Cookie Policy
Things People Love, LLC
This Cookie Policy explains how Things People Love, LLC (“Things People Love,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website, sign up for our newsletter, contact us, apply for a role, interact with our community, or use any websites, games, apps, demos, playtests, or online services that link to this Cookie Policy collectively, the “Services”.
This Cookie Policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit a website. They help websites remember information about your visit, such as your preferences, session activity, or how you interact with pages.
We may also use similar technologies, including:
- Pixels
- Tags
- Local storage
- Session storage
- SDKs
- Device identifiers
- Analytics scripts
- Embedded content technologies
In this Cookie Policy, we refer to all of these technologies collectively as “cookies” or “similar technologies.”
2. Why We Use Cookies
We may use cookies and similar technologies to:
- Operate and secure our Services
- Remember preferences
- Understand how visitors use our website
- Improve page performance and user experience
- Support newsletter signup forms
- Support contact and careers forms
- Detect spam, abuse, fraud, or technical issues
- Measure the effectiveness of content and campaigns
- Improve future games, apps, demos, and playtests
- Support embedded media or social features
3. Types of Cookies We May Use
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are required for the Services to function. They may support security, page loading, form submission, spam prevention, cookie preference storage, or basic website operations.
Because these cookies are necessary, they generally cannot be disabled through our cookie preference tools, though you may be able to block them through your browser settings.
Examples may include:
- Security cookies
- Session cookies
- Load balancing cookies
- Cookie consent preference cookies
- Form protection cookies
Functional Cookies
Functional cookies help remember choices you make and improve your experience.
Examples may include:
- Remembering display preferences
- Remembering form information temporarily
- Remembering cookie settings
- Supporting embedded features
Analytics and Performance Cookies
Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors use our Services, such as which pages are visited, how long visitors stay, what links are clicked, and whether errors occur.
We use this information to improve the Services and understand what people enjoy.
Examples may include:
- Page view analytics
- Traffic source measurement
- Device and browser information
- Site performance tracking
- Error or crash reporting
Some government and business websites describe using cookies and automatically collected technical information such as IP address, browser software, operating system, and visit time to improve navigation, performance, and security.
Marketing and Advertising Cookies
We may use marketing or advertising cookies in the future to understand campaign performance, promote our games, or measure interest in our Services.
These cookies may help us:
- Understand whether people interact with campaigns
- Measure newsletter or launch announcement effectiveness
- Limit repeated messages
- Attribute visits from ads or social posts
- Support retargeting or interest-based advertising, if enabled
If we use marketing or advertising cookies that require consent, we will provide appropriate choices.
Social Media and Embedded Content Cookies
Our Services may include links to or embedded content from third-party platforms, such as:
- YouTube
- Twitch
- Discord
- X
- TikTok
- Bluesky
- Mastodon
- Threads
- App stores
- Game platforms
These third parties may set their own cookies when you interact with embedded content, buttons, videos, social widgets, or links. Their use of cookies is governed by their own privacy and cookie policies.
4. Cookies We May Use
The specific cookies we use may change over time. Depending on the Services we operate, we may use cookies from categories such as:
| Category | Purpose | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Strictly Necessary | Operate, secure, and maintain the website | Security, session, consent-preference cookies |
| Functional | Remember preferences and support website features | Display preferences, form support |
| Analytics / Performance | Understand website traffic and improve performance | Page views, clicks, device type, referral source |
| Marketing / Advertising | Measure campaigns and promote our games | Attribution pixels, ad performance cookies |
| Social / Embedded Media | Support embedded videos, social links, and community features | YouTube, Twitch, Discord, social widgets |
5. Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies may be placed by third-party service providers that help us operate, analyze, secure, or improve the Services.
These providers may include services for:
- Website hosting
- Analytics
- Newsletter management
- Email delivery
- Contact forms
- Spam prevention
- Security
- Job applications
- Embedded media
- Social media
- Game analytics
- Crash reporting
- Advertising or campaign measurement
We do not control third-party cookies after they are placed by third parties. You should review those third parties’ privacy and cookie policies for more information.
6. How You Can Manage Cookies
You can manage cookies in several ways.
Cookie Banner or Preference Center
Where required, we may provide a cookie banner or preference center that allows you to accept, reject, or customize certain non-essential cookies.
If available, you can use that tool to change your preferences at any time.
Browser Settings
Most browsers allow you to:
- Delete cookies
- Block cookies
- Block third-party cookies
- Receive alerts before cookies are stored
- Clear site data
- Use private or incognito browsing
Blocking cookies may affect how some parts of the Services work.
Device and Platform Controls
Mobile devices, game platforms, app stores, and operating systems may provide additional controls for advertising identifiers, app tracking, analytics, notifications, and permissions.
Email Controls
If you receive marketing emails from us, you can unsubscribe using the link in the email or by contacting us.
7. Do Not Track and Global Privacy Controls
Some browsers offer “Do Not Track” signals. Because there is no uniform industry standard for responding to Do Not Track signals, our Services may not respond to them.
Where required by applicable law, we will honor recognized opt-out preference signals such as Global Privacy Control for applicable browser-based opt-outs.
8. Consent
In some regions, we may need your consent before using certain non-essential cookies, such as analytics, marketing, advertising, or social media cookies.
Where consent is required, we will ask before placing those cookies, unless the cookies are strictly necessary.
You can withdraw or change your consent at any time through our cookie preference tools, where available.
Valid cookie consent should generally be freely given, specific, informed, and based on a clear affirmative action where required by applicable law.
9. Children’s Privacy
Our website is not intended for children under 13, and we do not knowingly use cookies to collect personal information from children under 13 through the website.
If we later offer games, apps, or online services directed to children or mixed-age audiences, we will update this Cookie Policy and implement any additional notices, parental-consent processes, and safeguards required by applicable law.
10. Updates to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our Services, technologies, legal requirements, or business practices.
If we make material changes, we will update the “Last Updated” date above and may provide additional notice where appropriate.
11. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Cookie Policy or our use of cookies, contact us at:
Things People Love, LLC
Email: privacy@thingspeople.love
Website: https://thingspeople.love