Privacy Policy
dirt-clicker.com (referred to below as “the Site,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is a fan-run hub built around the idle/clicker game Dirt Clicker. Visitors can play a browser-based version of the game, read strategy walkthroughs, and browse suggestions for other titles with similar mechanics. This page describes, in plain terms, what happens to information about you when you visit. Using the Site means you’re okay with the practices laid out here.
Ownership of What’s Published Here
The copy of Dirt Clicker embedded on the Site was pulled from a source that’s freely accessible online, and we’ve made no changes to its code — original developer credits stay exactly as we found them. That’s separate from the guides, comparisons, and other writing on the Site, which is ours (or licensed to us) and isn’t available for anyone else to copy or republish without asking us first, in writing.
What Gets Collected
We keep the data footprint of the Site small. Two broad categories of information may end up in our hands:
- Whatever you type into a form or email us — a name, an email address, the contents of a message you send through the contact form, that sort of thing.
- Background technical data picked up as you browse — your IP address, what browser and device you’re using, which operating system, which pages you land on and click through, what site sent you our way, and similar usage signals gathered through cookies, server logs, or third-party analytics.
Cookies
Small pieces of stored data — cookies and things like them — are what let the Site remember your settings, keep functioning the way it’s supposed to, help us measure traffic, and support the ad units you see. Feel free to block or wipe them from your browser at any point; just know that some Site features may stop behaving normally if you do.
Ads on the Site
We work with outside advertising networks, Google AdSense being one of them, to place ads across the Site. Those networks can drop their own cookies and use them to shape which ads you’re shown, based on what you’ve done here and elsewhere online.
- Google’s ad delivery, in particular, can lean on cookie data to personalize what you see.
- Want to control that? Google’s own settings page is here: Google Ads Settings.
- For a broader opt-out that covers more than just Google, try aboutads.info.
- If you want the technical detail on how Google treats data from sites it partners with, it’s spelled out at Google’s Privacy & Terms.
Measuring Traffic
Tools like Google Analytics may run in the background to help us understand how people are actually using the Site so we can improve it. What comes back to us through those tools is rolled up and anonymized — we’re looking at patterns, not trying to pick out any one visitor.
Why We Bother Collecting Any of This
The short version: to keep the Site operating and getting better, to answer you when you write in, to watch for performance issues, to understand the paths visitors take through the Site, and to make the ads shown here somewhat more relevant instead of totally random.
If You’re in California
California residents may have specific rights under the CCPA connected to any personal information we hold, including asking what we’ve collected about you and requesting that it be deleted. To exercise either, get in touch through our Contact page.
What’s in Your Control
Cookie settings live in your browser — that’s fully your call. Ad personalization can be dialed back using the links above. Curious what data we might have tied to your visits? Ask us directly and we’ll walk you through it. We’re not in the business of knowingly collecting information from children.
Want to Advertise or Partner With Us?
If you represent a brand or business and you’re interested in advertising space or a partnership, send a note through our Contact page. Every proposal gets read, and we respond where there’s a genuine fit.
Think We’re Using Your Copyrighted Work?
Reach out via our Contact page with proof of ownership and the exact URL of the page in question. We review every legitimate claim and act on confirmed ones without dragging our feet. The full procedure lives in our DMCA Policy.
This Policy Can Change
We may tweak this page now and then, whether that’s because our practices shift or because the law requires it. Whatever version is posted here at any given moment is the one that applies — check back occasionally if you want to stay current.
Questions?
Anything unclear about this policy, or about how the Site handles your information generally? Send it our way through the Contact page.