Retention & Deletion · Company practice
Session cookies are deleted automatically when your browser session ends
Twitch may use time-based cookies of two kinds. Session cookies are temporary: they last for your visit to the Twitch Services and are deleted automatically once the session ends, when you close your browser. They usually hold information needed to keep your visit running smoothly.
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There are different types of cookies we may use when you visit
Session cookies: Session cookies are cookies that last until you close your browser. This cookie is temporary and lasts for the duration of your visit for Twitch Services. Once a session ends, the cookie is automatically deleted.
It usually stores information needed to keep your visit running smoothly.
Qualifications & exceptions
- The notice lists these as types of cookies Twitch “may use”.
Retention & Deletion · Company commitment
Twitch’s own persistent cookies last at most 13 months from your last use
Persistent cookies stay until you delete them from your browser or they expire under their own lifespan. For persistent cookies that Twitch itself originates on the Twitch Services, the maximum lifespan is thirteen months counted from the last time you used the Twitch Services, so continued use keeps restarting that period.
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Persistent cookies: Persistent cookies are cookies that last until you delete them from your browser, or until they expire in accordance with their lifespan.
Twitch-originated persistent cookies on Twitch Services will have a maximum lifespan of thirteen months from the time you last used the Twitch Services.
Qualifications & exceptions
- The 13-month cap covers Twitch-originated persistent cookies only.
- The period runs from your last use of the Twitch Services, not from when the cookie was set.
Not stated here
- No lifespan is stated for third-party persistent cookies.