Food Arcade sets no first-party cookies
Not as a technicality — the site genuinely does not create any. There is no session cookie, no preference cookie and no first-party analytics cookie, because there is no account system, no server-side session and no analytics platform.
Cookies versus LocalStorage
These are often confused, and the difference matters for your privacy.
A cookie is a small piece of data that the browser attaches to every request it makes to a site. Because it travels with requests, a cookie can be read by a server and can be used to recognise a returning visitor.
LocalStorage is browser storage that is never attached to requests. It can only be read by JavaScript running on a page from the same origin. Nothing in LocalStorage reaches a server unless a script explicitly sends it — and on this site, no script does.
Food Arcade uses LocalStorage for everything it remembers: your scores, favourites, play history, sound setting, reduced-motion setting and per-game difficulty. The full list, with key names, is in the privacy policy.
| Purpose | Mechanism | Set by | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|
| High scores and records | LocalStorage | Food Arcade (in your browser) | Until you clear site data |
| Favourites | LocalStorage | Food Arcade (in your browser) | Until you clear site data |
| Play history | LocalStorage | Food Arcade (in your browser) | Until you clear site data |
| Sound and motion preferences | LocalStorage | Food Arcade (in your browser) | Until you clear site data |
| Advertising selection and measurement | Cookies and similar | Third-party advertising provider | Set by the provider |
Third-party advertising cookies
The site is supported by advertising. When advertising is served by a third party, that provider may set cookies or use similar technologies in your browser. Typical purposes are:
- Ad selection — deciding which advertisement to show.
- Frequency capping — avoiding showing you the same advertisement repeatedly.
- Measurement — counting impressions and clicks so advertisers can be billed correctly.
- Personalisation — selecting advertisements based on activity across websites, where you have consented to that.
- Fraud prevention — detecting automated or fraudulent traffic.
We do not set these cookies, do not receive the data they generate and cannot connect it to anything stored by this site. They are governed by the advertising provider's own policies.
Consent
In regions where consent is legally required for non-essential cookies — the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland among them — a consent interface is presented by the advertising provider before personalised advertising cookies are set. You can decline personalisation and still use every part of this site: no game, score or feature depends on advertising cookies.
How to control cookies
- Browser settings — every major browser lets you block third-party cookies, block all cookies, or clear existing ones. Blocking third-party cookies will not affect anything on this site.
- Clear site data — removes both cookies and LocalStorage for this site, including your saved scores and favourites.
- Private or incognito windows — storage is discarded when the window closes, so scores will not persist.
- Advertising controls — providers generally offer their own opt-out pages for personalised advertising.
What clearing site data removes
Clearing site data for playfoodarcade.xyz deletes your high scores, favourites and play history along with everything else. There is no backup, because there is no server holding a copy. If those records matter to you, that is worth knowing before you clear.
Do Not Track
Food Arcade performs no tracking of its own, so a Do Not Track header has nothing to change in our behaviour. How advertising providers respond to it is governed by their own policies.
Changes
If this site ever begins setting first-party cookies, or adds an analytics platform, this policy will be updated to say so explicitly and the date at the top will change.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Food Arcade use cookies?
The site sets no first-party cookies. It uses LocalStorage, which is not transmitted with requests. Third-party advertising may set its own cookies.
Will blocking cookies break the games?
No. Every game works with cookies blocked. Blocking LocalStorage is different — the games still play, but they cannot remember your scores.
Why do I see a consent prompt?
Where personalised advertising requires consent by law, the advertising provider presents that prompt. Declining does not limit access to any part of this site.
How do I delete my saved scores?
Clear site data for playfoodarcade.xyz in your browser, or use the clear buttons on the favourites and recently played pages.