01 What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. At ProductArena, we use cookies to ensure you get the best possible experience when voting in tournaments and managing your account.
02 How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for the following essential purposes:
- Authentication & Security: We use secure session cookies to identify you once you have logged in, allowing you to vote, submit products, and access your dashboard without having to repeatedly log in.
- Voting Integrity: To help prevent fraudulent voting and ensure tournaments remain fair, we may use localized storage and essential cookies to track casting patterns securely.
- Preferences: To remember your site preferences (such as theming, if applicable) and provide a personalized experience.
03 Types of Cookies We Use
Strictly Necessary Cookies: These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website. The platform cannot function optimally without these cookies.
Functional Cookies: These are used to recognize you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalize our content for you and remember your preferences.
04 Third-Party Cookies
In some special cases, we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. For example, our authentication provider (Google OAuth) may set cookies to process your login securely. We do not use intrusive third-party advertising cookies.
05 Managing Cookies
You can typically remove or reject cookies via your browser settings. In order to do this, follow the instructions provided by your browser (usually located within the "Help", "Tools" or "Edit" facility). Please note that if you choose to disable strictly necessary cookies, you will not be able to log in, submit products, or cast votes on ProductArena.
06 Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at privacy@productarena.net.