The notice covers twitch.tv and other Twitch services that link to it
This Cookie Notice applies when you use www.twitch.tv or any other website, application or service provided by Twitch Interactive, Inc. or its affiliates (together “Twitch”) that links to this notice. Those linked properties are what the notice calls the “Twitch Services”.
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This Cookie Notice applies to your use of
and any other websites, applications, or services provided by Twitch Interactive, Inc. (with its affiliates, “Twitch”, “we” or “us”) that link to this Cookie Notice (collectively, the “Twitch Services”).
Qualifications & exceptions
Coverage of a Twitch website, application or service other than www.twitch.tv turns on whether it links to this Cookie Notice.
“Twitch” means Twitch Interactive, Inc. together with its affiliates.
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Which Twitch applications and services link to this notice is not listed in the supplied text.
Data Access & Collection · Context
“Cookies” here also means local storage, pixel tags and web beacons
Twitch uses technologies to collect information through the Twitch Services. The notice uses the word “cookies” for all of them together: HTTP cookies, local storage, pixel tags and web beacons. So every rule below about “cookies” covers those other tracking technologies too. The notice also describes a cookie as a small text file stored on your device that sends information to the party that placed it, and explains that websites and apps use cookies to recognize a device and remember things such as your preferences.
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Twitch uses certain technologies to collect information through Twitch Services.
In this Cookie Notice, we refer to these technologies, which include HTTP cookies, local storage, pixel tags and web beacons, collectively as “cookies.”
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your devices. When you access a website, a cookie is placed on your device, and it will send information to the party that placed the cookie.
enabling them to recognize a particular device and remember important information that will make your use of a website or software application more convenient (e.g., by remembering your user preferences).
Qualifications & exceptions
The defined term groups several technologies; the notice does not say which of them each listed cookie actually uses.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Company practice
Twitch can change or replace this notice at any time; the “last modified” legend shows the latest revision
Twitch reserves the right to change, supplement or replace this Cookie Notice at any time. The notice does not promise advance notice of changes; it tells you to check the “last modified” legend at the top of the page to see when it was last revised.
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We reserve the right to change, supplement or replace this Cookie Notice at any time.
Please refer to the “last modified” legend at the top of this page to see when this Cookie Notice was last revised.
Qualifications & exceptions
No notice period or method of announcing changes is stated; the reader is pointed to the “last modified” legend.
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The “last modified” legend sits at the top of the page and is not part of the supplied notice text, so the revision date is not evidenced here.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Company practice
Visiting twitch.tv, creating an account or using Twitch counts as accepting these cookie practices
The notice says that by visiting www.twitch.tv, creating a Twitch account or using the Twitch Services you accept the information handling practices, and the storage of and access to cookies, that it describes. The later controls section qualifies this: on your first visit you may be shown a banner with options to control which cookies are placed and how they are used, and that banner varies by location because regions have different cookie requirements. Questions go to privacy@twitch.tv.
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creating your Twitch account, or using the Twitch Services, you are accepting the information handling practices and storage, and access of cookies as described in this Cookie Notice.
If you have any further questions, please contact us at privacy@twitch.tv.
you may be shown a banner where you have options to control what cookies are placed on your device and how they are used. This banner varies by location, as different regions have different cookie requirements.
Qualifications & exceptions
Acceptance is stated as following from visiting, creating an account or using the services, not from a separate click.
Where a cookie banner is shown, it offers options to control cookies; whether and how it appears depends on your location.
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Which locations show a banner, and what options it offers in each, is not stated.
Cross-references
contrast (model-proposed): A cookie banner may let you control cookies on your first visit, depending on your location — contrast: The notice treats visiting, signing up or using Twitch as accepting its cookie practices, while the controls section says a location-dependent banner may offer options to control which cookies are placed. Read together: acceptance-by-use is the general statement, and where a banner is shown, its options shape which cookies are used.
Data Access & Collection · Restriction or exception
Disabling cookies may stop features working, and stricter mobile limits still apply
If cookies are disabled, not all features of the Twitch Services or Extensions may work as intended; the controls section repeats that disabling cookies may cause some or all website functions not to work properly. Separately, some mobile operating systems limit cookies and similar technologies further, and your cookie choices do not override those stricter mobile settings.
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Please be aware that if cookies are disabled, not all features of the Twitch Services or Extensions may operate as intended.
Some mobile operating systems may further limit the use of cookies and similar technologies; your choices do not override those more limited settings on such mobile devices.
Remember that disabling cookies when visiting the Website may cause some or all of the functions of the Website not to work properly.
Qualifications & exceptions
The feature loss is stated as possible (“may”), not certain.
The mobile point applies only to operating systems that set stricter limits; your choices cannot loosen them.
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Which features stop working, and which mobile operating systems apply stricter limits, is not stated.
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.
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No lifespan is stated for third-party persistent cookies.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
Twitch’s first-party cookies run the service and track user behavior patterns
First-party cookies are created and read by the domain you are visiting, here Twitch. Twitch says they let it operate an efficient service and track patterns of user behavior on the Twitch Service.
