Cookie Policy

Retention & Deletion · Company practice

Session cookies last until you close your browser

Session cookies are temporary and last for the duration of your visit to the Twitch Services, until you close your browser. When the session ends the cookie is automatically deleted. Twitch adds that a session cookie usually stores information needed to keep your visit running smoothly.

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Session cookies are cookies that last until you close your browser

Once a session ends, the cookie is automatically deleted.

It usually stores information needed to keep your visit running smoothly.

Qualifications & exceptions

• 'Usually' signals that what a session cookie stores is not stated to be limited to keeping a visit running.

Not stated here

• The notice does not list which cookies are session cookies.

Retention & Deletion · Company commitment

Persistent cookies last until deleted or expired, and Twitch's own are capped at thirteen months

Persistent cookies last until you delete them from your browser or until they expire in accordance with their lifespan. Twitch says its own persistent cookies on Twitch Services will have a maximum lifespan of thirteen months from the time you last used the Twitch Services.

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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 thirteen-month maximum is stated only for Twitch-originated persistent cookies on Twitch Services.
• The thirteen months run from the time you last used the Twitch Services.

Not stated here

• The notice states no lifespan for persistent cookies placed by third parties.
• No lifespan is given for the individual cookies in the examples table.