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Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how BattleRanking.com uses cookies, local storage and similar technical identifiers to operate and protect the platform, maintain vote integrity and understand how the service is used.

What cookies and similar technologies are

Cookies are small data files stored on a user’s device. BattleRanking.com may also use similar technologies, including local storage, session identifiers and first-party technical identifiers.

These technologies can support security, maintain technical state, associate events with the same visit and enable platform features.

Strictly necessary technologies

BattleRanking.com uses strictly necessary cookies or similar technical storage where required to provide, secure and protect the service.

These technologies may be used for:

  • Maintaining secure sessions and CSRF protection.
  • Protecting vote integrity and enforcing voting restrictions.
  • Detecting repeated requests, manipulation and automated abuse.
  • Applying security controls, cooldowns and rate limits.
  • Preventing spam and fraudulent activity.
  • Maintaining limited technical state required by the platform.

These technologies are necessary for the operation and security of BattleRanking.com. Blocking them through browser settings may prevent voting, security or session features from working correctly.

Cloudflare security cookies

BattleRanking.com uses Cloudflare to provide network security, encrypted traffic delivery, protection against attacks and automated-abuse prevention.

When Cloudflare applies a security check or Managed Challenge, it may place strictly necessary cookies or similar technical identifiers on the visitor’s device.

These technologies may be used to:

  • Confirm that a security challenge has been completed.
  • Distinguish legitimate visitors from automated or malicious traffic.
  • Prevent repeated security challenges during the permitted period.
  • Protect restricted areas, forms, voting functions and platform infrastructure.
  • Maintain network security, availability and service reliability.

Cloudflare may use a cookie named cf_clearance after a visitor successfully completes certain security checks.

This cookie indicates that the visitor has passed Cloudflare’s verification and may be used to avoid presenting the same challenge again while the clearance remains valid.

Cloudflare security cookies are used for security and service delivery rather than advertising personalization.

Visitor and session identifiers

BattleRanking.com assigns first-party technical identifiers to distinguish browser visits and platform sessions.

These identifiers may be used to protect the voting system, associate events occurring during the same visit, prevent abuse and maintain the reliability of live rankings.

These identifiers are not intended to reveal a visitor’s real-world identity. They may be combined with limited technical information or protected technical signals where necessary for security, integrity and abuse prevention.

First-party analytics

BattleRanking.com uses internal first-party analytics to understand how the platform is used and to improve its functionality, performance and design.

Analytics events may include:

  • Page views and visits.
  • Battle and section impressions.
  • Interactions with battles, rankings and navigation elements.
  • Voting-related platform events.
  • Successful or blocked battle suggestions.
  • Technical and aggregated performance information.

Where analytics storage is not strictly necessary under applicable law, it will be activated only after the required consent has been obtained.

Advertising technologies

BattleRanking.com may introduce Google AdSense or other advertising services.

Advertising spaces displayed on the platform do not necessarily mean that third-party advertising technologies are currently active.

When advertising services are enabled, Google and other selected advertising partners may use cookies, local storage or similar technologies to:

  • Deliver advertisements.
  • Measure advertising performance.
  • Prevent advertising fraud.
  • Limit how frequently an advertisement is displayed.
  • Personalize advertising where permitted and consented to.

Non-essential advertising technologies will not be activated before the consent required by applicable law has been obtained.

Users in relevant regions may be presented with a consent-management interface through which they can accept, reject or manage available advertising and analytics choices.

Third-party links and content

BattleRanking.com contains links to third-party social platforms. Simply displaying a link does not necessarily place a cookie from that platform.

Visiting an external service is subject to that service’s own privacy and cookie practices.

If embedded social content or other third-party integrations are introduced, non-essential technologies associated with them will be managed in accordance with applicable consent requirements.

Managing cookies

Where a consent-management tool is available, you can use it to accept, reject or change your choices concerning non-essential technologies.

You can also manage or delete cookies through your browser settings. Browser controls vary depending on the browser and device used.

Disabling strictly necessary storage may cause voting, session, security or other platform functions to stop working correctly.

Changes to this policy

We may update this Cookie Policy when BattleRanking.com changes its technical systems or introduces new analytics, advertising, embedded content or other technologies.

The current version of this Cookie Policy will always be published on this page.

Contact

For questions concerning cookies or similar technologies, contact: support@battleranking.com