KWS uses cookies, small text files placed on your computer through your browser when you visit a website. They can recognize preferences to improve your experience.
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We use cookies on our website. See below for more information on what they are and how you can control them.
Cookies are small text files placed on your computer via your browser when you visit a website. Cookies can do a lot of things to improve your experience since they allow a website to recognize your preferences.
Data Access & Collection · User right or choice
You can change your non-essential cookie choices
You can opt in to non-essential cookies and change those settings at any time using Cookie Settings in the pop-up banner or your browser settings. KWS says strictly necessary cookies cannot be switched off. Browser controls allow some control of most cookies, but completely disabling cookies may prevent some pages from working.
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If you do not wish to accept the use of these cookies (or you change your mind), please use the Cookie Settings link in the pop-up banner or change your browser settings (see Managing Cookies on how to do this via your browser).
Some of the cookies that we use on our website are essential to be able to deliver the website to your device while some others you can elect to opt-in to receive. You can change your settings at any time for non-essential cookies.
Strictly Necessary: these cookies are essential to be able to deliver the website to you and cannot be switched off.
You can opt-out or block cookies but please be aware that some pages may not work if you completely disable cookies. Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. For more information on how to manage cookies on popular browsers, see:
Qualifications & exceptions
Strictly necessary cookies cannot be switched off through the stated cookie choices; completely disabling cookies in a browser may break some pages.
Cookies support site delivery, abuse prevention and improvements
KWS says it uses cookies to make and deliver the website properly, prevent spam and abuse, and understand website use to make improvements.
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There are a few reasons why we use cookies when you visit our website. We use cookies to:
make the website work properly and deliver it to you
prevent spam and abuse on our websites
understand how you use the website so that we can make improvements to it
Data Access & Collection · Restriction or exception
Strictly necessary cookies cannot be switched off
KWS describes strictly necessary cookies as essential to delivering the website and says they cannot be switched off. The browser guidance separately permits blocking cookies, warning that disabling all cookies may stop some pages working; this does not make necessary cookies an optional category in the site settings.
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Strictly Necessary: these cookies are essential to be able to deliver the website to you and cannot be switched off.
You can opt-out or block cookies but please be aware that some pages may not work if you completely disable cookies. Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. For more information on how to manage cookies on popular browsers, see:
Qualifications & exceptions
Browser blocking is separately described and may impair page functionality.
contrast (model-proposed): Browser cookie controls may leave some pages unable to work — The notice says necessary cookies cannot be switched off, yet separately permits browser blocking with a risk of broken pages. These describe a limit on site cookie choices and a browser capability, not a finding that either statement is false.
Use & Processing · Company practice
Declining functional cookies may impair personalized services
Functional cookies provide enhanced functionality and personalization. If you do not allow them, some or all of those services may not work properly.
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Functional: these cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these services may not function properly.
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Some or all enhanced services may fail if these cookies are declined.
Use & Processing · Company practice
Performance cookies measure visits and popular pages in aggregate
Performance cookies let KWS count visits and identify pages of interest to improve website performance. The notice says any information collected through this category is aggregated. If you reject these cookies, KWS says it will not know when you visited or how you used the website through this measurement.
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Performance: these allow us to count the number of visits to our website and know which pages generate the most interest so that we can improve the performance of the website. Any information collected is in aggregated form. If you do not accept the use of these cookies, then we will not know when you have visited or how you have used the website and this information helps us improve your experiences.
Qualifications & exceptions
The aggregation statement concerns performance cookies.
Rejecting this category prevents the described visit and usage measurement.
Security & Safeguards · Company practice
Cloudflare protection cookies expire after 6 hours or 1 year
KWS uses Cloudflare to protect its sites from malicious traffic, with cookies supporting that service. It lists __cf_bm with a 6-hour expiry and cf_clearance with a 1-year expiry; both are classified strictly necessary.
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We use Cloudflare to protect our sites from malicious traffic. Cloudfare uses cookies to ensure its services function correctly.
__cf_bm 6 hours Strictly Necessary
cf_clearance 1 year Strictly Necessary
Retention & Deletion · Company practice
Epic Games service cookies have session to one-year expiries
Epic Games, KWS’ parent, supplies the Developer Portal for partners to configure KWS services and hosts kidswebservices.com and support.kidswebservices.com. Its listed service cookies are all strictly necessary: EPIC_BEARER_TOKEN expires after 13 hours; EPIC_DEVICE after 89 days; EPIC_EG1, EPIC_LOCALE and EPIC_SESSION_DEVPORTAL at session expiry; EPIC_EG1_REFRESH after 1 day; EPIC_SSO and EPIC_SSO_RM after 30 days; and _tald after 1 year.
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Epic Games is KWS’ parent company. We use the Epic Games Developer Portal to allow Partners to configure KWS services and for the hosting of the www.kidswebservices.com and support.kidswebservices.com websites. Epic Games uses these cookies for its services to function.
EPIC_BEARER_TOKEN 13 hours Strictly Necessary
EPIC_DEVICE 89 days Strictly Necessary
EPIC_EG1 Session Strictly Necessary
EPIC_EG1_REFRESH 1 day Strictly Necessary
EPIC_LOCALE Session Strictly Necessary
EPIC_SESSION_DEVPORTAL Session Strictly Necessary
EPIC_SSO 30 days Strictly Necessary
EPIC_SSO_RM 30 days Strictly Necessary
_tald 1 year Strictly Necessary
Retention & Deletion · Company practice
OneTrust remembers cookie consent preferences for return visits
KWS uses OneTrust to store the cookie categories used and whether you have given or withdrawn consent for each. The notice says this cookie contains no information that could identify you but remembers preferences on return visits. OptanonConsent, OptanonAlertBoxClosed and EpicOptanonConsent are each classified strictly necessary and expire after 1 year.
