Cookie Policy
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are compact alphanumeric text files downloaded to your personal computer, smartphone, or tablet when you visit websites. Cookies enable a web server to recognize your device across browsing sessions, recall interface preferences, maintain network security, and evaluate how visitors navigate content.
This Cookie Policy explains how British Hardtide Pulse Ltd (operating britshardtidepulse.com) employs cookies and related local storage technologies in accordance with the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) and the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR).
2. Why We Use Cookies
Our gaming directory utilizes cookies and browser local storage strictly for the following purposes:
- Ensuring the technical operation, load balancing, and cyber security of our web servers;
- Remembering your cookie consent decisions so you are not prompted repeatedly;
- Measuring anonymous aggregate usage patterns (such as page render speeds and browser types) to optimize catalog performance.
3. Categories of Cookies We Deploy
A. Strictly Necessary Cookies (Essential)
These cookies and local storage tokens are essential for you to navigate the Website and utilize its fundamental security features. Without these technologies, core services like secure form submission and consent preference storage cannot function. Under PECR, strictly necessary cookies do not require prior opt-in consent.
- bhtp_cookie_consent: Stored via localStorage. Records your selection (Accept All or Necessary Only). Duration: 12 months.
- bhtp_sess_sec: Ephemeral session identifier used by web firewalls to mitigate automated bot attacks. Duration: Session.
B. Performance and Analytical Cookies (Optional)
These tools collect anonymous, aggregate telemetry regarding which catalog entries attract interest and how swiftly WebGL previews load on various device profiles. All collected IP addresses are truncated to guarantee zero individual identification.
- bhtp_analytics_ref: Anonymous traffic counter measuring referring domains. Duration: 30 days.
4. Third-Party Publisher Cookies
When you click an outbound link to launch a game hosted on a third-party developer's domain (such as Drakensang Online, Goodgame Studios, or InnoGames), that external provider may place their own cookies onto your machine. We do not control or read third-party cookies. Please consult the cookie disclosures published on the third-party game domain.
5. Managing and Withdrawing Consent
You have full control over your cookie choices on British Hardtide Pulse:
- On-Site Controls: You can modify your choices at any moment by clicking the button in our website footer.
- Web Browser Settings: Most modern browsers permit you to decline or delete cookies via their built-in settings. Note that disabling essential cookies may impact the aesthetic presentation or stability of the Website.
6. Browser-Specific Management Instructions
To adjust cookie preferences directly in your browser, refer to the official documentation:
- Google Chrome: Settings > Privacy and Security > Cookies and other site data;
- Mozilla Firefox: Settings > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data;
- Microsoft Edge: Settings > Cookies and site permissions > Manage and delete cookies;
- Apple Safari: Preferences > Privacy > Block all cookies.
7. Contact Inquiries
For further information concerning our application of cookies or to submit technical inquiries, please reach out to our technical desk:
British Hardtide Pulse Ltd
3 Hardman Street, Spinningfields
Manchester, M3 3HF
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 7863 234567
Electronic Mail: contact@britshardtidepulse.com