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Cookies & Device Storage
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Balon Game uses no advertising, tracking or analytics cookies. We only use one strictly necessary cookie and game preferences stored on your device, so we do not show a cookie banner.
Cookie
| Name | Purpose | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
sid | Recognises your session when signed in (HttpOnly, SameSite=Lax, Secure over HTTPS) | Up to 30 days / removed on sign-out | Strictly necessary, first party |
Device storage (localStorage)
| Key | Contents |
|---|---|
balongame-settings | Character, country, arena and mode choices |
balongame-prefs | Sound, music, vibration, graphics and motion preferences |
balongame-lang | Language |
balongame-hi, balongame-stars, balongame-endless | Best score, level stars and endless record on this device |
balongame-tutorial | Whether the tutorial was shown |
balongame-hints | How many times the controls card was shown (hidden after the first 5 games) |
balongame-hidden | Players you hid on your own leaderboard view (never sent to the server) |
balongame-session | Mobile app only: session token (the web uses the cookie) |
The web version also caches game files in the browser (service worker) so it can open offline; these files contain no personal data. You can clear site data at any time in your browser settings.