Cookie policy
Which cookies and similar storage GameSelecto uses, who sets them, what each one does, and how long it lasts.
Last updated October 4, 2026
The principle
Cookies are small files, and local storage is a similar space, that a site or a service it loads keeps in your browser. Nothing but strictly necessary storage is set before you choose. Analytics and advertising storage wait for your consent, and refusing costs you no functionality on this site.
There are three categories. Necessary storage remembers your choice and keeps the site working. Analytics storage measures what is read.Advertising storage lets advertising platforms measure campaigns, and lets us match a commission to the page that earned it. Some of the cookies below are set by third parties, which are named in the second column.
Changing your mind
You can also clear or block cookies in your browser settings. Doing so will not break this site. If your browser sends the Global Privacy Control signal, we treat it as an opt-out of advertising (see the privacy policy).
What may be stored
| Name | Provider | Category | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
gameselecto_consent_v1 (local storage) | GameSelecto | Necessary | Remembers your cookie preferences. | No expiry: until you clear site data or change your choice. |
gameselecto_dock_closed_v1 (local storage) | GameSelecto | Necessary | Remembers that you closed the banner pinned to the bottom of article pages, so it does not come back on the next article. Written only when you press its close button. | No expiry: until you clear site data. |
gameselecto_ad_consent (cookie) | GameSelecto | Necessary | Tells our server whether advertising consent was granted, so it can decide what to record on an offer link. Reads “denied” until you choose. | 180 days |
gameselecto_ad_attribution_v1 (local storage) | GameSelecto | Advertising | Holds the campaign identifiers from the ad you arrived through, so a commission can be matched to it. Written only with advertising consent. | No expiry, but erased when you withdraw advertising consent. |
_ga | Google (Google Analytics) | Analytics | Distinguishes users. | 2 years |
_ga_<measurement ID> | Google (Google Analytics) | Analytics | Keeps the state of a session. | 2 years |
_gcl_au, _gcl_aw and other _gcl_* | Google (Google Ads) | Advertising | Stores ad-click information on our domain so that a conversion can be attributed to the ad interaction. | 90 days |
IDE (may be set on doubleclick.net) | Google (Google Ads) | Advertising | Advertising measurement and security on Google’s advertising services. Set only if you allow Advertising. | 13 months in the EEA and UK, 24 months elsewhere |
_fbp | Meta (Meta Pixel) | Advertising | Identifies the browser so Meta can measure campaign delivery and actions taken after an ad interaction. | Set by Meta, which defines the lifetime; see Meta’s Cookies Policy. |
_fbc | Meta (Meta Pixel) | Advertising | Stores the Meta ad-click identifier when you arrive from a Meta ad. | 90 days |
_rdt_uuid and Reddit campaign identifiers | Reddit (Reddit Pixel) | Advertising | Measures Reddit campaign delivery and actions taken after an ad interaction. | Set by Reddit, which defines the lifetime; see Reddit’s cookie notice. |
_ttp, ttclid, ttcsid_<pixel code> | TikTok (TikTok Pixel) | Advertising | Measures TikTok campaign delivery and actions taken after an ad interaction. | 13 months from the last time it is used |
_epik, _derived_epik, _pin_unauth | Pinterest (Pinterest Tag) | Advertising | Match visits and actions to Pinterest ads, and group the actions of visitors Pinterest cannot identify. | 1 year |
_clck, _clsk | Microsoft (Clarity) | Analytics | Keep a pseudonymous user identifier and tie page views into one session, so we can see which parts of a page are read. | Set by Microsoft, which does not state a lifetime in its Clarity cookie documentation. Recordings are kept for 30 days. |
CLID, MUID, ANONCHK, MR, SM | Microsoft (Clarity, third-party) | Analytics | Identify a browser across Microsoft services and synchronize that identifier. Microsoft states that Clarity does not use the related advertising identifier (ANID). | Set by Microsoft, which does not state a lifetime in its Clarity cookie documentation. |
Google Tag Manager is the delivery system for these tools and sets no cookie of its own. It does not decide your preference: each analytics or advertising tag must pass the matching consent check before it can use optional storage. Durations are those published by each provider and can be changed by them; the provider’s policy prevails.
More
How we handle personal data in general is on the privacy policy. Your US privacy choices are on the Do Not Sell or Share page.