Cookies Policy

This Cookies Policy explains how Debate may use cookies, local storage, pixels, similar technologies, and browser-based identifiers when you use the platform.

Cookies help websites remember information, keep accounts secure, improve performance, measure usage, and personalize experiences.

Cookies are small text files placed on your device by a website. Similar technologies include local storage, session storage, software development kits, tags, pixels, and device identifiers.

Some cookies are temporary and disappear when you close your browser. Others remain for a set period or until deleted.

We may use several categories of cookies and similar technologies depending on your device, settings, location, and the features you use.

• Strictly necessary cookies: required for login, authentication, security, routing, fraud prevention, load balancing, and core platform functionality.
• Preference cookies: remember settings such as theme, language, interface choices, and other personalization preferences.
• Performance cookies: help measure page performance, errors, feature usage, and reliability so we can improve the product.
• Analytics cookies: help us understand aggregated usage patterns, such as pages visited, feature engagement, and navigation flows.
• Security cookies: help detect suspicious activity, account misuse, spam, abuse, and unauthorized access attempts.
• Advertising or measurement cookies: may be used if we run campaigns, measure referrals, or understand how users discover the platform.

Cookies allow the platform to work reliably and securely while improving the user experience.

• Keep you signed in and maintain secure sessions.
• Remember settings such as dark mode, navigation preferences, and device choices.
• Support camera, microphone, and debate-room interface behavior where applicable.
• Measure reliability, diagnose crashes, and improve page loading performance.
• Understand which features are useful and where users encounter friction.
• Protect against abuse, spam, automated activity, and account compromise.

Some cookies or similar technologies may be set by trusted third-party services that help us provide hosting, authentication, analytics, payments, communication, security, or embedded functionality.

These third parties may process information according to their own policies. We aim to use providers that support responsible data practices.

In addition to cookies, the platform may use browser storage to remember preferences or improve performance. Your browser may also store permissions for camera, microphone, notifications, and other device features.

You can change these permissions through your browser or device settings.

Most browsers let you block, delete, or limit cookies. If you block necessary cookies, parts of the platform may not work correctly, including login, debate rooms, saved preferences, and security features.

• Browser controls: use your browser settings to delete or block cookies.
• Device controls: manage permissions for camera, microphone, and notifications in your operating system or browser.
• Private browsing: use private or incognito windows to limit stored cookies after a session.
• Analytics controls: where available, use opt-out tools offered by analytics providers.

Cookie retention varies by purpose. Session cookies usually expire when your browser closes. Persistent cookies may remain until they expire, are replaced, or are deleted by you.

Some browsers offer Do Not Track or global privacy signals. Because standards vary, our response may depend on legal requirements, browser behavior, and available platform controls.

We may update this Cookies Policy as our technology, providers, features, or legal obligations change. The updated date at the top indicates when the policy was last revised.