Cookie Policy
Effective Date: September 2026 • Compliant with GDPR, ePrivacy Directive, & CCPA/CPRA Standards
Your Current Cookie Preferences
You have full authority over which non-essential cookies Sports Genius activates on your device. You can revisit or modify these preferences at any time.
1. What Are Cookies and Local Storage Technologies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer, tablet, or smartphone when you visit web pages. Local storage and session storage are modern web platform capabilities that allow web applications to store information directly in your browser with enhanced security and speed.
In this Policy, we use the term "Cookies" collectively to refer to browser cookies, web beacons, pixel tags, local storage items, and session storage tokens utilized across the Sports Genius domain (sportsgenius.app and its subdomains).
2. Categories of Cookies We Use
A. Strictly Necessary & Session Cookies
Always MandatoryThese cookies are vital for the core functionality and security of the platform. They authenticate your identity, maintain persistent login sessions, route your requests to healthy server instances, and prevent cross-site request forgery (CSRF). Because the platform cannot operate without them, they cannot be turned off.
| Cookie Identifier | Provider | Duration | Technical Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| sb-*-auth-token | Supabase Auth | 1 Year | Authenticates user identity and grants access to protected routes and picks. |
| sg_cookie_consent | Sports Genius | 1 Year | Persists your cookie consent selections and compliance timestamps. |
| __cf_bm | Cloudflare | 30 Minutes | Edge security bot management and DDoS protection. |
B. Security & Fraud Telemetry Cookies
Integrity EnforcedSports Genius operates fair, skill-based competitions with Elo ratings and leaderboard rankings. Security cookies analyze device clusters to prevent bot networks, script spamming, and multi-accounting exploitation. In addition, financial cookies placed by Stripe protect our sponsor merchandise checkout flow.
| Cookie Identifier | Provider | Duration | Technical Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| __stripe_mid | Stripe Inc. | 1 Year | Machine-learning fraud prevention and credit card risk scoring. |
| __stripe_sid | Stripe Inc. | 30 Minutes | Session-level transactional fraud prevention during payment processing. |
C. Functional & Personalization Preferences
User ControlledThese cookies and local storage records remember the choices you make (such as filtering the schedule by NFL or NBA, keeping your preferred live leaderboard tab open, or preserving display settings) so you do not have to reconfigure them each visit.
| Storage Item | Provider | Duration | Technical Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| sg_active_sport | Sports Genius | Persistent | Remembers your last selected sport tab (e.g., Football, Basketball). |
| sg_view_preferences | Sports Genius | Persistent | Preserves compact vs full game card view across device sessions. |
D. Analytics & Performance Telemetry
User ControlledAnalytics cookies collect aggregated, privacy-preserving metrics on how visitors navigate the platform, which competitions experience highest concurrency, and whether API responses remain lightning-fast. They help us pinpoint and fix software bugs and improve platform responsiveness.
| Cookie Identifier | Provider | Duration | Technical Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Google Analytics | 2 Years | Distinguishes unique anonymous sessions for aggregated usage metrics. |
| _ga_* | Google Analytics | 2 Years | Maintains visit state across game pages to measure engagement duration. |
3. How to Control or Delete Cookies Through Your Browser
In addition to our on-site cookie controls, nearly all modern web browsers allow you to manage cookie acceptance directly through their settings menus. You can delete existing stored cookies, block third-party cookies, or configure your browser to prompt you each time a cookie is offered.
Below are official step-by-step guides for the most common web browsers:
Important Note: Blocking strictly necessary cookies in your browser settings will prevent you from authenticating your account, logging in, or submitting prediction challenge picks.
4. Inquiries & Data Privacy Officer
If you have any questions regarding this Cookie Policy or how Sports Genius protects your privacy, please contact our Data Protection Team:
Entity: Sports Genius Inc.
Data Privacy Email: privacy@sportsgenius.app
Related Documents: Privacy Policy • Terms of Service