Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
Turning cookies off can break features, and mobile limits still apply
Twitch says that if cookies are disabled, not all features of the Twitch Services or Extensions may operate as intended. It also says some mobile operating systems may limit cookies and similar technologies further, and that your choices do not override those more limited settings on such devices.
Details
Condition
Cookies are disabled
Exception
Mobile operating system limits are not overridden by your choices
Supporting quotations
if cookies are disabled, not all features of the Twitch Services or Extensions may operate as intended
your choices do not override those more limited settings on such mobile devices
Qualifications & exceptions
Wording is 'not all features ... may operate as intended', so which features is not specified.
The mobile-device point applies to operating systems that further limit cookies.
Not stated here
'Extensions' is not defined in the supplied text.
The notice does not say which features stop working.
Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
Operational cookies are critical and cannot be disabled without severely affecting use
Operational cookies are described as critical to the operation of the Twitch Services, for example to maintain your login state and remember your preferences. Twitch says they cannot be disabled without severely affecting your use of the Twitch Services.
Details
Why
Maintain login state and remember preferences
Condition
Disabling them severely affects use of the Twitch Services
Supporting quotations
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, so the purposes are not stated to be limited to those two.
Account & Service Control · Context
Table: language and three interface cookies are listed as user preferences
The examples table lists language, enable-compact-scene-listing, videoChat.notice_dismissed and chat_rules_shown, each with the purpose 'User preferences'.
Each purpose is the one entry in the Purpose column for that Cookie ID row.
Not stated here
The table says only 'User preferences' and does not describe what each cookie remembers.
Account & Service Control · User right or choice
You may be shown a cookie banner with options, and it varies by location
Twitch says that 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. It says the banner varies by location because different regions have different cookie requirements.
Details
Condition
When you first visit twitch.tv, if a banner is shown
Where
Banner and its options vary by location
Supporting quotations
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
Only 'may' be shown; whether you get a banner and which options you get depend on your location.
Not stated here
The notice does not list which locations get a banner or what options appear.
Account & Service Control · User right or choice
If shown a banner, you can revisit your choices in Settings
If you are shown a cookie banner, you can revisit your cookie choices through Settings > Security and Privacy > Cookie Preferences. The sentence applies to people who were shown a banner; the notice describes browser settings separately for everyone else.
Details
Condition
If you are shown a cookie banner
What it does
Revisit cookie choices through Settings > Security and Privacy > Cookie Preferences
Supporting quotations
If you are shown a cookie banner, you can revisit your cookie choices through Settings > Security and Privacy > Cookie Preferences.
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies if you are shown a cookie banner.
Not stated here
The notice does not say whether a Cookie Preferences setting is available when no banner was shown.
Account & Service Control · User right or choice
Anyone can block or remove cookies in browser settings, but the site may not work properly
Twitch says anyone can prevent cookies from being stored, or remove cookies already stored, by adjusting browser settings, and that help is on the website of the browser used. It warns that disabling cookies when visiting the Website may cause some or all of its functions not to work properly.
Details
Who
Anyone using a browser
What it does
Prevent cookies from being stored or remove stored cookies in browser settings
Supporting quotations
anyone can prevent cookies from being stored or remove cookies already stored by adjusting the settings in your browser.
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
'Website' is capitalized as a defined-looking term, but the notice defines only 'Twitch Services'.
Not stated here
'Website' is not defined in the supplied text.
The notice does not say how browser-level blocking relates to the cookie banner choices.
Twitch points to browser help pages for managing cookies in five browsers
To help you manage cookies in the most popular browsers, Twitch lists links for Google Chrome, Safari, Internet Explorer, Edge and Firefox. This follows its statement that anyone can block or remove cookies in browser settings. The linked pages are the browser makers' pages and are not part of this document.
Details
What it covers
Cookie management help for Google Chrome, Safari, Internet Explorer, Edge and Firefox
Supporting quotations
For more information on how to manage the most popular browsers, see below:
Google Chrome:
Safari:
Internet Explorer:
Edge:
Firefox:
Qualifications & exceptions
Covers only the five browsers listed.
Not stated here
The linked browser pages are not supplied, so what they say is not analyzed here.
The notice does not say how to manage cookies in browsers that are not listed.
Twitch names two industry sites for choosing how advertising cookies are used
Twitch says online tools such as the Digital Advertising Alliance's Browser Check and the European Digital Advertising Alliance's Your Online Choices site explain digital advertising and let you choose how cookies are used across the web, based on your location and the device and browser you use.
Details
What it covers
Digital Advertising Alliance Browser Check; European Digital Advertising Alliance Your Online Choices
Condition
Based on your location and the device and browser you are using
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
Choices depend on your location and on the device and browser you use.
Not stated here
These are outside sites whose contents are not supplied; the notice does not say whether their choices cover cookies placed through the Twitch Services.