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First-party cookies are created and accessed by the host domain - the domain the user is visiting, in this case, Twitch. These cookies enable Twitch to operate an efficient service and to track patterns of user behavior to Twitch Service.
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Which behavior patterns are tracked and how long that information is kept beyond the cookie lifespan is not stated in this notice.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Third parties can place cookies on your device, and Twitch does not control that data
In line with the law that applies where you are, Twitch sometimes allows third parties to place cookies on your device through the Twitch Services website. Twitch says it keeps no control over, and no access to, the information those cookies supply; that information is controlled entirely by the third party under its own privacy policy.
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In accordance with the law applicable in your respective jurisdiction, Twitch sometimes allows third parties to place cookies on your device.
Twitch does not retain control over the information supplied by the cookies, nor does Twitch retain access to this information. This information is controlled wholly by that third party according to the respective privacy policy of the third party.
Qualifications & exceptions
Third-party placement is described as happening “sometimes” and in accordance with the law applicable in your jurisdiction.
Handling of third-party cookie data is governed by each third party’s privacy policy, not by this notice.
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The third parties’ privacy policies are not supplied, so what they do with the data is not evidenced here.
Inference & Profiling · Company practice
Third parties may use cookies to deliver and measure interest-based ads on Twitch and other sites
Third parties may use cookies while delivering and measuring content, including ads, chosen to match your interests, both on Twitch and on third-party sites.
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Third-parties may use cookies in the process of delivering and measuring content, including ads, relevant to your interests on Twitch and third-party sites.
Qualifications & exceptions
Stated as something third parties “may” do.
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How interests are determined is not described beyond the advertising-cookie and example-table entries.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Third parties may use cookies to help Twitch gain new users and measure its marketing
Third parties may also use cookies to help Twitch acquire new users and to measure how effective Twitch’s marketing campaigns are.
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Third-parties may also use cookies to assist us in acquiring new users and measuring the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns.
Qualifications & exceptions
Stated as something third parties “may” do.
Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
Operational cookies keep you logged in and cannot be disabled without severely affecting use
Operational cookies are critical to running the Twitch Services, for example to keep you logged in and remember your preferences. Twitch says they cannot be disabled without severely affecting your use of the Twitch Services.
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Operational Cookies: These cookies are critical to the operation of the Twitch Services. These cookies are used, for example, to maintain your login state and remember your preferences. These cookies cannot be disabled without severely affecting your use of the Twitch Services.
Qualifications & exceptions
Login state and preferences are given as examples, not a complete list.
Analytics cookies measure how users interact with the Twitch website
Analytics (performance) cookies measure how users interact with the Twitch Services website. Their primary purpose is to help site owners understand and improve site performance.
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Analytics Cookie: Analytics cookies (also known as performance cookie) are a type of cookie used to measure how users interact with the Twitch Services website. Their primary purpose is to help site owners understand and improve site performance.
Qualifications & exceptions
Improving site performance is stated as the primary purpose, not the only one.
Inference & Profiling · Company practice
Advertising cookies collect browsing activity and device identifiers for personalized ads
Advertising (targeting or marketing) cookies collect information about your browsing activity, preferences and device identifiers so that advertisers and publishers can deliver, measure and optimize personalized advertising. In practice they help Twitch and its advertising partners show you more relevant ads and measure how well ad campaigns work.
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Advertising cookies (also known as targeting or marketing cookies) are cookies that collect information about a user’s browsing activity, preferences, and device identifiers so that advertisers and publishers can deliver, measure, and optimize personalized advertising.
That is, advertising cookies help Twitch and our advertising partners show you more relevant ads, and measure the effectiveness of ad campaigns.
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Which advertising partners receive this information is only partly shown by the example table.
Account & Service Control · Context
Example cookies: auth-token for sign-in, api_token for security, language for preferences
The notice gives a two-column table of example cookies with their stated purposes. The first rows list auth-token (authentication and authorization), api_token (security) and language (user preferences). The table is introduced as examples of operational, analytics and advertising cookies but does not label which category each row belongs to.
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Examples of operational, analytics, and advertising cookies:
auth-token
Authentication & authorization
api_token
Security
language
User preferences
Qualifications & exceptions
The table is a list of examples, not a complete cookie inventory.
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The table does not say which purpose category (operational, analytics or advertising) each cookie belongs to, or its lifespan.
Use & Processing · Context
Example cookies for country, display and chat preferences, and search
Further rows of the example table list cookies with site-function purposes: twitch.lohp.countryCode (country determination); enable-compact-scene-listing, videoChat.notice_dismissed and chat_rules_shown (user preferences); and algoliasearch-client-js (search optimization).
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twitch.lohp.countryCode
Country determination
enable-compact-scene-listing
User preferences
videoChat.notice_dismissed
User preferences
chat_rules_shown
User preferences
algoliasearch-client-js
Search optimization
Qualifications & exceptions
These are listed as examples, not a complete cookie inventory.
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The table does not say which purpose category (operational, analytics or advertising) this row belongs to, whether it is first- or third-party, or its lifespan.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Google Analytics cookies let developers of extensions you install analyze your usage
The table lists Google Analytics cookies (for example _ga, _gid and _gat) as used by the developers of extensions you may choose to install. They help those developers analyze usage so they can improve their extensions.
