This page explains the cookies and similar storage strad uses, why we use them, and how you can switch the optional ones off. Cookies are small text files a website places in your browser — not magic, and they cannot read your hard drive.

Strictly necessary

These have to be on for the site to work. They keep you logged in across pages, remember that you confirmed you are 18 so the age gate does not nag you on every visit, and protect form submissions from cross-site request forgery. There is no opt-out for these — turning them off would mean turning the platform off. We do not use them for advertising or profiling.

Functional

Functional storage remembers small preferences: chosen language, sound on or off, the spin-speed slider, whether you collapsed the rules sidebar last time. None of it leaves your browser. Most lives in localStorage rather than cookies, but the rules say we should call it out either way. Clearing your browser data removes these settings.

Analytics

If you accept the analytics option in the cookie banner, we set a cookie that lets a privacy-respecting analytics provider count anonymous page views, track which game features are used, and which buttons no one ever clicks. We use this to decide what to fix and what to retire. The data is aggregated; we do not see individual sessions, and we do not link the data to your strad account. If you do not accept analytics, we do not set the cookie.

Third-party

The site embeds a few external assets — fonts loaded from Google Fonts, occasionally an embedded video on the rules page. These third parties may set their own cookies under their own policies. We avoid embedded social widgets and tracking pixels on principle, so the third-party surface is small.

How long they last

Session cookies disappear the moment you close the browser tab. Persistent ones — the age-gate flag, the analytics opt-in, your saved preferences — last between 30 days and 12 months depending on what they do. The longest is the age-gate flag, because forcing every returning visitor to re-confirm their age every week would just train people to click the button without reading.

Changing your mind

You can change your cookie choices at any time. Either clear the strad cookies in your browser settings (the consent banner will reappear on your next visit), or hit the "cookie settings" link in the footer of any page. Browser-level controls also work.

Contact

Questions about how the platform uses cookies, or want a copy of the technical list? Mail [email protected].