Effective Date: 24 July 2026
1. About This Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy explains how playgriduk.com uses cookies and similar storage technologies to operate the website, remember preferences, support security, understand platform performance, and improve the user experience.
Cookies are small data files stored on a user’s device when website pages are accessed.
2. Why We Use Cookies
Cookies and similar technologies may be used to:
- Keep website features functioning;
- Maintain user sessions;
- Remember interface preferences;
- Store cookie choices;
- Support account security;
- Prevent misuse;
- Measure general website activity;
- Identify technical errors;
- Improve navigation and accessibility;
- Preserve selected settings;
- Support social and community features.
Cookies do not give virtual currency or digital items any real-world value.
3. Categories of Cookies
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are required for essential website functions. They may support:
- Page navigation;
- Session management;
- Account authentication;
- Security controls;
- Load distribution;
- Cookie preference storage;
- Prevention of technical misuse.
Because these cookies are necessary for core operation, they may not be fully disabled through the website’s preference controls.
Preference Cookies
Preference cookies remember selections such as:
- Language;
- Display layout;
- Accessibility choices;
- Interface settings;
- Sound preferences;
- Community visibility settings.
These cookies help provide a more consistent experience between visits.
Performance Cookies
Performance cookies help us understand how visitors interact with website sections.
They may collect information about:
- Frequently visited pages;
- Session duration;
- Navigation paths;
- Loading performance;
- Error messages;
- Device and browser categories;
- General feature usage.
Where practical, this information is reviewed in aggregated or pseudonymised form.
Community Feature Cookies
Certain cookies may support interactive or social features, including:
- Profile sessions;
- Reactions;
- Shared activity areas;
- Community preferences;
- Moderation tools;
- Notification settings.
Disabling these cookies may reduce the availability of some social functions.
4. Similar Technologies
In addition to cookies, playgriduk.com may use local storage, session storage, tags, scripts, or comparable technologies.
These tools may remember:
- Consent preferences;
- Interface selections;
- Session information;
- Technical settings;
- Temporary activity data;
- Virtual progress display preferences.
Local storage may remain on a device until it is removed through browser controls or cleared by the website.
5. First-Party and Third-Party Cookies
First-party cookies are placed directly by playgriduk.com.
Limited third-party technologies may be used to assist with infrastructure, security, performance measurement, or technical support. These third parties may process technical information according to their own privacy documentation and contractual obligations.
We aim to limit third-party technologies to those reasonably necessary for platform operation and improvement.
6. Cookie Duration
Cookies may be:
- Session cookies, which usually expire when the browser is closed;
- Persistent cookies, which remain for a defined period or until manually removed.
The retention period depends on the cookie’s purpose. Security and preference cookies may remain longer than temporary session cookies.
7. Managing Cookie Preferences
Where a cookie preference tool is available, you may use it to accept, reject, or adjust optional cookie categories.
You may also manage cookies through browser settings. Common controls may allow you to:
- View stored cookies;
- Delete existing cookies;
- Block selected cookie categories;
- Restrict cookies from particular websites;
- Clear local storage;
- Receive alerts before cookies are stored.
Blocking certain cookies may cause account, preference, community, or navigation features to function differently.
8. Consent
Where required by applicable law, optional cookies will be used only after consent has been provided.
You may withdraw or change your consent through available cookie controls. The withdrawal of consent does not affect lawful processing that occurred before the preference was changed.
Strictly necessary cookies may continue to operate because they are required for essential website functions.
9. Privacy and Cookie Data
Information collected through cookies is handled in accordance with the playgriduk.com Privacy Policy.
Cookie data may be combined with limited technical or account information where necessary for security, platform functionality, or preference management.
10. Age Requirement
playgriduk.com is intended only for users aged 18 or older, or users who have reached the age of majority required in their jurisdiction.
Cookie technologies are not intentionally used to build profiles of individuals who do not meet the applicable age requirement.
11. Updates to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy when technologies, legal requirements, website features, or service providers change.
The effective date displayed at the top of this page indicates when the current version became applicable.
12. Contact Us
Questions about cookies or preference controls may be sent to:
Email: hello@playgriduk.com
Website: playgriduk.com