Cookies

1. Scope

This Cookies Policy explains how GamblingStreamers.org uses cookies, local storage, and similar technologies on the site.

2. What cookies and similar technologies are

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. Similar technologies can include browser storage, local storage, pixels, or scripts that store or read identifiers or state information.

3. How GamblingStreamers.org uses them

We use cookies and similar technologies for a narrow set of product reasons: site operation, leaderboard integrity, security, contributor flows, consent state, and optional analytics if you turn them on.

4. Categories we use

4.1 Necessary cookies and storage

These are used to keep the site running and preserve important state. They can include:

consent-choice storage;
welcome or acknowledgement state;
session or login state;
leaderboard vote tokens;
guest rating identifiers;
basic anti-abuse or duplicate-action protection controls;
site-preference storage needed for core functionality.

Without these, key features of GamblingStreamers.org may not work correctly.

4.2 Security and anti-abuse technologies

We use first-party integrity controls to reduce spam, fake votes, bot activity, duplicate actions, and leaderboard manipulation. These controls can work together with server-side logs, hashed identifiers, device context, and rate-limiting systems.

4.3 Optional analytics

Optional analytics are separate from necessary site and integrity tracking. When enabled by you, they help us understand traffic, usage patterns, and product performance. On GamblingStreamers.org, this may include Google Analytics or future equivalent measurement tools.

If your region or consent state requires optional analytics to stay off until you opt in, that is how the site is intended to behave.

The current consent split on GamblingStreamers.org is built around necessary tracking versus optional analytics. It is not intended as a disguised ad-personalization prompt. Optional analytics is for traffic and product measurement.

6. Duration

Some cookies are session-based and expire when you close your browser. Others persist for a set period so the site can remember your choices or protect feature integrity across visits. Duration can vary by purpose and by tool.

7. Third-party technologies

Where optional analytics is enabled, third-party providers may set or read their own cookies or identifiers subject to their own documentation and controls. Third-party links on the site can also place cookies when you visit those external sites.

8. How to manage cookies

You can manage optional analytics through the GamblingStreamers.org consent prompt, where available. You can also manage or block cookies through your browser settings. Browser controls usually allow you to delete cookies, block future cookies, or notify you when a cookie is set.

Please note that disabling necessary cookies or storage can break parts of the site, especially login, voting, rating, contributor verification, and leaderboard-integrity controls.

Category	Example purpose	Typical effect if disabled
Necessary	Consent state, acknowledgement state, session state, vote token, guest rating ID	Core features may fail or reset
Security / integrity	Duplicate-action protection, anti-abuse enforcement, trust checks	Voting and rating controls may stop working correctly
Optional analytics	Traffic measurement and product usage analysis	We lose some visibility into product performance, but core use can continue

10. Updates

We may update this Cookies Policy as our tools, product features, or legal requirements change. When we do, we will update the “Last updated” date.

11. Contact

If you have a question about this Cookies Policy or the technologies used on GamblingStreamers.org, contact admin@gamblingstreamers.org.