Cookie Preferences

1. Technological Mechanics of Tracking

To sustain a highly optimized, stateful, and secure web interface, CloserGym leverages necessary internet tracking architectures commonly understood as "Cookies," alongside equivalent localized storage modules (IndexedDB, LocalStorage, and SessionStorage). These small mathematical files are instantiated by your browser upon communication with our servers.

2. Strict Taxonomy of Deployed Cookies

We categorize our tracking implementations into rigid logical hierarchies:

• Absolute Critical & Functional (Mandatory):These cookies are the architectural lifeblood of the platform. They validate secure identity tokens ensuring you aren't forced to re-login every 3 seconds. They balance server load routing, mitigate Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) infiltration, and hold complex AI roleplay context within your active tab state. When you open an invite link from a friend, they also remember that invite in your browser for 30 days, so your friend is credited and you receive the welcome gift that comes with it. The application physically breaks without them.
• Performance & Analytics Optimization:These non-identifiable modules map out general navigational flow. They inform engineering if a specific component is crashing for 60% of users, log rendering latencies, and pinpoint structural friction. We leverage these strictly for backend application scaling.
• Affiliate Partner Attribution & Contextual Placement:When you open a CloserGym partner's link, we can remember their code in your browser for 30 days so the partner is credited if you subscribe. The code is used for nothing else and is never shared with other companies. If you reject marketing and affiliate cookies, or your browser sends a Global Privacy Control signal, the code is not saved; visitors in Europe are asked first, and the code is saved only if they accept. A partner's code you type at checkout works without any cookie. We may use highly constrained identifiers to personalize organic onboarding or deploy strictly localized, context-driven ads within controlled domains. We do not blast tracking beacons tracking your activity across thousands of unrelated websites.

3. Consent & Opt-Out

Essential and functional cookies are always active because they are necessary for session security, CSRF protection, and roleplay state management. The application cannot function properly without them.

Analytics, marketing, and partner attribution cookies are optional and can be switched on or off in our cookie consent banner. You may change your preferences at any time on our Cookie Preferences page at closergym.com/cookies.