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We use OneTrust as our cookie compliance solution to keep track of your cookie preferences when using our websites. OneTrust will store information about the types of cookies that the site uses and whether you have given or withdrawn consent for each category. This cookie does not contain any information that could identify you but does remember your website preferences if you return to the site.
OptanonConsent 1 year Strictly Necessary
OptanonAlertBoxClosed 1 year Strictly Necessary
EpicOptanonConsent 1 year Strictly Necessary
Qualifications & exceptions
The no-identifying-information statement is made about this cookie, not all data handled by KWS.
Use & Processing · Company practice
Stripe cookies support age verification by credit or debit card
If you verify your age with a credit or debit card, KWS uses Stripe as payment processor. Stripe uses cookies and other technologies for service operation, fraud detection and prevention, and understanding how visitors use its services. The notice classifies __stripe_mid (1 year), __stripe_sid (30 minutes), and m (400 days) as strictly necessary.
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We use Stripe Inc. as a payment processor if you use a credit or debit card to verify your age. Stripe Inc. uses cookies and other technologies to ensure that its services function properly, detect and prevent fraud and to understand how visitors use their services.
__stripe_mid 1 year Strictly necessary
__stripe_sid 30 minutes Strictly necessary
m 400 days Strictly necessary
Use & Processing · Company practice
Yoti cookies support face-image age verification for parents and guardians
KWS uses Yoti as an image processor when verifying a parent or guardian’s age using a face image. Yoti uses cookies and other technologies to operate its services, detect and prevent fraud, and understand visitor use. Its strictly necessary cookies __yoti_avs_sess and __yoti_avs_sess.sig expire with the session, while com.yoti.age.live expires after 1 month.
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We use Yoti as an image processor when verifying a parent/guardian’s age via face image based age verification. Yoti uses cookies and other technologies to ensure that their services function properly, detect and prevent fraud and to understand how visitors use their services.
__yoti_avs_sess Session Strictly Necessary
__yoti_avs_sess.sig Session Strictly Necessary
com.yoti.age.live 1 month Strictly Necessary
Retention & Deletion · Company practice
Browser session data is deleted when you close the tab
KWS uses browser session storage to keep its services working and maintain preferences such as language and login state. It says data stored within your browser is deleted when you close the browser tab. This describes that browser storage, not deletion of all service records.
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We use browser session storage for the effective functioning of our services, and to maintain user preferences (e.g. chosen language) and login state. The data stored within your browser is deleted when you close your browser tab.
Qualifications & exceptions
The deletion statement applies to the browser session data.
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The linked technical tutorial is not supplied; this card relies on the notice’s own storage description.
KWS and Veriff session-storage entries are classed as strictly necessary
The session-storage table assigns auth, AUTH_TOKEN, verification, consent and branding to Kids Web Services Ltd, and cacheID and visitorID to Veriff. All seven entries are classified strictly necessary. They fall under the stated browser-session storage policy, which says the browser data is deleted when the tab closes; the table does not give each name a separate purpose.
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Kids Web Services Ltd auth Strictly Necessary
Kids Web Services Ltd AUTH_TOKEN Strictly Necessary
Kids Web Services Ltd verification Strictly necessary
Kids Web Services Ltd consent Strictly necessary
Kids Web Services Ltd branding Strictly necessary
Veriff cacheID Strictly necessary
Veriff visitorID Strictly necessary
The data stored within your browser is deleted when you close your browser tab.
Qualifications & exceptions
The listed entries belong to browser session storage and the stated tab-close deletion rule.
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Individual purposes beyond the general session-storage explanation are not specified.
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qualified by (model-proposed): Browser session data is deleted when you close the tab — The browser-session entries fall under the stated deletion when the tab closes; this does not set retention for the separately listed cookies or server records.
Data Access & Collection · User right or choice
Browser cookie controls may leave some pages unable to work
You can opt out of or block cookies, but completely disabling them may stop some pages working. Most browsers offer some control of most cookies. The notice directs readers to guidance for Chrome, Edge, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera and Safari; for other browsers, consult the developer’s website. It also points to allaboutcookies.org for further information. Cookie Settings in the pop-up banner is another route to changing choices, subject to the necessary-cookie limitation explained in the notice.
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You can opt-out or block cookies but please be aware that some pages may not work if you completely disable cookies. Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. For more information on how to manage cookies on popular browsers, see:
To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer’s website.
For further information about cookies and how to disable them, please go to
If you do not wish to accept the use of these cookies (or you change your mind), please use the Cookie Settings link in the pop-up banner or change your browser settings (see Managing Cookies on how to do this via your browser).
Qualifications & exceptions
Browser support is described as some control over most cookies; complete disabling may break pages.
Not stated here
The linked browser instructions and external cookie guide are not supplied, so this card does not describe their detailed steps.
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contrast (model-proposed): Strictly necessary cookies cannot be switched off — The notice says necessary cookies cannot be switched off, yet separately permits browser blocking with a risk of broken pages. These describe a limit on site cookie choices and a browser capability, not a finding that either statement is false.