What this site records about you
I use Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity to see which pages and features people use, so I can make the site better. They count visits, clicks and scrolling, and Clarity records anonymized sessions with text masked. There are no ads, nothing you type is sent (Bella's questions included), and if your browser sends Global Privacy Control, neither tool loads at all. 3 small settings stay on your own device; the table below names each one.
Checked by the build every time the site is published: it read 165 code files, allowed the two analytics tools in exactly one script, and found nothing else. That code last changed on .
Everything, item by item
| What | Recorded? | Where it stays |
|---|---|---|
| Which of the 15 system pieces you've uncovered by asking Bella | Yes, as a list of piece names under the name bella-pieces | Your browser only. It is never sent anywhere. |
| Whether Bella's tip bubble already showed today, or that you asked her never to show it again | Yes, as a date, or "off" under the name bella-tip | Your browser only. It is never sent anywhere. |
| Whether you turned the homepage game's music on or off | Yes, as "on" or "off" under the name hs-music | Your browser only. It is never sent anywhere. |
| Google Analytics 4 | Yes: pages viewed, scrolling, clicks on links like LinkedIn or the resume, and named moments like opening Bella or playing the game | Sent to Google. Google signals and ad personalization are off. Google's privacy policy |
| Microsoft Clarity | Yes: heatmaps and anonymized session recordings, with page text masked | Sent to Microsoft. Microsoft's privacy statement |
| Cookies | Only the two analytics tools set them, to tell a returning visit from a new one | Your browser. This site's own code sets none. |
| What you type | No | Questions you ask Bella stay in your browser; only whether she found an answer is counted. |
| Ads or ad tracking | No | None. Every other script and both fonts are served from this site. |
| Your game scores | Counted, not named | Starting a game, lines cleared and sharing a score are counted in Google Analytics, never tied to your name. |
| The arcade scoreboard | Only if you post a score: your three initials, the score, lines cleared and the date | Shown publicly on the homepage's top 10, stored with Netlify. Your IP address isn't stored; a scrambled version of it is kept for ten minutes to stop spam. |
| Where you go when you leave | No | Sites you click through to see only that you came from haydenschuster.com, not which page. |
Can I opt out?
Yes. Turn on Global Privacy Control in your browser (Brave, DuckDuckGo and Firefox offer it, and extensions add it elsewhere) and neither analytics tool loads here. To remove the settings above, clear this site's data in your browser's settings.
Things outside this site
Netlify hosts the site and receives each request your browser makes, as any web host does; Netlify's privacy policy covers that. The game's Share score button and the LinkedIn links open LinkedIn only when you tap them.