Retention & Deletion · Context
Cookies last for the browser session or until a set expiration date
The policy divides cookies by how long they remain. Session cookies exist only while your browser is open and are deleted automatically once you close it. Persistent cookies survive after the browser is closed until a defined expiration date, and the policy says they can be used by websites to recognize your computer when you open the browser and browse the Internet again.
Details
- When
- session cookies: while the browser is open; persistent cookies: until a defined expiration date
- Why
- recognizing the computer on later visits
Supporting quotations
Some cookies are “session cookies”. These exist only while your browser is open and are deleted automatically once you close your browser.
Other cookies are “persistent cookies”. These cookies survive after your browser is closed until a defined expiration date.
Qualifications & exceptions
- The two groups describe how long cookies can last; the policy gives no periods for the cookies the Roku Sites actually set.
Not stated here
- How long any specific persistent cookie on the Roku Sites lasts is not stated.