Cookie Policy
Every cookie and every bit of browser storage that torchlite.host and the control panel use, by name: what it does, who sets it and how long it stays. Only statistics and fair use need your OK, and you can change your answer here at any time.
Your choice
You have not answered yet, so statistics and fair use are off.
Needed to work
Logging in, your language, your cookie choice and security checks. Always on.
Statistics
Microsoft Clarity shows us, without your name, where pages confuse people. Off means it never loads.
Fair use
A random browser id, sent when you create a server, so one person cannot take many free servers through many accounts. Off never stops you from creating a server.
On this device right now
What your browser holds from torchlite.host at this moment. Login cookies are hidden from scripts on purpose, so they never show here.
01The short version
- The site and the panel need a few cookies to log you in, remember your language and keep forms safe. These are always on, because nothing works without them.
- Microsoft Clarity, which shows us where pages confuse people, loads only after you say yes. Until then not a byte of it reaches your browser.
- A random browser id that helps keep one free server per person is set only after you say yes to "Fair use". Saying no never stops you from creating a server.
- The ads on the site today are our own banners, which set no cookies. While Google reviews the site for its ads, Google's AdSense script also loads on our public pages and its consent tool sets one cookie, FCCDCF (see Advertising).
- We never use cookies to follow you across other websites, and we sell nothing about you.
02Needed to work
These need no consent: the law allows cookies that are strictly needed for a service you asked for. They are all first-party, set by torchlite.host or game.torchlite.host.
| Name | Where | What it does | Kept for |
|---|---|---|---|
| __Host-torchlite_session | torchlite.host | Keeps you logged in on the website. | Until you close the browser, or 30 days with "Keep me signed in on this device" |
| __Host-torchlite_oauth, __Host-torchlite_oauth_… | torchlite.host | Protects a Google or Discord login while it happens, one per login started. | 10 minutes |
| __Host-torchlite_oauth_2fa | torchlite.host | Holds a Google or Discord login while you type your two-step code. | 10 minutes |
| tl-lang | torchlite.host | Remembers the language you picked. | 1 year |
| tl-consent | .torchlite.host | Remembers your answer about statistics, for the site and the panel. | 1 year after a yes, 6 months after a no |
| tl-analytics | .torchlite.host | The same answer, in the form the panel reads. | Same as tl-consent |
| pterodactyl_session | game.torchlite.host | Keeps you logged in on the control panel. | 12 hours |
| _GRECAPTCHA | google.com (Google reCAPTCHA) | Set by Google's bot check on the panel's login page, to tell people from bots. | 6 months |
| XSRF-TOKEN | game.torchlite.host | Stops other sites from sending forms in your name to the panel. | 12 hours |
| __cf_bm | Cloudflare | Set by Cloudflare, which protects our sites, only when it checks whether a visitor is a bot. | 30 minutes |
- __Host-torchlite_session
- Where: torchlite.host
- What it does: Keeps you logged in on the website.
- Kept for: Until you close the browser, or 30 days with "Keep me signed in on this device"
- __Host-torchlite_oauth, __Host-torchlite_oauth_…
- Where: torchlite.host
- What it does: Protects a Google or Discord login while it happens, one per login started.
- Kept for: 10 minutes
- __Host-torchlite_oauth_2fa
- Where: torchlite.host
- What it does: Holds a Google or Discord login while you type your two-step code.
- Kept for: 10 minutes
- tl-lang
- Where: torchlite.host
- What it does: Remembers the language you picked.
- Kept for: 1 year
- tl-consent
- Where: .torchlite.host
- What it does: Remembers your answer about statistics, for the site and the panel.
- Kept for: 1 year after a yes, 6 months after a no
- tl-analytics
- Where: .torchlite.host
- What it does: The same answer, in the form the panel reads.
- Kept for: Same as tl-consent
- pterodactyl_session
- Where: game.torchlite.host
- What it does: Keeps you logged in on the control panel.
- Kept for: 12 hours
- _GRECAPTCHA
- Where: google.com (Google reCAPTCHA)
- What it does: Set by Google's bot check on the panel's login page, to tell people from bots.
- Kept for: 6 months
- XSRF-TOKEN
- Where: game.torchlite.host
- What it does: Stops other sites from sending forms in your name to the panel.
