Aliens Decoded

Privacy

What we count, and your choice

We count visits so we can see which worlds, craft and encounters people enjoy, and make the site better. We never use it for advertising, we never sell it, and you can switch it off below.

What we collect

Basic, anonymous figures about how the site is used:

• which pages you open and roughly how long you stay;
• the kind of device, browser and screen you use;
• your rough location (country or city), worked out from your internet address, which is then thrown away and not stored;
• the website or link that brought you here.

We do not ask for your name or email, and nothing we collect is used to work out who you are.

How we count

• Google Analytics (Google Ireland Ltd and Google LLC). It sets two small cookies (_ga and _ga_961TDQQFN7) that tell repeat visits apart. They last 60 days. We have switched off everything Google offers for advertising: advertising cookies, ad personalisation and Google signals. Google may process the figures in the US, under the UK-US data bridge.
• Cloudflare Web Analytics (Cloudflare Inc.). It sets no cookies and stores nothing that identifies you.

Under UK law (the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations, as changed by the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025), cookies used only to count visits and improve a website do not need a consent banner, as long as we explain them clearly and give you a simple, free way to say no. This page is that explanation, and the switch above is that way.

Your choices

• Use the switch at the top of this page. It remembers your choice on this device and deletes the Google Analytics cookies straight away.
• If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control signal, we never count your visits.
• You can also block or delete cookies in your browser's settings at any time.

Other things your browser fetches

Our fonts are kept on our own site. Some pages load code libraries (for the 3D planets) from cdnjs.cloudflare.com and cdn.jsdelivr.net. Like any website, those services see your internet address in order to send the files, but they set no cookies for us.

Why we are allowed to, and your rights

We count visits because we have a legitimate interest in understanding and improving the site. You have the right to ask what we hold about you, to ask us to delete it and to object. As the figures are anonymous, in most cases we hold nothing that could be linked back to you. To ask anything, email hello@aliensdecoded.com. If you are unhappy with how we handle your data, you can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk.

Last updated 15 October 2026.