Cookie Policy
Last updated 17 August 2026. This guide details every storage mechanism we use, the function of each, their duration, and how you can update your consent choices at any time.
1. Understanding Cookies
A cookie is a modest text file requested by a website to be stored in your browser and returned during subsequent visits. This allows a website to retain memory of past actions, such as closing a notification banner or recognising a returning user.
Similar technologies function under the same principle. Local storage retains data in your browser persistently until manually cleared, without transmitting it with every page load. Session storage is temporary and clears upon closing the tab. This document addresses all these methods as they present similar privacy considerations.
2. Our Philosophy on Tracking
FunnyBestGame is designed as a streamlined editorial resource, and we deploy only the minimum storage necessary for site functionality. We do not support user accounts, login portals, shopping carts, or personalised reading profiles.
Any tracking that isn't strictly essential is disabled by default. If you select "Necessary only" via our prompt, we do not generate analytics data at all, avoiding the practice of creating data only to discard it.
3. Essential Storage Mechanisms
One core entry is unavoidable: remembering your consent preference. Without this local storage item, the consent prompt would re-trigger on every page reload—a frustrating experience that essentially forces repeated decision-making.
Additionally, server-level security and load balancing may set temporary session cookies to protect against attacks and manage traffic loads. These do not store personal history and vanish when your session ends.
4. Optional Analytics Storage
If you grant permission, we utilise analytics to measure total page views, incoming links, broad geographic regions, device categories, and the extent to which articles are read. This informs us whether our content on budgets or timelines is genuinely engaging our audience.
These metrics are strictly aggregated. We never associate this data with individual identities, we do not track your browsing habits outside our domain, and we absolutely do not utilise targeted advertising pixels.
5. Inventory of Storage Used
| Identifier | Category | Function | Lifespan |
|---|---|---|---|
| fbg_consent | Local storage, essential | Remembers your cookie banner choice to prevent repeated prompting. | Until cleared manually; reprompted after 12 months |
| fbg_age_verified | Local storage, essential | Records your confirmation of being 18 or older to hide the age gate. | Until cleared manually |
| fbg_session | Cookie, essential | Manages server routing and filters automated traffic during a visit. | End of browser session |
| _fbg_stat | Cookie, analytics | Differentiates visits to prevent duplicate view counting. | 24 hours |
| _fbg_depth | Cookie, analytics | Logs aggregated scroll depth to identify content engagement levels. | 30 days |
If you encounter any storage item on our domain not listed here, please notify us. We aim for complete transparency and will rectify any unlisted tracking immediately.
6. Technologies We Reject
We actively exclude third-party advertising scripts, social media tracking widgets, session recording software, and browser fingerprinting tools. The social links in our footer are standard URLs, meaning those platforms cannot monitor you via our site unless you actively click through to them.
We also host our typography locally rather than relying on external font foundries, reducing the number of external servers involved in your browsing experience.
7. Third-Party Platforms
When analytics are enabled, our designated provider processes the data outlined above under our strict instructions. They are contractually forbidden from repurposing this data, cross-referencing it with other datasets, or selling it.
If you follow a link to a reviewed studio's website, our policy ceases to apply. You will be subject to their respective tracking policies, which you should review upon arrival.
8. Modifying Your Preferences
Since your consent is stored locally, altering it is simple. By clearing the site data for funnybestgame.xyz in your browser settings, the banner will reappear on your next visit, allowing you to establish new preferences.
Alternatively, you can manage cookies universally via your browser. FunnyBestGame remains fully operational even if you choose to block all third-party cookies or restrict site-specific storage.
9. Native Browser Settings
Modern browsers like Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge provide robust privacy controls, allowing you to manage permissions per site or clear data automatically upon closing the app. These are usually found in the privacy or site settings menus.
Incognito or private browsing modes automatically purge storage when closed. Consequently, our consent banner and age gate will appear every time you start a new private session.
10. Impact of Denying Consent
Declining analytics cookies has zero impact on your user experience. All evaluations, comparative tables, features, and the chat assistant will function perfectly, and page load speeds remain unaffected.
Blocking essential storage simply means the site cannot remember that you have dismissed the consent prompts or age gate, causing them to reappear continuously.
11. Consent Duration
We consider a consent decision valid for a period of twelve months. After this duration, the prompts will reappear, as we believe past preferences should be reconfirmed periodically.
Should we introduce a new tracking technology before the twelve months expire, we will trigger a new consent request rather than assuming your previous choice applies to new methods.
12. Automated Privacy Signals
If your browser transmits a Global Privacy Control (GPC) or Do Not Track (DNT) signal, we interpret this as a blanket refusal for analytics tracking and will suppress non-essential cookies without displaying the consent banner.
As browser support for these signals is inconsistent, our on-site banner remains the primary tool for establishing your preferences.
13. Minors
FunnyBestGame provides B2B analysis for commissioning software projects and enforces an 18+ age requirement. We do not knowingly track or collect analytics data from individuals under the age of 18.
Because our analytics are anonymous, we cannot specifically identify data from minors. If you are a guardian concerned about tracking, clearing the browser's site data will permanently remove any associated records.
14. Policy Revisions
This document is updated whenever we alter our technological stack. If we replace a provider or introduce a new storage necessity, the table in Section 5 will be updated, and the date amended.
Substantial modifications will trigger a fresh consent prompt to ensure you are never opted into new tracking based on an outdated decision.
15. Enquiries
For questions regarding specific cookies or this policy, please reach out via the social media channels linked in our footer. We address storage removal requests with the same priority as general privacy concerns.
For broader context on our data processing principles, please review our comprehensive Privacy Policy.
