Cookie Policy

Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice

Twitch sometimes lets third parties place cookies on your device

Third-party cookies are created and accessed by domains other than the one you are visiting. Twitch says that, in accordance with the law applicable in your jurisdiction, it sometimes allows third parties to place cookies on your device by accessing the Twitch Services website. The notice says these cookies are placed by the third party, not by Twitch.

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Third-party cookies are those created and accessed by domains other than the one the user is visiting at the time.

In accordance with the law applicable in your respective jurisdiction, Twitch sometimes allows third parties to place cookies on your device.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Stated to be 'sometimes' and 'in accordance with the law applicable in your respective jurisdiction'.

Not stated here

• The notice does not say which jurisdictions' laws apply or what they require here.
• The third parties are not listed in general terms; only some partners appear in the examples table.

Cross-references

• qualified by (model-proposed): Twitch says it does not control or access what third-party cookies collect — The statement that Twitch does not control or access third-party cookie information qualifies the statement that Twitch sometimes allows third parties to place cookies.

Sharing & Disclosure · Restriction or exception

Twitch says it does not control or access what third-party cookies collect

Twitch says that while it allows third parties to place third-party cookies, it does not retain control over the information those cookies supply, nor does it retain access to it. It says that information is controlled wholly by the third party according to that third party's own privacy policy.

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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

• Stated for third-party cookies placed by third parties, not for Twitch's own cookies.

Not stated here

• The third parties' privacy policies are not supplied in this document.
• The notice does not say whether this statement covers the partner cookies in the examples table that are described as helping Twitch with advertising or marketing measurement.

Cross-references

• contrast (model-proposed): Table: Branch and Salesforce DMP cookies help Twitch acquire users with targeted ads and measure campaign return — Twitch says it does not retain control over or access to the information third-party cookies supply, while the examples table lists Branch and Salesforce DMP cookies that help Twitch acquire users and measure campaign return. The notice does not say how these fit together.
• qualifies (model-proposed): Twitch sometimes lets third parties place cookies on your device — The statement that Twitch does not control or access third-party cookie information qualifies the statement that Twitch sometimes allows third parties to place cookies.

Sharing & Disclosure · Context

Table: Google Analytics cookies are used by developers of extensions you may install

The examples table lists Google Analytics cookies, for example _ga, _gid and _gat. Their purpose is given as being used by developers of extensions you may choose to install, to help those developers analyze usage to improve extensions. The row describes extension developers as the users of these cookies, not Twitch.

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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

• Applies to extensions you choose to install.

Not stated here

• The notice does not say what information reaches extension developers or what their own policies provide.

Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice

Table: ad-id and ad-privacy (Amazon) inform ad delivery on Twitch through Amazon and other partners

The examples table lists ad-id and ad-privacy (Amazon) with the purpose of informing 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

• Includes interest-based ads and extends to 'other partners' as well as Amazon.

Not stated here

• The other partners are not named, and the table does not say what information is shared with them.

Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice

Table: Branch and Salesforce DMP cookies help Twitch acquire users with targeted ads and measure campaign return

In one row, the examples table lists cookies _s and branch_session (Branch) together with kxsegs, kxuser and kxtwitch_* (Salesforce DMP). The row's single purpose says they help Twitch (1) acquire new users by delivering targeted ads to users off Twitch properties and (2) measure marketing campaign return on investment to determine the sources of new Twitch users.

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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

• One purpose entry covers all the cookies in this row; the table does not say which cookie serves which purpose.

Not stated here

• The table does not say which cookie serves which of the two purposes.
• The table does not say what data these cookies pass to Branch or Salesforce.

Cross-references

• contrast (model-proposed): Twitch says it does not control or access what third-party cookies collect — Twitch says it does not retain control over or access to the information third-party cookies supply, while the examples table lists Branch and Salesforce DMP cookies that help Twitch acquire users and measure campaign return. The notice does not say how these fit together.

Sharing & Disclosure · Context

Table: uid and uidr (comScore) are an ads measurement and analytics partner's cookies

The examples table lists uid and uidr (comScore) with the purpose 'Ads measurement and analytics partner.'

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uid, uidr (comScore)

Ads measurement and analytics partner.

Not stated here

• The table does not say what comScore receives or how it uses it.