Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit our website. They help us provide you with a better experience by remembering your preferences and enabling essential functionality.

2. How We Use Cookies

Medieval Kingdoms uses cookies for the following purposes:

Essential Cookies (Required)

These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly and cannot be disabled:

• Authentication: NextAuth session cookies to keep you logged in
• Security: CSRF tokens to protect against cross-site request forgery attacks
• Session Management: Maintaining your login state across pages

Preference Cookies

These cookies remember your choices and preferences:

• Cookie Consent: Remembering your cookie preferences
• Display Settings: Theme preferences and UI customizations

3. Third-Party Cookies

We use Discord OAuth for authentication, which may set its own cookies:

• Discord: Used during the OAuth authentication process
• Purpose: Verify your identity and retrieve your Discord profile information
• Privacy Policy: Discord Privacy Policy

4. Cookies We Do NOT Use

We want to be transparent about what we don't do:

• ❌ No advertising cookies
• ❌ No tracking or analytics cookies (no Google Analytics, etc.)
• ❌ No social media tracking pixels
• ❌ No behavioral profiling
• ❌ No selling of cookie data to third parties

5. Managing Cookies

You can control cookies through:

• Browser Settings: Most browsers allow you to refuse or delete cookies
• Our Cookie Banner: Accept or decline non-essential cookies when you first visit

Note: Disabling essential cookies will prevent you from logging in and using authenticated features.

6. Cookie Retention

Session cookies are deleted when you close your browser. Persistent cookies expire after:

• Authentication cookies: 30 days
• Preference cookies: 1 year

7. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated "Last Updated" date. Continued use of the site after changes constitutes acceptance.

8. Contact Us

Questions about our use of cookies? Contact us through our Discord server.