Privacy Policy

Malon OOT is an independent guide to Malon in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. This policy explains what loads when you open a page, what is stored in your browser, how long it stays, and how to turn it off. The site does not sell personal information and does not ask you to create an account.

Default loading, the banner, and Reject

Google Analytics 4, Microsoft Clarity and Adsterra load on the first view for a visitor with no stored choice. The banner is a notice with two buttons, not a lock on the page: Accept keeps the integrations on, and Reject turns them off and records that decision for 180 days. Choosing Reject reloads the page to stop scripts already running. The same Reject path is available later from Cookie settings in the footer. If the browser sends Global Privacy Control, or Do Not Track is 1, the site treats that as Reject. An expired or missing record is treated as granted again, and the banner is shown again after 180 days.

What loads, and why

What this site stores itself

The site writes two first-party localStorage keys and no advertising identifier of its own. mo_consent holds the choice (granted or denied), the matching ads flag, a timestamp and the 180-day window. mo_socialbar_closed holds {"closed":true,"at":…} when you close the sponsored bar, also for 180 days, so the bar does not reappear on the next page view. Clearing site data for malonoot.com removes both. These local records stay in the browser. If browser local storage is unavailable, the preference falls back to a first-party mo_consent cookie with the same 180-day expiry, sent with requests to this site.

Advertising, personalisation and opt-outs

Adsterra is the only advertising network on this site; there is no AdSense, Popunder, Banner or Smartlink code. Ads load by default and stop after Reject. Where advertising is personalised, you can object or opt out through Google ad settings, Your Online Choices, the Digital Advertising Alliance opt-out, or the NAI opt-out. You can also use the close control on the sponsored bar; that choice is remembered in mo_socialbar_closed for 180 days. Opt-outs are browser- and vendor-specific, so a new browser or a cleared profile may need them again.

Sharing, transfers and retention

The vendors above receive your IP address, user agent, the page URL and the referring page when their scripts run, and they process that data under their own policies. Google, Microsoft and Adsterra may process data outside the EEA under the safeguards described in their policies (for Google, the EU–US Data Privacy Framework and standard contractual clauses; for Microsoft, its privacy statement and DPA). Our hosting and email providers may process request logs and correspondence to deliver the site and answer requests. Mail is handled through Cloudflare Email Routing and our mail-hub Worker. Contact us to request deletion of correspondence. The two site preference records expire after 180 days; third-party retention follows the linked vendor policies.

Your rights

You can ask what we hold (normally only the mail you sent), ask for deletion of that mail, and withdraw the browser choice at any time with Reject or Cookie settings. Depending on where you live you may also access, correct, port or restrict processing, object to legitimate-interest processing, and complain to a data-protection authority. Write to [email protected] or use the contact page; we aim to answer within a few days. This guide is not aimed at children under 13 and does not ask them to create an account. Material changes appear on this page with a new updated date. Aliases /privacy-policy/, /cookie-policy/ and /cookies/ redirect here.

Summary: analytics, replay and ads load by default; the banner tells you and lets you reject; Reject turns them off for 180 days; the only first-party keys are mo_consent and mo_socialbar_closed; the vendors are Google Analytics 4, Microsoft Clarity, Adsterra and the YouTube privacy-enhanced player.