What Are Cookies & Storage Technologies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your computer, tablet, or mobile device by websites that you visit. They are widely used to make websites function properly, preserve user sessions, remember language choices, and provide analytical data to website operators.
In addition to standard HTTP cookies, modern web applications may utilize related browser storage mechanisms:
- Local Storage (HTML5): Persistent key-value storage stored in your browser without expiration date until cleared by the user or script. Used for non-sensitive client preferences (e.g. server estimator configurations).
- Session Storage: Temporary storage that automatically clears whenever you close your browser tab (e.g. temporary promo bar dismissals).
- Session Cookies: Cookies that expire automatically once you close your web browser.
- Persistent Cookies: Cookies that remain stored on your device for a specified expiration timeframe (e.g. 12 months for consent preferences).
Our Privacy Philosophy
At Scooperdive, we are gamers, server owners, and software engineers. We hate privacy-invasive tracker spam, bloated ad networks, and deceptive cookie pop-ups just as much as you do.
We comply fully with the UK Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR), the UK Data Protection Act 2018, and the EU ePrivacy Directive (Directive 2002/58/EC). We do not deploy invasive third-party cross-site advertising trackers or sell your behavioral data to brokers. Ever.
Interactive Consent Control
You have full, real-time control over which categories of cookies and telemetry technologies Scooperdive is permitted to utilize during your browsing session. You can change your choices or withdraw consent at any time:
Click the button to view or update your category settings (Necessary, Analytics, Functional, Marketing):
Cookie Categories
We classify all cookies and storage mechanisms into four distinct categories:
These cookies are indispensable for the website to function securely and properly. They enable basic functions such as page navigation, cross-site request forgery (CSRF) protection, remembering your cookie consent choices, and maintaining active billing logins. Under UK PECR, strictly necessary cookies do not require prior user consent.
These cookies collect aggregated, anonymized metrics that help us understand how visitors interact with our website, which server configuration sliders are used, and whether users encounter error pages. They help us optimize page loading speed and diagnose server connection issues.
These storage keys remember your personalized preferences, such as depth-gauge position, bubble particle settings, and remembered values in our game server RAM/core estimator, providing an enhanced and tailored experience.
Used to deliver embedded gameplay trailers (YouTube privacy-enhanced mode) and Discord community widgets. If you keep this category disabled, interactive embeds may display a placeholder until you choose to unlock them.
Comprehensive Cookie Inventory
The table below provides a detailed listing of the primary cookies and storage items set by Scooperdive and third-party partners:
| Cookie / Key Name | Provider / Domain | Category | Duration | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
sd_consent |
.scooperdive.com | Strictly Necessary | 365 Days | Stores your granular cookie consent choices (Necessary, Analytics, Marketing, Functional). |
sd_lang |
scooperdive.com | Strictly Necessary | 365 Days | Remembers your selected language (EN, DE, PL, JA, NO, SV, CY, FR). |
promoDismissed |
scooperdive.com | Strictly Necessary | Session | Remembers that you dismissed the top announcement/promo bar for the session. |
__cf_bm |
Cloudflare | Strictly Necessary | 30 Minutes | Cloudflare bot management and DDoS protection token to safeguard server infrastructure. |
cf_clearance |
Cloudflare | Strictly Necessary | 1 Year | Records clearance through Cloudflare turnstile/CAPTCHA verification to prevent bot loops. |
_ga, _gid, _gat |
Google / Telemetry | Analytics | 24h – 2 Years | Collects anonymized traffic statistics and user journeys through the website. |
cf_uvid |
Cloudflare Analytics | Analytics | 30 Days | Anonymized diagnostic performance insights to detect routing latency. |
sd_estimator_state |
LocalStorage | Functional | Persistent | Remembers your custom RAM and NVMe storage slider selections in our server calculator. |
YSC, VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE |
YouTube / Google | Marketing | Session / 6 Months | Used by YouTube video player embeds for bandwidth optimization and gameplay trailers. |
Active Opt-In & Opt-Out Enforcement
Many websites use cookie banners as a purely visual facade, loading trackers behind the scenes regardless of user interaction. At Scooperdive, our script works on a strict enforcement architecture:
- Conditional Execution: Non-essential scripts are marked as
type="text/plain"and will not execute or send web requests until our consent script reads a valid affirmative consent flag. - Active Purge on Revocation: If you previously accepted optional cookies and subsequently choose to reject them, our script immediately iterates through browser storage and actively removes cookies matching known analytics and advertising signatures.
- Google Consent Mode v2 Interoperability: We natively dispatch
gtag('consent', 'update')calls to ensure tag managers and telemetry engines strictly respect your choices.
Browser-Level Management & Blocking
In addition to our built-in consent modal, you can control or delete cookies directly through your web browser settings. Most modern browsers allow you to block third-party cookies or wipe all stored cookies on browser close:
- Google Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Third-party cookies.
- Mozilla Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Enhanced Tracking Protection.
- Apple Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Block all cookies / Prevent cross-site tracking.
- Microsoft Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Manage and delete cookies and site data.
- Brave Browser: Shields → Advanced Controls → Block cross-site trackers / Block cookies.
Note: If you completely disable all cookies at the browser level, certain critical parts of our game panel and billing checkout may fail to function properly.
Contact & Questions
If you have any questions regarding our use of cookies or telemetry technologies, please contact our data protection team at [email protected].