Effective Date: October 20, 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how Game News Plus uses cookies, local storage, and similar technologies on gamenewsplus.net.
It should be read together with our Privacy Policy.
1. What Are Cookies and Similar Technologies?
Cookies are small pieces of data stored by your browser when you visit a website.
Game News Plus also uses browser technologies such as local storage and similar identifiers for functions including authentication, preferences, interactive features, analytics, advertising, consent management, security, and abuse prevention.
Some technologies are set directly by Game News Plus. Others are provided by third-party services used on the Site.
2. Strictly Necessary Technologies
These technologies support essential Site functionality such as authentication, session security, OAuth protection, and related security controls.
Examples include:
WordPress Authentication
When you are signed in, WordPress authentication cookies are used to maintain your authenticated session.
The exact cookie names and durations may depend on the WordPress configuration and session state.
Google and Discord OAuth Security
When you begin sign-in through Google or Discord, Game News Plus uses short-lived first-party OAuth binding cookies:
- gnp_oauth_bind_google
- gnp_oauth_bind_discord
These cookies are used to protect the authentication flow and help prevent request-forgery attacks.
The current implementation sets them as HttpOnly, SameSite=Lax cookies with an approximately five-minute lifetime.
3. Functional Technologies
Game News Plus uses functional cookies and browser storage to provide interactive features and remember user choices.
Daily Game Guess
For guest players, Daily Game Guess may use:
Cookie:
- gnp_dgg_pid
This first-party HttpOnly cookie provides an anonymous guest identifier used to operate the daily game, maintain game-related state, enforce daily-use limits, and protect the feature from abuse.
The current implementation sets this cookie for up to two years.
Daily Game Guess may also use local storage entries including:
- gnpDggGuestStreak
- gnpDggHasPlayedBefore
These entries help maintain guest streak or prior-play state in the browser.
Signed-in users are identified through their account rather than the guest identifier for member gameplay.
Polls
Interactive polls may use:
- gnp_ix_vid
This first-party HttpOnly cookie provides an anonymous voter identifier used to recognize participation and reduce duplicate or abusive voting.
The current implementation sets this cookie for up to two years.
Theme Preference
Game News Plus uses:
- localStorage: gnp-theme
This remembers your light or dark theme preference.
Because local storage is not a traditional cookie, it generally remains in the browser until removed by the user, the browser, or Site code.
4. Consent and Privacy Preference Storage
Game News Plus uses Google privacy and consent technology.
Observed Google consent cookies include:
- FCCDCF
- FCNEC
These may be used by Google’s consent-management system to remember privacy or advertising choices.
The exact duration and behavior of Google-controlled cookies may depend on Google’s configuration, your location, and your consent state.
The Site footer includes a “Privacy and cookie settings” control. Where Google’s consent interface is available, this control attempts to reopen the supported privacy-choice interface.
If the interface cannot be opened, the control links to the privacy-choice information on this Cookie Policy page.
5. Analytics Technologies
Google Analytics
Game News Plus uses Google Analytics to understand Site usage and performance.
Observed first-party analytics cookies include:
- _ga
- _ga_ZFBWR21JTZ
Google Analytics measurement ID:
G-ZFBWR21JTZ
Google Analytics behavior may vary based on your location, consent status, browser settings, and Google service configuration.
Game News Plus does not state a fixed duration for Google Analytics cookies where that duration has not been independently verified from the live configuration.
Cloudflare Web Analytics
Game News Plus also uses Cloudflare Web Analytics.
Cloudflare may process technical information relating to website traffic and performance.
Cloudflare’s own processing is governed by its applicable privacy documentation.
6. Advertising Technologies
Game News Plus uses Google AdSense to display advertisements.
Google AdSense publisher ID:
ca-pub-1254754093760779
Observed Google advertising cookies include:
- __gads
- __gpi
- __eoi
Google advertising technology may also use browser storage including items observed on the Site such as:
- google_adsense_settings
- google_ama_config
- _grecaptcha
Google may also use additional domains, cookies, storage, or advertising-quality technologies depending on ad delivery, browser configuration, location, and consent state.
Game News Plus does not state fixed lifetimes for Google-controlled advertising cookies or storage where those values have not been independently verified.
7. Google reCAPTCHA-Related Components
Game News Plus does not currently operate a separately implemented Site-level reCAPTCHA feature identified by the audit.
However, Google advertising technology may load reCAPTCHA-related components as part of advertising or traffic-quality systems.
Where this occurs, the relevant processing is controlled by Google’s applicable services and privacy terms.
8. Gravatar and Externally Hosted Avatars
Game News Plus may load avatar images from Gravatar and may display avatar images associated with Google or Discord accounts.
These image requests can send technical request information to the relevant image provider, such as an IP address, browser information, and the requested image URL.
These requests are not necessarily cookie-based but are disclosed here because they form part of the Site’s browser-side third-party activity.
9. Cloudflare and Infrastructure
Game News Plus uses Cloudflare for content delivery, network performance, and security.
Cloudflare may process technical request information necessary to provide these services.
10. Consent Mode and Regional Behavior
Game News Plus uses Google Consent Mode signals.
The current Site implementation includes the following Consent Mode v2 signals:
- analytics_storage
- ad_storage
- ad_user_data
- ad_personalization
Consent behavior may differ according to region, configuration, and the availability of Google’s privacy messaging.
The Site does not claim that a particular U.S. state privacy message is active unless that account-level configuration has been verified.
11. Managing Your Choices
You can manage cookies and similar technologies in several ways.
Game News Plus Privacy Settings
Use the “Privacy and cookie settings” link in the Site footer.
Where supported, this attempts to reopen Google’s available consent-management interface.
Browser Controls
Most browsers allow you to delete or block cookies and clear local storage.
Blocking strictly necessary or functional technologies may prevent sign-in, Daily Game Guess, polls, theme preferences, or other Site features from working correctly.
Google Controls
Google also provides privacy and advertising controls through its own services.
The options available may depend on your Google account, browser, location, and applicable Google services.
12. Third-Party Technologies
Third-party technologies described in this Policy are also subject to the privacy policies and service terms of the relevant providers.
Game News Plus does not control all cookies or storage created by third-party services and does not invent or publish expiration periods that have not been verified.
13. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy when Site functionality, service providers, browser technologies, consent systems, or legal requirements change.
When material changes are made, the Effective Date at the top of this page will be updated.
14. Contact
For questions about cookies, privacy, or your choices, contact: