Last updated: 12 April 2026 Publisher: Dwarven Stronghold Limited (company no. 11228461)
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies and similar storage technologies are used on shadow-walkers.com, wasm.shadow-walkers.com and any other Shadow Walkers service operated by Dwarven Stronghold Limited, why we use them, and how you can control them.
It supplements our Privacy Policy, which describes the wider handling of personal data. It is written to comply with the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PECR, UK), the UK GDPR and the EU ePrivacy Directive 2002/58/EC.
A cookie is a small text file that a website places on your device and reads
back on later visits. Similar technologies include localStorage and
sessionStorage, IndexedDB, and service-worker caches. For simplicity we
refer to all of these as "cookies" in this policy.
Cookies can be:
The table below lists every cookie Shadow Walkers sets by default. A
machine-readable version is available at shadow-walkers.com/legal/cookies.json.
These cookies are required for the service to work. Under PECR reg. 6(4)(b) they do not need consent.
| Name | Type | Purpose | Retention |
|---|---|---|---|
sw_session |
First-party, session | Session identifier used to keep you logged in | Until logout or browser close |
sw_csrf |
First-party, session | CSRF protection on forms | Session |
sw_pref |
First-party, persistent | Language preference, sound volume, UI preferences | 12 months |
sw_cookie_consent |
First-party, persistent | Records your cookie-consent choices so the banner is not shown again | 12 months |
These cookies enable optional features. They are only set if you choose "Accept all" or enable them in cookie settings.
| Name | Type | Purpose | Retention |
|---|---|---|---|
sw_remember |
First-party, persistent | "Remember me" on login | 30 days |
We use a self-hosted, privacy-respecting analytics tool (no data is shared with advertising networks, no cross-site tracking).
| Name | Type | Purpose | Retention |
|---|---|---|---|
sw_analytics_id |
First-party, persistent | Distinguishes unique visitors for aggregate page-view statistics | 12 months |
We do not use any marketing or advertising cookies.
When you click "Buy" and are redirected to the Paddle checkout, Paddle may set its own cookies on its own domain for fraud prevention and session management. Those cookies are governed by Paddle's own cookie policy at paddle.com/legal. Paddle's cookies are not set on our domain and we cannot read them.
You can manage cookies in the following ways:
shadow-walkers.com/legal/cookies/settings.DNT: 1 HTTP header as an
automatic rejection of analytics and functional cookies.Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing that happened before the withdrawal, and does not remove cookies that are strictly necessary for the service.
We review our cookie inventory at least every 12 months. If we add or materially change a cookie, we will update this page and re-show the consent banner so that you can make a new choice. Minor changes (typo fixes, clarifications) take effect immediately.
Questions about cookies or your privacy choices: [email protected]
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