Play It Forward
Cookies Policy
Cookies help us keep the lights on — and your gameplay connected to the causes you care about. Here is exactly what we use and why.
1. What Are Cookies?
A cookie is just a small file that a website sets on your computer when you visit it. They enable our site to remember your preferences and keep things running smoothly, and they also provide us with anonymous information about how people use our website so we can improve it for you.
There are two types, defined by their duration. Session cookies are deleted the moment you close your browser, and persistent cookies are stored on your computer until they expire or you delete them. Some are set by us (first-party cookies), and others are set by third-party resources we use, such as Google.
2. The Cookies We Use
We use four categories of cookies. Each one serves a specific, deliberate purpose.
Essential Cookies
These are required for Play It Forward to work. They keep you logged in, protect your session, remember your chosen nonprofit, and ensure the site loads correctly. You cannot opt out of essential cookies — doing so would break core functionality.
Analytics Cookies
We use Google Analytics to understand which games people enjoy most, how long sessions last, and where visitors come from. All data is aggregated and anonymized — no individual user is identified. Use Google Analytics to opt out of data collection. browser add-on at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Advertising Cookies
Ads are how we fund charitable donations. Google AdSense places cookies to deliver relevant ads, measure their performance, prevent fraud, and control how often you see the same ad. This may include Google's DART cookie and related advertising identifiers.You can manage your ad personalization preferences at adssettings.google.com. If you opt out of personalized ads, you will still see advertising — just not tailored to your interests.
Functionality Cookies
The site keeps track of the options you pick, your cursor style, sidebar preference, and saved settings — so you don't have to set them again each visit. They make the experience feel more yours.
3. Other Tracking Technologies
To give you the best experience, we use a few technologies alongside cookies. We use local storage to save your game state directly on your computer so you never lose your progress. For analytics, we use web beacons to track how our pages perform and IP addresses to identify your general region or country. We value your privacy, so we never collect your precise GPS coordinates.
4. Third-Party Cookies
Some of the services we integrate — including Google Analytics, Google AdSense, and social login providers — may independently collect data about your online activity across different websites. We do not control how those third parties use that data. We recommend that you review Google's privacy policy at policies.google.com/privacy, as it governs most third-party cookie activity on our platform.
5. Your Cookie Choices
You are always in control. Here are your options:
You can choose to accept all cookies, just essential cookies, or customize your cookie settings by category on your first visit. If you think you would prefer to relax your choices later, just wipe your browser cookies, and when you come back, your choices will be set to the default.
6. Consent, GDPR, and Retention
For visitors in the EEA, UK, or other regions with equivalent laws, we obtain your explicit consent before placing any non-essential cookies. You can withdraw that consent at any time — it won't affect anything that happened before you withdrew it.
Not all cookies last the same amount of time on your computer. Session cookies vanish the moment you close your browser, while authentication cookies stay active for up to 30 days, so you don't have to constantly log back in. Our functionality cookies remember your preferences for up to a year. Finally, third-party cookies used for site performance and ads (Google Analytics and Google AdSense) can last up to 2 years and 13 months, respectively.
7. Policy Updates
We may update this policy from time to time—either because our tech changes or because legal rules do. You can always check the "Last Updated" date at the top to see when we last made edits. If we make any big changes, we’ll be sure to highlight them on our website and refresh our cookie banner so you can easily review and update your choices.
8. Contact
Questions about cookies? Email us at info@playitforward.fun with the subject 'Cookies Policy Question'. You can also reach us at playitforward.fun/contact-us/.
This policy works alongside our Privacy Policy (playitforward.fun/privacy-policy/) and Terms & Conditions (playitforward.fun/terms-conditions/).
Thank you for trusting Play It Forward.
Privacy is not an afterthought here — it is built into how we operate.
