Cookie Policy

Retention & Deletion · Company practice

Session cookies are deleted when you close your browser

Session cookies are temporary and are deleted as soon as you close your browser.

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These are temporary and are deleted as soon as you close your browser.

Retention & Deletion · Company practice

Persistent cookies stay for a set time unless you delete them

Persistent cookies stay on your device for a set amount of time, which can range from a few days to several years, and the policy says they remain unless you delete them yourself. For deleting or limiting cookies, section 4 points to the Cookie Preferences link in the Website footer and to browser configuration options, and warns that rejecting cookies may limit Website functionality and access to some features.

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These stay on your device for a set amount of time, which can range from a few days to several years. They will remain there unless you delete them yourself.

How to control cookies?

You may update your cookie preferences at any time by selecting the 'Cookie Preferences' link in the Website footer.

the majority of cookie types can be regulated or eradicated via your web browser's configuration options

when you choose to reject cookies, this choice may limit the functionality of the Website and you may lose access to some of its features

Qualifications & exceptions

• Duration is stated as a range: a few days to several years.
• Rejecting cookies may limit functionality or access to some features.

Not stated here

• The sentence says persistent cookies remain unless you delete them but also that they last a set time; it does not say whether they expire on their own at the end of that time. Expiry periods for Surfshark's own first-party cookies are listed in section 3.