Privacy policy

Who this policy covers

This policy is for https://helpingyourboyfriend.net/. Contact [email protected]. The game studio is a separate controller for anything you do on itch.io after you leave.

What the pages load

Fonts are Nunito files shipped with the site, not a Google Fonts request. An inline script sets Consent Mode defaults to denied for ad_storage, ad_user_data, ad_personalization, and analytics_storage, and it turns on ads_data_redaction and url_passthrough. That script runs first; after it, our one measurement tag loads: Google Analytics 4 with measurement id G-01SSV2L76W, which fetches https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js and calls gtag config. We never set analytics_storage to granted, so it stays in cookieless mode: pings go to google-analytics.com without reading or writing analytics cookies, and no opt-in screen for measurement is shown. The second measurement tag is Microsoft Clarity with project id ytktzluran: it loads from clarity.ms with the page, builds heatmaps of clicks, taps and scrolling, and replays anonymised sessions. It runs from the first page view, before you answer the cookie bar. There is no ad unit.

Google / YouTube receives requests only after you allow embeds and press Play. The tested player loads youtube-nocookie.com, google.com, gstatic.com, ytimg.com, ggpht.com and googleapis.com; playback can also use googlevideo.com. The player sends its own activity logs. It does not receive our site’s localStorage consent value. itch.io, static.itch.io and img.itch.zone load only after you allow embeds and press the download card. The card runs in a script-disabled sandbox, so its Google Tag Manager code cannot execute. These providers may log IP addresses and browser details; the video provider may use its own storage or show ads. Our analytics tags are the two described above, Google Analytics 4 and Microsoft Clarity; we install no advertising tags.

localStorage, cookies, and how long they last

Key hyb-consent stores your choice (granted or denied) and a timestamp. The script deletes it after 180 days. We never receive that value on a server. Google Analytics does not set its usual analytics cookies, because analytics_storage stays denied. Microsoft Clarity does set two first-party cookies: _clck, which keeps a random visitor id for up to a year, and _clsk, which groups the pages of one visit for a day. After you allow an embed, YouTube or itch.io may set their own cookies under their policies.

If your browser sends Global Privacy Control, optional embeds remain blocked even when Allow is pressed. Cookie settings in the footer reopens the choice. Reject saves a denial and removes any active frames; it cannot undo requests already sent to those providers.

Legal basis, rights, ads, and changes

Optional embeds rely on your consent. The local preference is necessary to remember your choice and expires after 180 days. Reject overwrites it with a denial; clearing site data removes it. We cannot erase storage on your device by email. Hosting provider Cloudflare processes connection data such as IP address and request logs to deliver and protect the site. You can contact us about privacy rights and complain to your local data-protection authority. We do not sell personal information.

We do not personalize ads. YouTube may still show an ad inside a trailer after you press Play. Ad settings you can use on your own Google account: https://adssettings.google.com/ . Industry opt-out pages: https://www.youronlinechoices.com/ and https://optout.networkadvertising.org/ .

This text was updated on 2026-10-06. A change that adds a script will be written here before that script ships. Older paths /privacy-policy/, /cookie-policy/, and /cookies/ redirect to this page.

What I checked

I checked the built pages against this text. The only third-party frames are the YouTube trailer and the itch.io download card, and both stay out of the first HTML until a click. Two measurement tags load with the page: Google Analytics 4 with Consent Mode defaults set to denied, and Microsoft Clarity for heatmaps and session recordings. No ad tag is loaded. If that changes, this page changes in the same update.

Image references

• Official Helping Your Boyfriend title art with Adrian reading papers
• Opening scene that names Adrian Winchester, a doctor in the city

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