1. Who We Are
GRAIN ROT Guide is an unofficial, fan-made strategy guide for the video game GRAIN ROT. This site is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by Beck & Branch Games (the developer) or Neem Interactive (the publisher). GRAIN ROT, and all game screenshots and artwork shown on this site, are the property of their respective owners and are displayed for fan-guide purposes.
2. Information We Do Not Collect
This site has no accounts, no registration, no comment system, no newsletter, and no contact forms. We do not ask for, receive, or store your name, email address, password, payment details, or any other personal information you might consider "yours." You can read every page on this site without telling us anything about yourself.
3. Analytics (Google Analytics 4)
We use Google Analytics 4 (measurement ID G-RZ9MVC7YCE), a web analytics service provided by Google LLC, to understand which guides are read and how visitors find the site. Google Analytics collects, among other things:
- Pages you visit on this site and how long you spend on them
- How you arrived here (e.g., a search engine or a link from another site)
- Your approximate geographic location (country/city level, derived from IP)
- Device type, browser, operating system and screen size
Google Analytics works by setting first-party cookies (such as _ga and
_ga_*) on your browser. The data is processed by Google on our behalf and
is reported to us only in aggregated, statistical form — we cannot, and do not try to,
identify individual visitors from it. Google's own use of this data is governed by the
Google Privacy Policy.
Your choices
- Block cookies for grainrot.org in your browser settings — the site works fully without them.
- Install Google's official opt-out add-on (available for Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Safari) to disable Google Analytics measurement on all sites.
- Use private browsing or a tracker-blocking extension; none of this site's content is gated.
4. Advertising and Third-Party Ad Technologies
We display advertising served by Google AdSense and other third-party advertising networks (currently including effectivecpmnetwork.com). To serve, measure, limit the frequency of, and personalize ads, Google and other third-party vendors may use cookies, web beacons, IP addresses, and other identifiers, based on visits to this site and other sites. Those vendors may collect information such as the pages you view, your browser and device information, approximate location derived from IP, and ad interaction information.
Where required by law, we present a consent choice before non-essential advertising cookies or personalized advertising are used (via Google's consent-management message and Consent Mode). You can manage Google advertising preferences at any time through Google My Ad Center, and opt out of personalized advertising at Google Ads Settings. Google's use of advertising data is described in the Google advertising technologies policy. We will update this policy and any consent notice before changing our advertising practices.
5. Hosting & Content Delivery (Cloudflare)
The site is hosted on Cloudflare Workers. To deliver pages and protect against abuse, Cloudflare necessarily processes technical request data — your IP address, browser headers and timestamps — at the moment you load a page. We do not combine this data with analytics data, and we do not retain or export server logs for any other purpose. Cloudflare's own data handling is described in the Cloudflare Privacy Policy.
6. Cookies Summary
| Cookie | Purpose | Type | Typical duration |
|---|---|---|---|
_ga, _ga_* | Google Analytics — distinguishes visitors for aggregate statistics | Analytics (first-party) | Up to 2 years |
| Google and third-party advertising cookies, web beacons, and identifiers | AdSense: serve, measure, limit frequency, and personalize ads (subject to your consent choices) | Advertising (third-party) | Varies by provider and your consent choices |
We use no social media trackers and no marketing pixels beyond the analytics and advertising tags described above. External links (Steam, Discord, Reddit, YouTube, Twitch) may set their own cookies once you leave this site; their privacy policies apply from that point on.
7. Children's Privacy
This site is not directed at children under 13 (or the minimum age in your jurisdiction). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children, and no part of the site is designed to attract such information.
8. Your Rights
Depending on where you live (including the EU/UK under GDPR and California under CCPA/CPRA), you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or restrict the use of your personal data. The data processing tied to this site is aggregated analytics and advertising delivery as described above — we cannot trace either back to you; the practical way to exercise your choices is to use the consent message and the opt-outs described in sections 3 and 4. If you believe we hold any personal data about you, contact us (section 10) and we will investigate and respond.
9. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy when the site changes (for example, if we add a comments system or a newsletter). The effective date above always shows the current version; significant changes will be noted on this page.
10. Contact
Questions about this policy or about the site's data practices can be sent to contact@grainrot.org.