🍪 Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (computer, smartphone, or tablet) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to the website operator. Cookies allow a website to remember your actions and preferences over a period of time, so you don't have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site.

2. How Playloft Uses Cookies

playloft.games uses cookies for the following purposes:

• To keep you logged in to your account during a session
• To remember your preferences and settings
• To understand how users interact with our platform through analytics
• To record whether you have accepted or declined our cookie consent
• To improve platform performance and user experience

3. Types of Cookies We Use

3.1 Essential / Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are required for the core functionality of playloft.games. Without them, the website cannot function properly. They include session management, security tokens, and login state cookies. These cookies cannot be disabled.

• session_id — Maintains your login session. Duration: Session (expires on browser close).
• csrf_token — Protects against cross-site request forgery attacks. Duration: Session.
• cookieConsent — Records your cookie consent preference. Duration: 12 months.

3.2 Analytics / Performance Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors use our platform, which pages are most popular, and where users encounter problems. We use Google Analytics for this purpose. The data collected is aggregated and anonymous.

• _ga — Google Analytics: distinguishes unique users. Duration: 2 years.
• _ga_* — Google Analytics 4: maintains session state. Duration: 2 years.
• _gid — Google Analytics: distinguishes users over 24 hours. Duration: 24 hours.

You can opt out of Google Analytics at any time by using the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-on.

3.3 Preference / Functionality Cookies

These cookies allow our platform to remember choices you make (such as your preferred game category or display settings) to provide a more personalised experience.

• user_prefs — Stores UI preferences such as selected game category. Duration: 6 months.

4. Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies on our platform are set by third-party services. Currently, the third-party services that may set cookies on our site include:

• Google Analytics (Google LLC) — usage analytics. Google's Privacy Policy: policies.google.com/privacy

5. Managing & Disabling Cookies

You have several options for managing cookies:

• Cookie Consent Banner: When you first visit playloft.games, you can accept or decline non-essential cookies using our cookie consent banner at the bottom of the page.
• Browser Settings: You can configure your browser to block or delete cookies at any time. Note that blocking essential cookies may prevent some features of our platform from working correctly. Instructions for popular browsers:

• Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data
• Firefox: Options → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
• Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data
• Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions

Google Analytics Opt-Out: To prevent Google Analytics from tracking your visit, install the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-on.

6. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. When we make significant changes, we will update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page. Your continued use of playloft.games after such changes indicates your acceptance of the updated policy.

7. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at: contact@playloft.games