Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy describes how https://paintorseek.wiki (“Site,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies when you browse the Paint and Seek Wiki. It should be read together with our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service . Cookies are small text files stored on your device that help websites remember preferences, keep sessions secure, and understand usage.

1. Why We Use Cookies

We use cookies and comparable technologies for essential site operation, optional analytics, and third-party embeds that enrich wiki content. Without certain cookies, some features—such as remembering UI preferences or loading embedded video walkthroughs in our beginner guide —may not function as intended. We aim to minimize non-essential tracking and prefer privacy-enhanced embed options where available.

2. Types of Cookies We Use

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are required for basic Site functionality: routing requests, load balancing, security filtering, and storing consent choices if a consent banner is presented. They typically expire when you close your browser or after a short fixed period. Because the Site cannot operate safely without them, strictly necessary cookies do not require opt-in under many regulations, though you can still block them via browser settings at the cost of broken functionality.

Functional Cookies

Functional cookies remember choices you make—language preference on localized home paths, collapsed navigation states, or theme-related settings if offered. They improve convenience but are not required to read static wiki articles such as tier lists or map pages . Retention varies from session-length to twelve months depending on the specific feature.

Analytics Cookies

If analytics are enabled, we may use first-party or privacy-focused third-party analytics cookies to count visits, measure performance, and see aggregate referral sources (search engines, social links). Analytics help prioritize updates— for example knowing that codes pages spike after game patches. We configure analytics to avoid collecting directly identifying information where possible and honor Do Not Track when supported.

Embedded Media and Third-Party Cookies

Guides that include YouTube walkthroughs load content from Google’s youtube-nocookie.com embed domain to reduce tracking relative to standard embeds; Google may still set cookies after playback starts. Other embeds or outbound links—to Roblox, Discord, or social networks listed on our community hub —may set cookies when you interact with them. Those providers control their own cookie policies independently of this wiki.

3. Similar Technologies

Local storage and session storage may cache calculator inputs on tools pages so refreshing the page does not wipe your entries. Pixel tags or server-side logging may supplement cookies for security monitoring. These technologies are governed by the same principles in our Privacy Policy .

4. Cookie Duration

Session cookies delete when you close the browser. Persistent cookies remain until expiry or manual deletion—common durations include 30 days for analytics uniqueness and up to 12 months for functional preferences. Third-party embed cookies follow each vendor’s schedule; consult Google’s policies for YouTube-related storage.

5. Managing Your Preferences

Most browsers let you block, delete, or alert on cookies through settings menus. Blocking all cookies may prevent preference memory and can interfere with embedded videos in guides like the camouflage guide . To remove existing cookies, use browser “clear browsing data” tools and select cookies/site data. Mobile browsers offer equivalent controls in privacy settings.

Where required by law, we display a consent banner allowing acceptance or rejection of non-essential cookies before they load. You may withdraw consent later by clearing cookies and revisiting the Site to make a new choice, or by adjusting available on-site preference links if implemented.

6. Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control

If your browser sends a Do Not Track (DNT) signal or Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal, we treat it as an opt-out of non-essential analytics cookies where technically feasible. Essential cookies remain active to deliver the Site. Regulatory interpretations of DNT/GPC vary; we update implementations as standards evolve.

7. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy when adding features, embeds, or analytics providers. Changes appear with a revised “Last updated” date. Material changes to cookie practices may be communicated via a site notice. Continued browsing after updates constitutes acceptance of the revised Policy unless further consent is legally required.

8. Contact

Questions about cookies or this Policy: contact us through the community page . For broader data rights, see the Privacy Policy .