunder, Banner or Smartlink unit.

Adsterra and its creative hosts, including bicea.org, may set cookies and read device information to choose and measure an ad. The names and lifetimes are set by the network and can change; Adsterra’s own policy at adsterra.com/privacy-policy/ explains them. This site stores pg_ads_closed in localStorage when you close the Social Bar, so the bar stays closed on later page views until you press Accept or clear site data. The Native Banner container is inert markup until the loader creates the invoker script.

Adsterra may serve personalized advertising. Use Cookie settings and Reject to turn this site’s ad loaders off. Adsterra’s policy and cookie-policy pages explain the network’s own privacy contacts and controls. Reject stops both Adsterra loaders and reloads the page to close creatives and active ad code; the denied choice is remembered for 180 days. It does not undo data already sent before the click.

YouTube

The trailer uses a facade. No YouTube frame is created while the page loads. When you press play and the stored choice is not denied, the page creates an iframe from youtube-nocookie.com with autoplay. Google describes this as its privacy-enhanced embedded player. Playback can still involve Google network requests, device information and player storage under policies.google.com/privacy. We do not assign cookie names or fixed lifetimes to every possible player session. If you have rejected, the play button offers a direct link to youtube.com instead, and no frame is created.

The consent record, Reject, and Global Privacy Control

The site stores pg_consent in localStorage as JSON with two fields: choice (granted or denied) and exp (a timestamp 180 days ahead). It is read by the consent banner, the GA4 block, the Clarity loader and the Adsterra loader. When it expires, the next visit is treated as a new visit and the default-on path runs again. The record is not a cookie and is not sent to a server.

Global Privacy Control and Do Not Track are treated as withdrawal. If navigator.globalPrivacyControl is true, or the browser exposes Do Not Track as 1, the site writes denied and keeps it denied even if Accept is pressed. Cookie settings in the footer opens the banner again so you can change the choice; Accept clears a previous Reject and lets the loaders run again.

The banner is shown on a first visit and after a choice expires. It is not a gate: the page and the third-party loaders start before you click. That is the default-on policy this site follows, and Reject is the way to stop them.

Your rights and contact

For questions or requests about access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection or portability, write to the site address below. This site has no account system. You can remove the localStorage record in your browser’s site-data settings and use Cookie settings to change the loading choice. Requests about data held by Google, Microsoft or Adsterra can also be sent through their privacy contacts.

Write to [email protected] for a privacy question about this site. The address is on the brand domain and receives messages through this site’s mailbox. You can also contact the privacy regulator responsible for your region. The game itself is published by TheAlanski at pianoglow.com, and their policy covers the game and its accounts; this page covers pianoglow.org only.

Changes to this policy

This page changes when the scripts change. The date at the bottom is the date of the last change. If the configured services change, the vendor list and loading description are updated with them. The current list comes from the site configuration and the public documents linked below. Vendor documents describe the vendor’s service; multiple pages from the same vendor count as one publisher, not independent confirmation.

PianoGlow falling notes above a lit keyboard
Steam store screenshot, checked 9 Nov 2026.

Related guides

Questions

Do ads and analytics load before I click Accept?

Yes. Google Analytics 4, Microsoft Clarity and Adsterra start on the first page view. The banner tells you and lets you withdraw. Reject turns them off and is remembered for 180 days.

How do I change my mind?

Use Cookie settings in the footer, then Accept or Reject. Accept clears a previous Reject; Reject stops GA4, Clarity, Adsterra and the YouTube player.

Do you serve adult ads?

The saved Adsterra setup has adult advertising disabled and contains a Native Banner and Social Bar. This site does not configure a Popunder or Smartlink unit.

Who can answer a privacy question?

Write to [email protected] about this site. The vendor policies below describe each vendor’s handling of its own data.

Sources

Page updated 2026-11-09.

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