COOKIES POLICY - ONLYCHALLENGE
📅 Last updated: 05/01/2026
This policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy.
🍪 1. What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files stored on your device (computer, smartphone or tablet) when you visit a website.
They are widely used to ensure proper functionality, improve user experience and provide information to website operators.
- Session cookies: deleted when you close your browser
- Persistent cookies: stored for a defined period
🗂️ 2. Types of Cookies We Use
🔒 2.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for the operation of the Platform and cannot be disabled.
- Enable account login and authentication
- Maintain user sessions
- Ensure platform security
- Prevent fraudulent activity
Without these cookies, the Platform cannot function properly.
📊 2.2 Performance and Analytics Cookies
These cookies help us understand how users interact with the Platform by collecting anonymous information.
- Analyze traffic and usage patterns
- Improve platform performance
- Optimize user experience
Data is aggregated and anonymized where possible.
⚙️ 2.3 Functional Cookies
These cookies allow the Platform to remember user preferences and settings.
- Language preferences
- Display preferences
- User interface customizations
🌐 2.4 Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies may be set by third-party services integrated into the Platform.
- Analytics providers
- Payment service providers
- Security and fraud prevention services
OnlyChallenge does not control third-party cookies. Their use is governed by the respective providers’ privacy policies.
💳 3. Cookies and Payments
Payment-related cookies may be used by third-party payment processors (such as Stripe) to:
- Process transactions securely
- Prevent fraud
- Ensure compliance with financial regulations
⚖️ 4. Legal Basis for Using Cookies
- User consent, where required by law
- Legitimate interests (security, functionality, service improvement)
- Legal obligations, including fraud prevention and compliance
Where required, users will be asked to provide consent before non-essential cookies are placed on their device.
⚙️ 5. Cookie Management
You can manage or disable cookies at any time through your browser settings.
Instructions for managing cookies can be found in your browser’s help section.
🔞 6. Cookies and Minors
We do not knowingly collect data from minors through cookies or other tracking technologies.
🛡️ 7. Data Protection
Any personal data collected through cookies is processed in accordance with our Privacy Policy and applicable data protection laws, including GDPR and UK GDPR.
🔄 8. Changes to This Cookies Policy
We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, law or our services.
Continued use of the Platform constitutes acceptance of the updated Cookies Policy.