Privacy policy
Effective 31 Oct 2026. This page names the services directly configured by this site, the storage keys we control, and how to turn them off.
Who to contact
SandBlocks.pro is an independent guide to Sand Blocks: Drop Puzzle. It is not operated by Rollic Games. Privacy requests go to [email protected]. Messages sent to this address are processed through Cloudflare Email Routing and our mail-hub mailbox; a copy may be kept in our Google-hosted operational inbox to handle replies. Please send only information needed for your request.
What loads, and when
Google Analytics 4, Microsoft Clarity and Adsterra load by default, on the first view, before you press anything on the banner. The banner is a notice plus a way to withdraw, not a gate in front of the tags. Pressing Reject stops all three and remembers that choice for 180 days; pressing Accept keeps them on. Global Privacy Control and Do Not Track are treated as Reject.
| Party | When | Purpose | Storage |
|---|---|---|---|
| This site | Every page | Remember Accept or Reject | localStorage sb_consent (180 days) |
| This site | When the Adsterra bar is shown | Remember that you closed the floating bar | localStorage sb_social_bar_closed (180 days) |
| Google Analytics 4 (Google) | Default on; off after Reject | Count visits and page views, see which guides are read | Google may use analytics cookies such as _ga and _ga_07MHGLNWDD, page URLs, device information and visit events. The loader is served from googletagmanager.com; collection uses Google Analytics hosts. Event retention follows the property's settings. |
| Microsoft Clarity (Microsoft) | Default on; off after Reject | Heatmaps and session replays so layout problems are visible | Clarity documents cookies including _clck, _clsk, CLID, MUID, ANONCHK and MR. Requests use clarity.ms and may use Microsoft advertising hosts such as bing.com; project z67ljf1l0n. Cookie availability depends on browser settings and region. |
| Adsterra | Default on; off after Reject | Serve the Native Banner and the Social Bar, measure impressions | Adsterra's scripts (served from bicea.org) and its partners may set first- and third-party cookies and localStorage on their own domains; the names and lifetimes are controlled by Adsterra, not by this site. Our units are NativeBanner_1 and SocialBar_1. |
| YouTube (Google) | Only when you press Play on a video | Show the walkthrough you asked for | The player uses youtube-nocookie.com in privacy-enhanced mode and may request Google video, image and player hosts. YouTube handles playback data and may use storage under its own policy. The local poster makes no YouTube request before Play. |
The site directly configures the services listed above. Adsterra may request additional advertising partners and rotating creative hosts; those requests are controlled by Adsterra and also stop on a subsequent page load after Reject. Our ads.txt declares only Adsterra, publisher 3403020, because that is the only seller with inventory here.
Consent, and how to withdraw it
The page sets a Consent Mode v2 default before any tag configuration: analytics_storage is granted, the three ad signals start denied and are raised to granted by the default-on path. If you have no stored choice and Global Privacy Control and Do Not Track are off, the page writes a granted record and then shows the banner. Reject writes a denied record, calls gtag('consent','update') with denied signals, sets window["ga-disable-G-07MHGLNWDD"], removes the Clarity and Adsterra scripts, and reloads. The record expires after 180 days, after which the default-on path runs again and the banner is shown again. You can reopen the banner with Cookie settings in the footer at any time, or delete sb_consent in your browser.
How the notice works
The default-on setting is a technical description of this site. An automatically saved granted record records the initial setting; it does not show that you clicked Accept. The banner offers Accept and Reject, and Cookie settings lets you change that setting. Contact us about a data protection request or concern using the address above.
Personalized advertising
Adsterra and its partners may personalize ads using the identifiers described above. Use Reject to stop these scripts on this site, or read Adsterra's own choices in its privacy policy. Google's separate advertising choices are available in Google Ads Settings. Pressing Reject here does not delete identifiers another site already set.
Retention
Our own keys last 180 days. GA4 events and Clarity recordings follow each project's retention settings. We have not published an account retention value here. Adsterra keeps data under its own policy. We keep correspondence while it is needed to resolve the request and handle follow-up; you can ask us to delete it. Server logs of the static host, if the host keeps any, are not operated from this repository; ask via the contact address and we will pass the request to the host.
Your choices and rights
You can ask for access, correction, deletion or a copy of the messages you send us, and you can object to further mail. Use the contact address. You can clear sb_consent and sb_social_bar_closed in your browser, block third-party scripts, or use your browser's tracking protection. Blocking scripts does not break the guides.
Do Not Track and children
navigator.globalPrivacyControl and a browser Do Not Track value of 1 are honored as Reject. This guide is not aimed at children under 13. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, contact us to request deletion.
Changes
When the script list changes, the date at the top of this page changes with it. Old copies are replaced in full rather than hidden in a changelog only.
Questions
Do the analytics and ad scripts wait for me to press Accept?
No. Google Analytics 4, Microsoft Clarity and Adsterra load on the first view, before you touch the banner. The banner tells you that and gives you Reject. Pressing Reject stops all three, remembers the choice for 180 days, and reloads the page so the scripts are actually unloaded.
How do I change my choice later?
Use Cookie settings in the footer, or clear the sb_consent key for this site in your browser. Accept loads the three parties again; Reject keeps them off for another 180 days. Global Privacy Control and Do Not Track are treated as Reject on every visit.
Does Reject stop Google Analytics too?
Yes. Reject writes analytics_storage as denied, sets window["ga-disable-G-07MHGLNWDD"], removes the Clarity tag and removes the Adsterra scripts. The next page load reads the stored choice and does not create them.
Is YouTube gated by the banner?
No. The video player is a click-to-load facade: nothing is requested from YouTube until you press Play. That is a performance choice, not a consent gate, and pressing Reject does not remove the Play button.
Sources
- Google partner sites — checked 2026-10-31
- Google Analytics data retention — checked 2026-10-31
- Microsoft Clarity cookie documentation — checked 2026-10-31
- Google Consent Mode implementation — checked 2026-10-31
- Adsterra privacy policy — checked 2026-10-31
- YouTube embed help — checked 2026-10-31