How Black Screen Video uses cookies, local storage, and advertising technologies
2026/09/12
Last updated: 12 September 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how Black Screen Video ("we", "us", or "our") uses cookies on blackscreenvideo.com. We are committed to minimizing our use of cookies and respecting your privacy.
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They help websites function properly and remember certain information about your visit.
This site is free because it carries advertising, so it uses three kinds of cookie: one functional cookie of our own, analytics cookies set by Google Analytics, and advertising cookies set by Google and its advertising partners.
The Service has no account and no sign-in, so there is no session or authentication cookie. We do not insert advertising or tracking of any kind into the video files we distribute — nothing is embedded in the file, and playing it offline sends us nothing.
| Cookie | Set by | Purpose | Type | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
NEXT_LOCALE | blackscreenvideo.com (first party) | Remembers the language you chose in the language switcher. Written only when you switch language. | Functional | Session — cleared when you close your browser |
_ga | Google Analytics (first party) | Distinguishes one visitor from another | Analytics | 2 years |
_ga_* | Google Analytics (first party) | Keeps session state for the analytics property | Analytics | 2 years |
__gads, __gpi | Google (first party) | Ad selection, frequency capping, and measurement on this site | Advertising | Up to 13 months |
Cookies on the doubleclick.net and google.com domains, such as IDE and test_cookie | Google (third party) | Ad selection and personalisation, frequency capping, and conversion measurement across sites | Advertising | test_cookie: 15 minutes. Others: up to 13 months in the EEA and the UK, longer in some other regions |
| Consent cookie set by Google's consent management platform | Google (first party) | Stores your consent choices. Shown and set only for visitors in the EEA, the UK, and Switzerland. | Consent | Set and managed by Google |
Google refreshes and changes this list from time to time. The authoritative version is published at business.safety.google/adscookies.
| Key | Set by | Purpose | Sent to a server? |
|---|---|---|---|
theme | blackscreenvideo.com | Stores your light / dark / system appearance choice | No |
Our footer shows listing badges loaded from four directory sites — startupfa.st, firstlook.tools, deeplaunch.io, and gets.tools. These are images, not scripts: they set no cookies and run no code. They do, however, reveal your IP address and the page you are on to the site hosting the image. Blocking third-party images in your browser prevents this.
If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, a consent message appears before any analytics or advertising cookie is set. It is delivered by a Google-certified Consent Management Platform through the Privacy and messaging service in Google AdSense, in line with Google's EU User Consent Policy. You can accept all, reject all, or choose individual purposes and vendors.
To change or withdraw your choices later, use the privacy settings control offered by that consent message, or clear this site's cookies in your browser. Withdrawal takes effect immediately for future processing.
If you are outside those regions, no consent message is shown and cookies are set when the page loads. You can still control them with the opt-out links below and with your browser settings.
Opting out does not remove ads; it stops them from being selected on the basis of your interests.
You can control cookies through your browser settings:
Blocking the locale cookie means the site falls back to the language in the URL instead of the one you picked. Blocking analytics or advertising cookies does not affect downloads — every file stays free and fully available.
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. The updated date at the top of this page will reflect the most recent revision.
If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy, please contact us at support@blackscreenvideo.com.