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Cookie Policy

Last updated: 25 October 2026

This policy explains the cookies and similar browser storage used by ChatCamp.net. Read it alongside our Privacy Policy, which explains account information and community content.

What cookies and browser storage do

Cookies are small pieces of data your browser sends back to a website. Local storage keeps preferences in your browser; session storage keeps temporary information for a browser tab. These technologies help ChatCamp provide access, remember choices and understand site use.

Cookies used by ChatCamp

The cookies below are set by ChatCamp itself. Sign-in and guest access cookies are protected from direct JavaScript access. Preference and visitor-statistics cookies serve different purposes from authentication.

chatcamp_welcome_preview

Welcome chat preview access

An opaque browser token enforces five minutes of public welcome-chat viewing followed by a thirty-minute wait. Refreshing does not restart the allowance. It does not identify your account or use IP tracking.

Duration: 35 minutes. The matching server timing record is removed during cleanup on a later preview start.

chatcamp_live_visit

Owner visitor notifications

When enabled, groups page categories and timestamps into a browser visit. The owner sees approximate country, source and screen size. The database stores only a hash of the random token, not an account identity or raw IP.

Duration: 30 minutes from the latest recorded navigation. Server history: newest 2,000 visits, up to 7 days.

chatcamp_journey

Owner-only visitor funnel

Links welcome, guest-entry and signup page views with successful guest joins, first messages and account creation in the same browser. Only a hash of the random identifier, milestone times, broad source and starting screen-size category are stored. No message content or account identity is linked.

Duration: 7 days from the start of a journey, without refresh. Server-side journey records are deleted after 97 days.

chatcamp_session

Sign-in and security

Keeps you signed in and connects requests to your authenticated session. Owner two-factor verification is checked on the server.

Duration: Up to 30 days from sign-in; cleared on sign-out. Sessions may end sooner for security reasons.

chatcamp_guest

Guest chat access

Identifies your temporary guest-chat session and supports guest access controls. Used on the guest-chat API path.

Duration: A session cookie, with no fixed browser expiry. Leaving guest chat clears it; guest access may expire sooner on the server. Browser session-restore features can preserve session cookies.

sidebar_state

Interface preference

Records whether the navigation sidebar is open or closed when you change it.

Duration: 7 days from the most recent change.

chatcamp_visitor

Visitor statistics

Stores a random identifier. ChatCamp stores a hashed version with first-seen and last-seen times to recognise repeat browsers for visitor counts. This is distinct from the aggregate reports below.

Duration: Up to 1 year, refreshed when the visitor counter runs. This browser expiry does not itself delete the server-side visitor record.

Other browser storage

  • Appearance: local storage remembers custom colours and account-specific font sizes on this browser. Your saved site theme is stored with your account on the server.
  • Games: local storage may hold game progress, device bests, daily-word state and previously seen trivia questions. Some records include an account identifier in their storage key.
  • Temporary interface state: session storage supports greeting rotation, welcome-preview appearance and temporary GIF-picker draft state.
  • Welcome and signup reporting: session storage records broad source categories and whether an event has already been counted in this tab. The resulting server reports contain daily aggregate totals retained for up to 90 days. These reports are separate from the visitor-identifier cookie and its records.

Local storage has no automatic expiry set by ChatCamp and generally remains until cleared, overwritten or removed by your browser. Session storage normally ends when a tab is closed, but browser restore behaviour can vary.

Advertising and other services

With your permission, the public welcome page loads Google Ads tag AW-18509435643 to measure advertising visits. No Google advertising tag loads before acceptance or after rejection. Google can receive ad-click identifiers, browser/device information and your IP address. Personalised advertising is disabled. The tag does not load on member pages, sign-in forms, chats or guest galleries. Links to other websites lead to services with their own cookie policies. Hosting or security services may also operate outside the application; their storage can depend on the deployed hosting configuration.

Google conversion-linker cookies such as _gcl_aw may store ad-click information for up to 90 days. Google may also use its own cookies under its advertising policy. We store your choice in chatcamp_ads_consent_v1 for 180 days and a random page-view event identifier in session storage to reduce repeat conversion counting in a tab. A page-view conversion is a visit, not a registration or purchase.

Your choices

You can view, block or delete cookies and site data for chatcamp.net in your browser’s privacy settings. Clearing site data may sign you out, end guest access, reset preferences or remove locally saved game progress. Blocking sign-in cookies prevents normal account access.

Visitor counting, the owner-only visitor funnel and aggregate reporting currently run automatically. The funnel records activity on the welcome, guest-entry and signup pages; it excludes signed-in browsing. The Cookie choices button on every page lets you accept or reject optional Google advertising measurement. Rejecting removes accessible Google conversion-linker cookies and stops future measurement. It cannot withdraw data already sent to Google or delete cookies on Google domains. This choice does not control the existing ChatCamp statistics described above. Browser settings can restrict storage, though this may also affect other features. Deleting browser storage does not automatically delete information already held by ChatCamp.

Questions and changes

Members can contact the site owner through Site Help about storage or deletion requests. Sign in, then open Site Help. We will update the date above when this policy changes.