Cookie Policy

What are cookies?

To make BetaDwarf's websites work properly, we sometimes place small data files called "cookies" on your device.

A cookie is a small text file that a website stores on your computer or mobile device when you visit the site. It enables the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as language and other display preferences) over a period of time.

First-party cookies are cookies set by the website you're visiting. Only that website can read them. In addition, a website might potentially use external services, which also set their own cookies, known as third-party cookies.
Persistent cookies are cookies that are saved on your computer and are not deleted automatically when you quit your browser, unlike a session cookie, which is deleted when you quit your browser.

Cookies can also be used to establish anonymised statistics about the browsing experience on our sites.

Every time you visit BetaDwarf's websites, you will be prompted to accept or refuse cookies. We store in your local storage a set of rules reflecting your consent to cookies for a maximum of 6 months.

BetaDwarf

Name	Purpose	Type and duration
consentMode	Stores your cookie preferences (so you won't be asked again)	Local storage, 6 months

How do we use cookies?

BetaDwarf websites mostly use "first-party cookies" for security measures such as protecting our users and services against certain attacks (so-called cross-site request forgery / CSRF attacks). These are cookies set and controlled by BetaDwarf, not by any external organisations.

However, to view some of our pages, you will have to accept cookies from external organisations.

You can delete or block these cookies, but if you do that, some features of this site may not work as intended. These cookies are used to remember (but are not limited to):

your display preferences, such as browsing language, device information or timezone;
nonces or other identification methods, used for security purposes;
if you have agreed (or not) to the use of cookies on the site.

BetaDwarf

Name	Purpose	Type and duration
PHPSESSID	Stores a session variable, used as a security measure	First-party session cookie, deleted after you quit your browser
sessionIDCookie	Stores a session variable, used as a security measure	First-party session cookie, deleted after you quit your browser

Analytics cookies

We use these purely for internal research on how we can improve the service we provide for all our users.

The cookies simply assess how you interact with our website - as an anonymous user (the data gathered does not identify you personally).

However, you are free to refuse these types of cookies via the cookie banner you'll see on the first page you visit.

Google AnalyticsPrivacy Policy

Name	Purpose	Type and duration
_ga	Recognize website users across multiple sessions	Third-party cookie, 2 years
_ga_*	Used to store and count pageviews	Third-party cookie, 2 years
_gid	Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.	Third-party cookie, 1 day

Third-party cookies

Some of our pages display content from external providers, such as YouTube, Steam, Gleam, Imgur, MailChimp or Twitter.

To view this third-party content, you first have to accept their specific terms and conditions. This includes their cookie policies, which we have no control over.

YoutubePrivacy Policy

Name	Purpose	Type and duration
__Secure-3PSIDCC __Secure-3PSID __Secure-1PSID __Secure-3PAPISID	Profiles the interests of website visitors to serve relevant and personalised ads through retargeting	Third-party cookie, 2 years
YSC	Used to store and track interaction	Third-party cookie, session
GPS	Used to store location data	Third-party cookie, session
SOCS	Stores visitor cookie consent preferences	Third-party cookie, 1 year
DEVICE_INFO	Stores visitor device information	Third-party cookie, 1 year
PREF	Stores visitor preferences and personalises ads	Third-party cookie, 8 months
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE	Used to provide bandwidth estimations	Third-party cookie, 6 months
SAPISID APISID SID SSID	Used to play Youtube videos embedded on the website	Third-party cookie, 2 years
SIDCC	Security cookie to confirm visitor authenticity, prevent fraudulent use of credentials, and protect visitor data from unauthorised access	Third-party cookie, 3 months
VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA	-	Third-party cookie, 6 months
yt-remote-device-id	Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video	Local storage, persistent
yt-player-headers-readable	Used to store configuration	Local storage, persistent
ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY	Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video	Local storage, persistent
yt-fullerscreen-edu-button-shown-count	Used to style the player	Local storage, persistent
yt-remote-connected-devices	Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video	Local storage, persistent
yt-player-bandwidth	Used to provide bandwidth estimations	Local storage, persistent
yt-player-volume	Stores the user's volume settings	Local storage, persistent
yt-live-chat::show-timestamps	Used to store timestamps configuration	Local storage, persistent

SteamPrivacy Policy

Name	Purpose	Type and duration
session_id	Protects users and services against certain attacks (so-called cross-site request forgery / CSRF attacks)	Third-party cookie, session
timezoneOffset	Stores the system timezone setting so that the server can display times appropriately	Third-party cookie, 1 year
steamCountry	Cached result of doing an iploc lookup on your public ip address, this is used to comply with regional legal and taxation requirements	Third-party cookie, session

MailChimpPrivacy Policy

Name	Purpose	Type and duration
_mcid	Used to enable behavioral advertising and analytics by Google	Third-party cookie, 2 weeks
OptanonConsent	MailChimp uses CookiePro to control consent for their users	Third-party cookie, 1 year
_abck	Akamai Bot Manager	Third-party cookie, 1 year

BambooHRPrivacy Policy

Name	Purpose	Type and duration
_cfuvid	BambooHR issues this Cloudflare cookie as a rate limiting rule, it is used to distinguish individual users from grouped users by IP	Third-party cookie, session
acceptCookies	Used to control cookie opt-in	Third-party cookie, persistent

ImgurPrivacy Policy

Name	Purpose	Type and duration
amplitude_id_*	Imgur uses Amplitude to track users for statistics and marketing purposes	Third-party cookie, persistent
frontpagebetav2	Used to style Imgur	Third-party cookie, 6 months
pp	Used to style Imgur	Third-party cookie, 6 months
postpagebeta	Used to style Imgur	Third-party cookie, persistent
is_authed	Used to control if the current user is logged to imgur	Third-party cookie, 1 week
is_emerald	Used to control if the current user is marked as emerald to imgur	Third-party cookie, 1 week

FacebookPrivacy Policy

Name	Purpose	Type and duration
usida	Collects a combination of the user's browser and unique identifier, used to tailor advertising to users	Third-party cookie, session
xs	Through the use of this cookie, Facebook detects if you are logged in on its platform	Third-party cookie, 1 year
wd	Through the use of this cookie, Facebook stores the user's screen resolution	Third-party cookie, 1 week
datr	The purpose is to identify the web browser used to connect to Facebook, regardless of which user is logged in. This cookie plays a key role in security	Third-party cookie, 2 years
dpr	Through the use of this cookie, Facebook is able to improve the experience offered to users based on their device settings	Third-party cookie, 1 week
sb	Facebook stores information about the browser to improve its security settings	Third-party cookie, 2 year
c_user	Stores a unique user ID	Third-party cookie, 1 month

How can you manage cookies?

You can manage/delete cookies as you wish - for details, see aboutcookies.org

Removing cookies from your device

You can delete all cookies that are already on your device by clearing the browsing history of your browser. This will remove all cookies from all websites you have visited.

Blocking cookies

You can set most modern browsers to prevent any cookies being placed on your device, but you may then have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site/page. And some services and functionalities may not work properly at all.