Last updated: October 1, 2026
CoreLoadout ("we," "us") respects your privacy. This page explains what data is collected when you visit coreloadout.com and how it's used.
Information we collect
We don't require an account to read CoreLoadout. If you use our Contact form or leave a comment, we collect the name, email address, and message you submit. Your email is never shown publicly — it's used only to respond to you or moderate comments, never for marketing.
When you submit a comment or a contact message, we also record your IP address, used only to prevent spam and abuse.
Advertising and cookies
CoreLoadout is supported by Google AdSense. Google and its partners use cookies to serve ads based on your visits to this and other sites. If you're in the EEA, UK, or Switzerland, we ask for your consent before any personalized advertising cookies are set, through the consent banner shown on your first visit — you can decline, and the site still works normally with non-personalized ads instead. You can manage or withdraw ad personalization at any time via Google's Ads Settings (adssettings.google.com).
Analytics
We use Google Analytics to understand how readers use CoreLoadout: which articles get read, how people find us (search, social media, or a link from another site), and roughly where readers are, at country and city level. Location is worked out from your IP address, which Google Analytics doesn't store. It also records your device type, browser and screen size. This helps us decide what to cover and spot pages that are slow or broken. We only ever see these numbers in aggregate. Nothing in our reports identifies you, and we never combine analytics data with anything you send through a comment or the contact form.
Google Analytics uses first-party cookies (named _ga and _ga_…) to tell visits apart. If you're in the EEA, UK, or Switzerland, these cookies aren't set unless you agree to analytics cookies. Until then, Google receives only cookieless signals (for example, that a page was viewed), which aren't tied to a cookie or used to recognise you on later visits. Analytics data is deleted automatically after 14 months. You can opt out on any site by blocking cookies in your browser or by installing Google's opt-out browser add-on (tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout).
Third parties
Google is the only third party that receives visit data from this site, as our advertising (Google AdSense) and analytics (Google Analytics) provider. You can read Google's own policy on how it uses data at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
Our comment form is protected by Google reCAPTCHA, which checks for automated spam. It loads only when you start writing a comment, and Google's Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply to it.
Your choices
You can clear or block cookies in your browser at any time. Declining ad personalization doesn't stop ads from showing — it means they're no longer based on your browsing history. To opt out of Google Analytics specifically, use the opt-out add-on linked above.
Children's privacy
CoreLoadout doesn't knowingly collect data from children, and we don't serve personalized ads to anyone we know to be under 13.
Changes to this policy
We'll update this page if anything about our data or advertising practices changes, and update the date above when we do.
Contact
Questions about this policy: hello@coreloadout.com
CoreLoadout is operated from India.