Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, remember your preferences, and provide usage information to website owners.

2. How We Use Cookies

The BeamOut website (beamout.me) uses cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:

• Essential: Remembering your cookie consent preference
• Analytics: Understanding how visitors interact with our website via Google Analytics (only if you accept cookies)

3. Cookie Consent

When you first visit our website, a banner asks you to accept or decline cookies. Analytics cookies (Google Analytics) are only loaded after you accept. If you decline, no analytics cookies are set and no data is sent to Google Analytics. You can change your preference at any time by clearing your browser's local storage for this site and refreshing the page.

4. Cookies & Technologies We Use

4.1 Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics (measurement ID: G-DB4XT00CQ9) to understand website traffic and usage patterns. Google Analytics sets the following cookies:

These cookies are only set if you accept cookies via the consent banner. Google Analytics collects information such as pages visited, time spent on pages, browser type, and general geographic location. This data is processed by Google in accordance with their privacy policy.

4.2 Local Storage

We use browser local storage (not cookies) for the following purposes:

Local storage data is stored only on your device and is never transmitted to our servers.

5. Third-Party Cookies

Google Analytics is the only third-party service on our website that sets cookies, and only when you have accepted cookies via the consent banner. We do not embed social media widgets, third-party video players, or other services that set their own cookies on our website.

6. Managing Cookies

You can control cookies in several ways:

• Our consent banner: Decline cookies when prompted on your first visit. To change your choice later, clear your browser's local storage for beamout.me and refresh the page
• Browser settings: Most browsers let you block or delete cookies through their privacy settings
• Private browsing: Use incognito or private mode to prevent cookies from persisting
• Google opt-out: Install the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on

The website functions fully without analytics cookies. Declining cookies does not affect your ability to browse leaderboards, watch replays, or use any other feature.

7. Mobile Game

The BeamOut mobile game does not use cookies. It uses device storage to save:

• Your local highscore and game settings (music, sound, vibration preferences)
• Session statistics
• Cached avatar images

The game also integrates with Google Play Games Services (Android) and Apple Game Center (iOS), which have their own data storage practices. Google AdMob, used for in-game advertisements, may use device identifiers and its own storage mechanisms as described in Google's advertising privacy policy.

8. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated "Last updated" date. Your continued use of the website after changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.