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Google Analytics e.g. _ga, _gid, _gat
Used by developers of extensions you may choose to install. Helps developers analyze usage to improve extensions.
Qualifications & exceptions
Tied to extensions you choose to install, not described as applying to every visit.
The cookie names are given as examples (“e.g.”).
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What usage data the extension developers receive, and under which privacy terms, is not stated.
The table does not say which purpose category (operational, analytics or advertising) this row belongs to, whether it is first- or third-party, or its lifespan.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Amazon ad cookies drive ad delivery on Twitch, including interest-based ads
The ad-id and ad-privacy cookies, attributed to Amazon, inform advertising activity and the delivery of ads on Twitch, including interest-based ads, through Amazon advertising systems and other partners.
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ad-id, ad-privacy (Amazon)
Informs advertising activity, the delivery of ads on Twitch (including interest-based ads), through Amazon advertising systems and other partners.
Qualifications & exceptions
Ads are delivered through Amazon advertising systems and also through unnamed other partners.
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The other partners are not named.
The table does not say which purpose category (operational, analytics or advertising) this row belongs to, whether it is first- or third-party, or its lifespan.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Branch and Salesforce DMP cookies target ads to you off Twitch and measure marketing return
Cookies from Branch (_s; branch_session) and Salesforce DMP (kxsegs, kxuser, kxtwitch_*) help Twitch acquire new users by delivering targeted ads to users off Twitch properties, and measure marketing campaign return on investment to find out where new Twitch users come from.
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_s; branch_session (Branch)
kxsegs, kxuser,
kxtwitch_* (Salesforce DMP)
Helps Twitch (1) acquire new users by delivering targeted Ads to users off Twitch properties (2) Measure marketing campaign ROI to determine the sources of new Twitch users.
Qualifications & exceptions
The targeted ads are delivered off Twitch properties, not on Twitch.
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What information these providers receive or keep is not stated.
The table does not say which purpose category (operational, analytics or advertising) this row belongs to, whether it is first- or third-party, or its lifespan.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
comScore cookies measure ads and analytics
The uid and uidr cookies, attributed to comScore, are described only as belonging to an ads measurement and analytics partner.
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uid, uidr (comScore)
Ads measurement and analytics partner.
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What comScore measures or receives is not described beyond “ads measurement and analytics”.
The table does not say which purpose category (operational, analytics or advertising) this row belongs to, whether it is first- or third-party, or its lifespan.
Data Access & Collection · User right or choice
A cookie banner may let you control cookies on your first visit, depending on your location
When you first visit twitch.tv you may be shown a banner with options to control which cookies are placed on your device and how they are used. The banner varies by location, because different regions have different cookie requirements.
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How can you control, manage, and delete cookies? When you first visit
you may be shown a banner where you have options to control what cookies are placed on your device and how they are used. This banner varies by location, as different regions have different cookie requirements.
Qualifications & exceptions
You “may” be shown the banner; it is not promised to everyone.
Its content varies by location.
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Which regions get a banner and which options each version offers is not stated.
Data Access & Collection · Procedure
If you saw a cookie banner, you can change your choices later in Settings
If you were shown a cookie banner, you can revisit your cookie choices through Settings > Security and Privacy > Cookie Preferences.
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If you are shown a cookie banner, you can revisit your cookie choices through Settings > Security and Privacy > Cookie Preferences.
Qualifications & exceptions
The Settings path is offered to people who were shown a cookie banner.
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Whether users who were not shown a banner have any in-account cookie setting is not stated.
Anyone can block or delete cookies through browser settings, at some cost to site function
Anyone can prevent cookies from being stored, or remove cookies already stored, by adjusting browser settings; help is on the browser maker’s website, and the notice lists help pages for Google Chrome, Safari, Internet Explorer, Edge and Firefox. Disabling cookies may cause some or all website functions not to work properly.
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Additionally, anyone can prevent cookies from being stored or remove cookies already stored by adjusting the settings in your browser. You find help to adjust these settings on the website of the browser that you use.
Remember that disabling cookies when visiting the Website may cause some or all of the functions of the Website not to work properly.
For more information on how to manage the most popular browsers, see below:
Google Chrome:
Safari:
Internet Explorer:
Edge:
Firefox:
Qualifications & exceptions
Disabling cookies may break some or all website functions.
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The linked browser help pages are not supplied.
Data Access & Collection · User right or choice
Industry tools let you choose how ad cookies are used across the web
The notice points to online tools, the Digital Advertising Alliance’s Browser Check and the European Digital Advertising Alliance’s Your Online Choices site, that explain digital advertising and let you choose how cookies are used across the web, based on your location, device and browser.
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There are also online tools such as
that explain digital advertising and allow you to choose how cookies are used throughout the web based on your location and the device and browser you are using.
Qualifications & exceptions
The choices offered depend on your location, device and browser.
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The notice does not say that Twitch or its partners honor choices made in these tools; the external tools are not supplied.