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A '''cookie''' is a tiny data file that we transfer onto your device that you use to access the [[RTGame:About|RTGame Wiki]]. We won't feed cookies to your browser unless it is necessary. Apart from Cloudflare, all of our cookies are first-party and only utilized when needed. The data stored by third party services are all anonymized.

== What types of cookies does we use and why? ==
{{Note|'''Note:''' If you discover a cookie on our wiki that is not listed below, please [{{Discord}} contact us on Discord], and we will investigate it.}}

Cookies are not required if you are only reading articles on RTGame Wiki. We use cookies in general to provide safer and better experience to you when you are browsing the site. 

=== Functionality ===
These cookies '''help RTGame Wiki work''' and are essential in order to '''enable you to login, move around''' and '''use our features'''.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name
!Service
!Expiry
!Why do we store it?
|-
|pomerium, pomerium_csrf
|Pomerium
|1 Week
|These are cookies used by Pomerium, the auth proxy in front of the RTGame wiki. Deleting these cookies will log you out if you do not have a Keycloak session.
These cookies will not be set if you have not logged in.
|-
|KC_RESTART, 
KEYCLOAK_IDENTITY_LEGACY, 
KEYCLOAK_IDENTITY, 
KEYCLOAK_SESSION_LEGACY, 
KEYCLOAK_SESSION, 
AUTH_SESSION_ID, 
AUTH_SESSION_ID_LECAGY
|Keycloak
|Session
|These are session cookies used by Keycloak, the auth backend we use for logging into RTGame sites via Discord. Deleting these cookies will not log you out directly, but you will be required to login with discord again when your Pomerium session expires.

These cookies will not be set if you have not logged in.
|-
|RemoteToken,
Token,
UserID,
UserName,
session,
sessionId
|Mediawiki
|Up to 6 months
|These are Mediawiki cookies that maintain your Wiki session and identify you as logged in to the Wiki. They will be recreated as necessary if deleted.

Only the sessionId cookie will be set if you have not logged in.
|}

=== Preferences ===
These cookies '''store your preferences''', so that they can be remembered the next time you use the RTGame Wiki, for a more customized experience. 

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name
!Service
!Expiry
!Why do we store it?
|-
|changeslist-state
|Mediawiki
|1 month
|This cookie is used to indicate whether you have hidden the legend box on the [[Special:RecentChanges|recent changes]] page. It is only active on the recent changes page.
|-
|dismissSiteNotice
|[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:DismissableSiteNotice DismissableSiteNotice]
|1 month
|We use DismissableSiteNotice to allow the site notice to be dismissed. This cookie is used to indicate whether you have dismissed the site notice or not.
|-
|hidetoc
|Mediawiki
|1 month
|This cookie is used to indicate whether you have hidden the table of content on article pages. It is only active on pages with table of content.
|-
|VEE
|[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:VisualEditor VisualEditor]
|1 month
|We use VisualEditor to provide an user-friendly interface to edit our wiki. This cookie is used to indicate whether you prefer the visual edit mode or the source edit mode. It is only active on pages that allow VisualEditor.
|}

=== Third Party ===
The only third party cookie on the RTGame wiki are used by Cloudflare to maximize network resources, manage traffic, and protect from malicious traffic.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name
!Service
!Expiry
!Why do we store it?
|-
|_cfduid
|Cloudflare
|1 year
|The _''_cfduid'' cookie helps Cloudflare detect malicious visitors and minimizes blocking legitimate users. It may be placed to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis. It is necessary for supporting Cloudflare's security features.

This cookie has been [https://blog.cloudflare.com/deprecating-cfduid-cookie/ deprecated by Cloudflare] and will no longer be set after 10th May 2021
|}

== What are my cookie options? ==
While we '''do not have options to limit the use of cookies''' on our end currently, below are some of the options that you can do on your end. Although '''cookie is not required to browse the wiki''', please note that some features may not function properly if you disable them. If you wish to avoid the use of cookie while retaining full functionalities on the wiki, you can safely disable the cookie that are not listed in the Functionality section.

* Remove, disable, or block cookies through your browser settings
* Use a browser extension to block cookies

== Where can I find more information? ==
Please refer to our [[RTGame:Privacy policy|privacy policy]] for additional information.

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