Cookie Policy

The short version. This website sets no advertising cookies and no analytics cookies. It stores exactly one thing itself — your cookie choice — and our security provider (Cloudflare) may set strictly necessary cookies to keep the site safe. That's the whole list. This page exists so you can verify it, and so the consent bar has something honest to link to.

1.What cookies and local storage are

Cookies are small files a website places in your browser; localStorage is a similar browser feature for storing small values without sending them to a server on every request. Both are covered by this policy and by our consent bar.

2.What this site actually uses

Name	Type / Setter	Purpose	Lifetime	Category
cx_consent_v1	localStorage — set by carnetics.app	Remembers the choice you made in the cookie bar (accept all / only necessary / custom). Stays on your device; never transmitted to us.	12 months, then we ask again	Strictly necessary
__cf_bm	Cookie — set by Cloudflare	Bot detection that protects the site from automated attacks.	~30 minutes	Strictly necessary (security)
cf_clearance	Cookie — set by Cloudflare	Remembers that you passed a security challenge, so you aren't re-challenged on every page. Only appears if a challenge was shown (e.g. during an attack-mitigation period).	Set by Cloudflare per challenge policy	Strictly necessary (security)

Strictly necessary items run without consent because the site cannot function safely without them — this is the standard position under the ePrivacy rules and the Turkish Data Protection Authority's cookie guidance. Everything else requires your opt-in.

3.What this site does not use

• No analytics cookies (no Google Analytics or similar).
• No advertising or tracking cookies, no social media pixels, no fingerprinting.
• No third-party embeds that set their own cookies. Fonts are loaded from Google Fonts, which serves files without setting cookies.

If we ever add an analytics or advertising category, it will load only if you have switched that category on in the consent bar — the gate is already built in, defaulted to off.

4.Changing your choice

• Click “Cookie settings” in the footer of any page — the consent bar reopens with your current choices.
• Your choice expires after 12 months and the bar asks again.
• You can also clear this site's data in your browser settings, or block cookies entirely (the site will still work).

5.The game is separate

The Carnetics mobile game does not use browser cookies and shows no advertising. Data processing inside the game is described in the Privacy Policy and, in Turkish, in the KVKK Aydınlatma Metni.

6.Contact

Questions about this policy: privacy@carnetics.app.