Cookie Policy

Necessary cookies

These cookies are required for RootBadger to work and are not optional through the cookie banner.

• rootbadger-session: Laravel session cookie used for sign-in, authentication state, flash messages, and basic session security. It is HttpOnly and SameSite=lax. Session lifetime follows the site session configuration.
• XSRF-TOKEN: CSRF protection cookie used to help prevent forged form requests. It is a first-party security cookie with a short operational lifetime.
• remember_web_*: optional remember-me cookie set only if you choose “Remember me” at login. It keeps you signed in longer than a normal browser session.
• rb_theme: first-party preference cookie/localStorage value used to remember dark or light mode.
• rb_cookie_consent: first-party privacy-choice cookie/localStorage value used to remember whether you accepted or rejected optional analytics.

Optional analytics

RootBadger may use Google Analytics/Tag Manager only after you accept analytics. Analytics is rejected by default. If you reject analytics, RootBadger does not load Google Analytics or Tag Manager scripts.

Analytics helps understand broad site usage patterns, such as which pages are visited and how the site performs. It is not required to create an account, read posts, post, reply, search, use RSS, or moderate.

Change your choice

Use the Cookie settings link in the footer to accept or reject analytics at any time. Changing from accepted to rejected stops RootBadger from loading analytics on future page loads. You can also clear site data in your browser to remove stored preferences.

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More information

See the Privacy Policy for details about account data, public content, logs, moderation records, and privacy requests.