Operator and scope
This Privacy Policy applies to ark-survivalevolved.com, an independent ARK: Survival Evolved reference. The site operator handles editorial and privacy requests at [email protected]. Studio Wildcard, Snail Games and Valve do not operate this Site.
Page delivery and hosting
Opening a page sends your IP address, requested URL, browser information and request time to the hosting infrastructure so the page can be delivered and the service kept secure. The Site application itself has no visitor account database and does not build marketing profiles. Hosting providers may keep standard server logs under their own retention rules.
Local storage (first-party preferences)
Our scripts set no cookies. When browser storage is available, they save only these three preferences in local storage:
| Key | Purpose |
|---|---|
ark-theme | Light / dark reading theme |
ark-language | Preferred language edition |
ark-first-day | Beginner checklist progress |
These values stay on your device until you clear them or your browser removes site data. The control below clears all three; the checklist reset on the beginner guide clears checklist progress only. Blocking storage does not prevent reading the guides.
Advertising status and Google AdSense
This published release does not load Google AdSense, other advertising scripts or advertising measurement tags. It does not send advertising events to Google. We plan to use AdSense to support the site; ad serving remains disabled until site approval and consent controls are in place.
Publisher authorisation for Google is listed at /ads.txt (pub-8185526558424562). Ad scripts are still not loaded in this release. Before activating ads, we will keep this policy aligned with the services actually used. When enabled, Google and its advertising partners use cookies and similar technologies to serve and measure ads. Google advertising cookies allow Google and its partners to personalise ads based on earlier visits to this site and other websites.
Before serving ads to visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, we will configure a Google-certified consent management platform (CMP). Visitors will be able to accept or reject optional advertising storage and personalisation and revisit their choice. Our site will not load advertising tags before valid consent or after refusal. Reading the guides does not require advertising consent.
Google’s partner-site explanation, cookie information and ad settings are linked below. You can manage Google ad personalisation in My Ad Center and participating third-party advertising choices at About Ads. Disabling personalisation in Google settings does not clear this site’s local preferences.
- How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services
- Google cookie information
- Google My Ad Center
- About Ads opt-out
Messages and retention
The correction-note download creates a file on your device only; it sends no message by itself. Emailing us discloses your email address and whatever you choose to include. We use that information to answer the request, correct content or handle rights claims. We delete resolved correspondence within 90 days of closure, except records we must keep for legal obligations. We do not sell correspondence or use it for marketing lists.
Analytics and other third parties
Aside from hosting delivery and the planned AdSense stack above, this release does not load separate product-analytics suites or remote webfont CDNs. External links (Steam, community wiki, Google policy pages and similar) are operated by those parties under their own privacy policies once you follow the link.
Children
The Site has no registration flow aimed at children and does not knowingly solicit children’s personal information. Do not email us personal data about a child. If you believe we received such information, contact us so we can delete it.
Your choices and policy updates
You can read without saving preferences, clear local data with the control above, use Google’s ad settings when ads are active, and request access, correction or deletion of information you emailed us. Describe which message you mean; do not send passwords or identity documents. Material changes to this policy are published on this page with an updated date in the page header.
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