Cookie Policy

Understanding how BlestNark uses cookies to enhance your gaming experience

Last updated: January 2025

Introduction

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are and how BlestNark - Mobile Game Development Studio uses them on our website and gaming platforms. By using our services, you consent to the use of cookies in accordance with this policy. Cookies help us provide you with a better, more personalized gaming experience while ensuring the security and functionality of our platforms.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (computer, smartphone, tablet) when you visit a website or use a mobile application. These files contain information that helps websites recognize your device and remember your preferences and actions.

Technical Details:

  • • Size: Typically 4KB or less per cookie
  • • Format: Plain text files containing key-value pairs
  • • Storage: On your device's browser or operating system
  • • Duration: Session cookies (deleted when browser closes) or persistent cookies (stored for a set period)

Types of Cookies We Use

Essential Cookies (Always Active)

These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility.

Examples:

  • • Authentication tokens
  • • Session management
  • • Security filters
  • • Load balancing

Duration:

  • • Session: Until browser close
  • • Persistent: Up to 1 year
  • • Security: 24 hours

Performance Cookies

These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited most often and any error messages received. This data helps us improve our website's performance.

What We Track:

  • • Page load times
  • • User navigation patterns
  • • Popular game features
  • • Error frequencies

Tools Used:

  • • Google Analytics
  • • Application Performance Monitoring
  • • User behavior analytics
  • • A/B testing platforms

Functional Cookies

These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced, more personal features. They may also be used to provide services you have asked for.

Features:

  • • Language preferences
  • • Game difficulty settings
  • • Theme selections
  • • Volume controls

Benefits:

  • • Personalized gaming experience
  • • Remembered preferences
  • • Enhanced accessibility
  • • Streamlined gameplay

Marketing Cookies

These cookies track your browsing habits to enable us to show advertising which is more likely to be of interest to you. They also help measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns.

Tracking Includes:

  • • Game preferences
  • • Purchase history
  • • Content interactions
  • • Device characteristics

Third Parties:

  • • Google Ads
  • • Facebook Pixel
  • • Game analytics platforms
  • • Advertising networks

Specific Cookie Purposes

Game Authentication & Security

We use cookies to maintain your login session, prevent unauthorized access to your gaming accounts, and protect your personal information during gameplay sessions.

Game Progress & Save Data

Essential for cloud gaming services, these cookies store your game progress, achievements, and save files to ensure seamless gaming across devices.

In-Game Purchases & Payment Processing

Cookies help process secure transactions, remember your payment preferences, and maintain shopping cart contents across your gaming sessions.

Social Features & Multiplayer

Enable social gaming features like friend lists, leaderboards, multiplayer sessions, and in-game chat functionality.

Content Personalization

Customize game content, recommendations, difficulty levels, and UI elements based on your playing style and preferences.

Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies are placed by third-party services that appear on our pages. We use several external services that may set cookies:

Analytics Services

  • • Google Analytics - Website usage analytics
  • • Game analytics platforms - Player behavior tracking
  • • Crash reporting - Bug detection and resolution
  • • Performance monitoring - App and web performance

Advertising Partners

  • • Google Ads - Personalized advertisements
  • • Facebook Ads - Social media advertising
  • • Game advertising networks - In-game ads
  • • Mobile ad platforms - App install campaigns

Social Media

  • • Facebook Connect - Social login
  • • Google Sign-In - Account authentication
  • • Twitter integration - Social sharing
  • • Discord webhooks - Community features

Payment Processors

  • • PayPal - Secure payment processing
  • • Stripe - Credit card transactions
  • • Apple Pay - Mobile payment
  • • Google Pay - Digital wallet services

Managing Your Cookie Preferences

Browser Settings

You can control and manage cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:

  • • View and delete existing cookies
  • • Block cookies from specific websites
  • • Block all cookies (may affect website functionality)
  • • Set preferences for different cookie types
  • • Receive notifications when cookies are set

Browser-Specific Instructions

Google Chrome

Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data

Mozilla Firefox

Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data

Safari

Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data

Microsoft Edge

Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Cookies

Mobile Device Settings

Mobile devices also offer cookie control options:

  • iOS (Safari): Settings → Safari → Privacy & Security
  • Android (Chrome): Settings → Site settings → Cookies
  • Windows Phone: Internet Explorer → More → Settings

Opt-Out Tools

Use these industry tools to opt out of targeted advertising:

Cookie Duration and Storage

Session Cookies

These temporary cookies are deleted when you close your browser or exit the application. They are essential for basic website functionality and game operations.

Authentication

Login sessions, user verification

Shopping Cart

Temporary purchase selections

Game State

Current game session data

Persistent Cookies

These cookies remain on your device for a specified period or until you delete them. They help remember your preferences and provide personalized experiences.

Cookie Type Duration Purpose
Preference Cookies 1 year Language, theme, settings
Analytics Cookies 2 years Usage statistics, improvements
Marketing Cookies 1 year Targeted advertising
Security Cookies 6 months Fraud prevention, security

Legal Basis for Cookie Processing

Legitimate Interest (Essential Cookies)

Essential cookies are necessary for the website to function and provide core gaming services. We have a legitimate business interest in using these cookies to ensure security, functionality, and user experience.

Consent (All Other Cookies)

Performance, functional, and marketing cookies require your explicit consent. You can withdraw your consent at any time by adjusting your browser settings or using our cookie preference center.

Contract Performance (Gaming Services)

Some cookies are necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations, such as maintaining game progress, processing payments, and providing multiplayer functionality.

Your Rights Under GDPR:

  • • Right to be informed about cookie usage
  • • Right to withdraw consent at any time
  • • Right to access your personal data
  • • Right to rectification of inaccurate data
  • • Right to erasure of your data
  • • Right to data portability

Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, legal requirements, or other factors. When we make changes, we will:

Notification Methods

  • • Update the "Last updated" date
  • • Notify via email for significant changes
  • • Display prominent website notices
  • • Update in-app notifications

Major Changes Include

  • • New cookie types or purposes
  • • Third-party service changes
  • • Legal compliance updates
  • • Technology upgrades

Recommendation: Check this page regularly to stay informed about how we use cookies and similar technologies.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this Cookie Policy or our data practices, please contact us:

Address

50 Raffles Place
Singapore 048624

Phone

+65 6871 2345

Email

info@blestnark.com

Business Hours

Monday - Friday: 9:00 - 18:00
Saturday:
Sunday:

Note: For urgent cookie-related concerns or data protection requests, please mark your email subject with "PRIVACY" for priority handling.