Privacy
Privacy policy
This page describes what actually happens when you open a page here. It is written to match the code, not to be generic.
Last verified: September 20, 2026
The short version
- No accounts, no logins, no comment system — so no names, emails or passwords are collected.
- No first-party cookies and no fingerprinting on our side.
- One item is saved in your browser: the light/dark theme preference (localStorage key tf3-theme).
- Two third-party services load on page views: Microsoft Clarity and the ad network Adsterra.
- YouTube videos are click-to-load: the player only connects when you press play.
Third-party services
| Service | When it loads | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Clarity | Every page | Anonymised session recordings, heatmaps and click statistics. Sets its own cookies. |
| Adsterra | Pages with ad slots, after the page is idle | Serves the ads on article pages. Sets its own cookies and may read them across sites. |
| YouTube (youtube-nocookie.com) | Only after you press play | Plays the embedded video. Google sets cookies at that point. |
| Google Search Console | Never in your browser | Search-side statistics, measured by Google, not by a script on this site. |
Only the first three ever run in your browser. Each is linked in the sources below.
The videos on this site are embedded through youtube-nocookie.com and the player is not created until you click. If you never press play, no request is made to YouTube.
What we can and cannot see
Clarity gives us aggregate behaviour: how far people scroll, which sections they click, where sessions end. It does not give us names or email addresses. We also see aggregate server logs and Search Console data (impressions, clicks, queries) which tell us which pages answer real questions.
We do not build user profiles, do not sell data, and do not run ads that follow you between sites ourselves — the ad network decides how ads are targeted, which is why its policy is linked above.
Your choices
- Block clarity.ms and highperformanceformat.com with any content blocker to stop both services.
- Turn off third-party cookies in your browser to limit what the ad network can store.
- Clear the tf3-theme key in your browser storage to remove the only thing we save.
- If you are in the EU/UK and want to exercise a data request, email us and we will pass it to the relevant provider.
Contact
Questions about this policy, or a request about your data: contact@transportfever3.world. This site is run by a private individual as an independent reference project and is not affiliated with Urban Games or Paradox Interactive.
This policy describes the site as built on the date shown above. If the analytics or ad setup changes, this page changes with it.
Privacy questions
Do you have my email address?
No. There is no signup, no account system and no comment section on this site, so we never receive it.
Do you use cookies?
We do not set any cookies ourselves. Microsoft Clarity and Adsterra do set their own cookies when their scripts run. YouTube sets cookies only after you press play on an embedded video.
What is stored in my browser?
One key: tf3-theme, which remembers whether you chose the light or dark theme. It never leaves your device.
How do I stop the analytics or the ads?
Any content blocker or privacy extension that blocks clarity.ms and highperformanceformat.com will stop both. Turning off third-party cookies in your browser also limits them.
How do I ask a privacy question?
Write to contact@transportfever3.world. We answer in English, German or Japanese.
Sources: Microsoft Clarity privacy statement, Adsterra privacy policy, Google privacy policy (YouTube). Transport Fever 3 is a trademark of its respective owners.