What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (computer, phone, or tablet) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to website owners.
Cookies can be “session cookies” — which are deleted when you close your browser — or “persistent cookies” — which remain on your device for a set period of time or until you manually delete them.
Cookies can also be “first-party cookies” set by ChickRoulette directly, or “third-party cookies” set by external services that we use on our platform.
How We Use Cookies
ChickRoulette uses cookies for the following purposes:
- Platform functionality — to ensure the video chat service works correctly, manage active sessions, and maintain security
- Performance & analytics — to understand how visitors use our platform in aggregate, so we can improve it
- Security — to detect and prevent fraudulent activity, abuse, and unauthorised access
- Preferences — to remember any settings or preferences you have applied during your session
- Advertising — if advertising is displayed on the platform, advertising partners may use cookies to serve relevant ads based on your browsing behaviour
We do not use cookies to collect personally identifiable information, and we do not build advertising profiles on individual users.
Types of Cookies We Use
Essential Cookies
These cookies are strictly necessary for the platform to function. Without them, core features like video chat matching and session management would not work. These cookies cannot be disabled without breaking the service. They do not collect any information that could be used to identify you personally.
Analytics Cookies
These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with ChickRoulette by collecting and reporting information anonymously. We use this data to improve the platform experience. Analytics cookies may be set by us directly or by third-party analytics providers such as Google Analytics (with IP anonymisation enabled).
Functional Cookies
These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your country preference or display settings) and provide enhanced, more personalised features. The information collected by these cookies may be anonymised.
Advertising Cookies
If display advertising is active on ChickRoulette, advertising partners may place cookies to deliver ads that are relevant to your interests based on your browsing history. These are third-party cookies and are governed by the respective partner’s privacy policy. You can opt out of personalised advertising — see Section 8.
Cookie Reference Table
The following table lists the specific cookies used on ChickRoulette, what they do, and how long they last.
| Cookie Name | Type | Purpose | Duration | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cr_session | Essential | Manages your active chat session and connection state | Session | First |
| cr_security | Essential | CSRF protection token to prevent cross-site request forgery attacks | Session | First |
| cr_prefs | Essential | Stores your session preferences such as country filter setting | 30 days | First |
| _ga | Analytics | Google Analytics — distinguishes unique users using a randomly generated number | 2 years | Third |
| _ga_* | Analytics | Google Analytics — used to persist session state | 2 years | Third |
| _gid | Analytics | Google Analytics — distinguishes users, expires after 24 hours | 24 hours | Third |
| __cf_bm | Essential | Cloudflare — bot management and DDoS protection | 30 minutes | Third |
| cf_clearance | Essential | Cloudflare — stores proof of completed security challenge | 1 year | Third |
| _fbp | Advertising | Facebook Pixel — used to deliver advertisements on Facebook and track ad effectiveness (if active) | 3 months | Third |
| IDE | Advertising | Google DoubleClick — used to show targeted ads and measure their performance (if active) | 13 months | Third |
* This table reflects cookies currently known to be in use. Third-party advertising cookies are only active if advertising is enabled on the platform at the time of your visit.
Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies on ChickRoulette are placed by third-party services that we use to operate and improve the platform. These third parties have their own privacy and cookie policies, which we encourage you to review:
- Google Analytics — policies.google.com/privacy
- Cloudflare — cloudflare.com/privacypolicy
- Facebook / Meta — facebook.com/policy/cookies
- Google Advertising — policies.google.com/technologies/ads
We are not responsible for the content or accuracy of third-party privacy policies, nor for the cookie practices of any third-party websites linked from ChickRoulette.
Managing Cookies
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings at any time.
Please note that if you choose to block or delete essential cookies, some parts of ChickRoulette may not function correctly. In particular, video chat session management depends on session cookies to operate.
Most browsers allow you to:
- View what cookies are stored on your device
- Delete all or specific cookies
- Block all cookies from being set
- Block third-party cookies only
- Allow cookies from specific websites you trust
Browser Instructions
Use the links below to manage cookie settings in your specific browser:
Opt-Out Links
You can opt out of specific types of tracking and advertising cookies using the following tools:
- Google Analytics Opt-Out: Install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on
- Google Advertising Opt-Out: Visit Google Ad Settings
- Facebook Advertising Opt-Out: Visit Facebook Ad Preferences
- Digital Advertising Alliance (US): Visit optout.aboutads.info
- Network Advertising Initiative: Visit optout.networkadvertising.org
Note that opting out of advertising cookies does not mean you will no longer see ads — it means the ads shown will be less relevant to your interests.
Policy Changes
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, regulation, or our business practices. When we make material changes, we will update the Effective Date at the top of this page.
We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies. Your continued use of ChickRoulette following any changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us:
We aim to respond to all cookie-related enquiries within 30 business days.