Privacy
Last updated: 2026-10-09 · Version: 2026-10-09.1
The short version: no accounts, no ads, no selling of data. We count visits in a way that does not use cookies, we ask before using detailed analytics, and we ask before loading the Kick player. See the cookie policy for details.
What is stored
- Age-gate preference. When you confirm you're 18+, an anonymous flag is saved in a cookie named shlurp_18, set by our server and kept for one year. It contains no personal data and is only sent back to this site as a normal cookie header. Clear your browser data to remove it. See the cookie policy.
- Cookie choices and consent record. If you make a cookie choice we save it in a cookie (shlurp_consent, 6 months) and keep a record on our server of the date, your choices, the policy version, a random reference number and a shortened browser identification, as proof of consent. We keep this for 3 years. No IP address is stored with it.
- Link clicks. When you use links to Kick, Discord, social accounts or partner offers on this site, the request passes through shlurp.men and we log which link, which page it was on, the time, a scrambled code derived from your IP address (not the address itself) and the first 60 characters of your browser identification. The code is made with a secret that changes every day, so it cannot be followed from one day to the next. We use this to see which links are used. We keep it for 13 months.
- Basic visit statistics (no cookies). Our server counts page views: page, time, the site you came from, campaign tags, country (and region and city where available), device, operating system, browser, language, and a visitor code that is scrambled with a daily secret and cannot be linked across days. We never store your IP address for this. Individual records are deleted after 60 days; daily totals (counts only) are kept for 13 months. We do not count visitors who send Global Privacy Control or "Do Not Track", who use "Don't count my visits" on the cookie policy page, or bots.
- Detailed analytics (only with your consent). If you switch on Analytics in Cookie settings, we use a random visitor cookie and record pages, visit length, scrolling, clicks, speed, errors and click positions on the page. Details and retention (90 days for individual records) are in section 4 of the cookie policy.
- Mascot page votes. On the public mascot art review page, a favourite, a "use for" choice and an optional comment are saved against the image they relate to. They are not linked to you. Your IP address is held briefly in memory only to limit how often saves can be made, and is not written to the database.
What isn't
No account, name, email or payment details are collected. There are no advertising cookies or trackers, and no data is sold or shared for advertising. Analytics are limited to the first-party statistics described above and stay on our own server. Sponsors and partners only ever receive aggregate counts, never data about individual visitors. Third parties (Kick, Cloudflare) only receive data if you load their content.
Third parties and where data is kept
- Kick. The live player is Kick's. It loads only after you click "Load Kick player" or allow embedded content. Kick, Cloudflare and Google (which Kick's player uses) may then set cookies and see your IP address. Kick privacy policy: kick.com/privacy-policy.
- Clip and stream thumbnails. Our server fetches these from Kick and serves them to you, so your browser does not contact Kick to display them. Clicking a clip or stream link takes you to Kick.
- Cloudflare. shlurp.men is served through Cloudflare, which relays your requests and can see your IP address and the pages you request; it also supplies the country (and, if enabled, region and city) we use for statistics. Cloudflare privacy policy: cloudflare.com/privacypolicy.
- Hosting. Google Cloud, us-central1 (Iowa, USA). Our own server stores the data described here.
- The Discord and social links go to those services, and partner links on the Partner codes page go to sponsor sites that are separate from this one. They have their own privacy policies.
Global Privacy Control
If your browser sends Global Privacy Control we treat it as a request to reject non-essential cookies and tracking: optional analytics stay off and the Kick player does not load without a click. We do not sell personal information and we do not share it for cross-context behavioural advertising. Under California law you can ask what we hold about you and ask us to delete it.
Legal basis and retention
| What | Legal basis | Kept for |
|---|---|---|
| Age-gate flag | Necessary (legal obligation: adult content) | 1 year |
| Cookie choices and consent record | Legal obligation to demonstrate consent | 3 years |
| Basic visit statistics | Legitimate interests | 60 days (individual records), 13 months (daily totals) |
| Link clicks | Legitimate interests | 13 months |
| Detailed analytics | Consent | 90 days (individual records), 13 months (daily totals) |
| Admin session (site owner only) | Necessary | 7 days |
Your rights
Depending on where you live (for example UK/EU GDPR, or California law), you can ask us for access to, correction of, or deletion of data we hold about you, object to our use of it, and withdraw consent. Because we cannot identify you from a visitor code, we may need you to give us your shlurp_vid or consent reference (visible in your browser's cookie settings) to find your records. You can complain to your data protection authority (in the UK, the Information Commissioner's Office, ico.org.uk).
Children
This site is for adults only (18+) and is not directed at children.
Contact
Questions or requests: rickflipstream@gmail.com.