How we use cookies to improve your browsing experience on Grunt Chess.

In this Cookies Policy, any use of the words “you”, “yours” or similar expressions shall mean any user of this website whatsoever. Terms such as “we”, “us”, “our” or similar expressions shall mean Grunt Chess.

Cookies are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. They are often used as a mechanism for websites to remember useful information, such as your login details, and can contribute to ease of use when navigating a website. Our cookies cannot identify you personally.

How we use cookies

Cookies on our website are used for a variety of different purposes, but generally speaking their use breaks down into the following categories:

1. Strictly Necessary Cookies: These are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website.
2. Analytical/Performance Cookies: These allow us to recognise and count the number of users of our website and see how such users navigate through our website. This helps to improve how Grunt Chess works, for example, by ensuring that users can find what they are looking for easily.
3. Functionality Cookies: These improve the functional performance of our website and make it easier for you to use. For example, such cookies are used to remember your username for subsequent visits.

Managing Cookies

_ga, _gat, _gid, _gac_*

Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users and enable us to anonymously track how visitors access and browse our website, thereby enabling us to optimise and improve our service.

cfid, cftoken, jsessionid

Standard session identifiers used by our server to maintain your unique connection for a current browsing session. No personal data is stored in these cookies, and they typically expire when your browser is closed.

gcl

An encrypted persistent login cookie used to keep you signed in across browser sessions. This cookie expires after 180 days.

gcld

Stores your username preference when the “Remember Me” option is selected, allowing for a faster sign-in experience.

acceptCookies

Saves your preference in regards to our cookie policy.

You can manage cookies by adjusting the settings on your Internet browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. Please note, if you do turn cookies off, this will limit the service that we are able to provide to you and may affect your user experience.

Changes to this cookie policy

Our policies and procedures are under continual review. We may, from time to time, update our cookies policy. Any such changes will be posted on this page.

Contact

Questions, comments and requests regarding this Cookie Policy should be addressed to support@gruntchess.com