Cookie Policy
Last updated: April 24, 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how CTradeBoard uses cookies, local storage, session storage, and similar technologies when you use the website.
We use these technologies to keep the marketplace working, remember your choices, protect accounts, and support basic marketplace integrity such as listing-view counting.
What cookies and similar technologies are
Cookies are small text files stored by your browser. Local storage and session storage are browser storage features that let a website remember information on your device.
Some of these technologies are essential for the website to work. Others remember preferences that you choose while using CTradeBoard.
Which cookies do we use?
CTradeBoard currently uses these cookies, optional third-party tools, and browser storage entries:
| Cookie or storage | Type | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
sb-*-auth-token | Essential | Keeps signed-in sessions active and supports secure account access. | Session or authentication-provider expiry |
ctb-cookie-consent | Essential | Stores your cookie category choices, consent version, and latest update time on this device. | 180 days |
ctb-locale | Preference | Remembers the language you selected for the website. | 1 year |
ctb-current-game | Preference | Remembers the game marketplace you last selected. | 30 days |
ctb-viewer-coords | Preference | Stores approximate coordinates only when you use nearby listing features. | 7 days |
ctb-preferred-municipality | Preference | Remembers the municipality you choose for location-based browsing. | 1 year |
ctb-viewer-id | Integrity | Helps reduce duplicate listing-view counts and abuse without identifying a signed-in account. | 1 year |
ctb-viewed-listings | Integrity | Temporarily remembers recently viewed listings to avoid repeated counting. | 24 hours |
ctb:* local/session storage | Preference | Remembers theme, interface state, unread counters, navigation return state, and similar short-lived browser state. | Until cleared, or until the browser session ends for session entries |
Google AdSense cookies | Marketing | May be set by Google only if live advertising is enabled and you allow marketing cookies. | Controlled by Google |
Optional third-party tools such as analytics or live advertising scripts are only loaded when that feature is enabled and the related consent category has been allowed. Footer social links do not set social cookies by themselves.
How we use them
- Essential operation: to keep sign-in sessions active, protect authenticated areas, and support security checks.
- Preferences: to remember choices such as language, theme, selected game, and location settings you choose.
- Location features: to remember approximate location or municipality preferences when you choose to use nearby listing features.
- Marketplace integrity: to reduce duplicate listing-view counts, support rate limiting, and help prevent abuse.
- Temporary state: to keep short-lived session details such as unread counts, return navigation, and listing scroll position.
Third-party cookies
CTradeBoard does not load third-party advertising or analytics cookies unless those tools are enabled and you have allowed the related category on this device.
Our authentication and infrastructure providers may use cookies or browser storage when needed to provide sign-in, security, hosting, and database services. If we add new analytics, advertising, or embedded social tools that set cookies, we will update this policy and the related consent controls.
Managing cookies
You can block or delete cookies through your browser settings. If you block essential cookies, parts of the website such as sign-in, preferences, or listing features may not work correctly.
You can update optional cookie choices or clear non-auth CTradeBoard preferences and marketplace tracking data with the controls below. Essential sign-in cookies are cleared when you sign out or when the authentication session expires.
Changes to this policy
We may update this Cookie Policy as CTradeBoard changes or as our use of cookies and similar technologies evolves. The date at the top of this page shows when it was last updated.
Cookie settings
Manage optional cookie categories or clear CTradeBoard preference cookies, location preferences, listing-view tracking cookies, and short-lived browser state stored on this device.
This does not sign you out. Authentication cookies and tokens are managed by the sign-in provider and are cleared when you sign out or the session expires.