- Kept for: 12 hours
- __cf_bm
- Where: Cloudflare
- What it does: Set by Cloudflare, which protects our sites, only when it checks whether a visitor is a bot.
- Kept for: 30 minutes
phpMyAdmin, at db.torchlite.host, sets its own login and settings cookies while you use it to manage your server's database.
The panel's login page shows our Discord server's widget, loaded from discord.com, which can set Discord's own cookies; Discord lists them in its cookie policy. Cloudflare, which carries all our traffic, sets __cf_bm only when it checks for bots.
03Stored in your browser, not cookies
A few things are kept in your browser's local or session storage. They never leave your device by themselves and we cannot read them from our servers.
| Name | Type | What it does | Kept for |
|---|---|---|---|
| torchlite-provision | Local storage | The progress of a server being built, so the page picks up where it was if you reload. | Until the server is ready |
| torchlite-ads-notice | Local storage | That you have seen the note about the ad break, so it is not shown twice. | Until you clear it |
| torchlite-launch-heat | Local storage | How much you fanned the ember on the launch countdown. | Until you clear it |
| tl-m | Session storage | That this visit already counted an ad blocker, so it is counted once. It holds no identifier. | Until you close the tab |
| i18nextLng, darkMode, panelSounds, closedTime | Local storage (panel) | Your language, theme and sound choices in the panel, and which notice you closed. | Until you clear it |
| <account>:show_all_servers, tl:renew-dm:<account> | Local storage (panel) | Whether the server list shows all servers, and when you last closed the Discord reminder popup. | Until you clear it |
| <server>:command_history | Local storage (panel) | The console commands you typed on that server, so the arrow keys bring them back. It stays on your device. | Until you clear it |
| tl-pumpkin-hunt-2026 | Local storage (panel) | Which Halloween pumpkins you found in the panel. | Until you clear it |
| tl-ab-notice, tl-m, file editor drafts | Session storage (panel) | That you saw the ad-blocker notice, the ad-blocker count for this visit, and unsaved text in the file editor. | Until you close the tab |
- torchlite-provision
- Type: Local storage
- What it does: The progress of a server being built, so the page picks up where it was if you reload.
- Kept for: Until the server is ready
- torchlite-ads-notice
- Type: Local storage
- What it does: That you have seen the note about the ad break, so it is not shown twice.
- Kept for: Until you clear it
- torchlite-launch-heat
- Type: Local storage
- What it does: How much you fanned the ember on the launch countdown.
- Kept for: Until you clear it
- tl-m
- Type: Session storage
- What it does: That this visit already counted an ad blocker, so it is counted once. It holds no identifier.
- Kept for: Until you close the tab
- i18nextLng, darkMode, panelSounds, closedTime
- Type: Local storage (panel)
- What it does: Your language, theme and sound choices in the panel, and which notice you closed.
- Kept for: Until you clear it
- <account>:show_all_servers, tl:renew-dm:<account>
- Type: Local storage (panel)
- What it does: Whether the server list shows all servers, and when you last closed the Discord reminder popup.
- Kept for: Until you clear it
- <server>:command_history
- Type: Local storage (panel)
- What it does: The console commands you typed on that server, so the arrow keys bring them back. It stays on your device.
- Kept for: Until you clear it
- tl-pumpkin-hunt-2026
- Type: Local storage (panel)
- What it does: Which Halloween pumpkins you found in the panel.
- Kept for: Until you clear it
- tl-ab-notice, tl-m, file editor drafts
- Type: Session storage (panel)
- What it does: That you saw the ad-blocker notice, the ad-blocker count for this visit, and unsaved text in the file editor.
- Kept for: Until you close the tab
04Statistics, only with your OK
We use Microsoft Clarity on torchlite.host and in the panel to see where pages confuse people: clicks, scrolling and the pages opened, as heatmaps and replays. Text typed into fields is masked before it leaves your browser; in the control panel, and where the site shows your email address, all text is masked, so consoles, files and passwords never reach a replay. We never use Clarity for ads. These cookies are set only if you say yes; Microsoft lists them here.
| Name | Set by | What it does | Kept for |
|---|---|---|---|
| _clck | torchlite.host (Clarity) | Tells your visits apart, without your name. | 1 year |
| _clsk | torchlite.host (Clarity) | Joins the pages of one visit into one replay. | 1 day |
| _cltk | Session storage (Clarity) | Keeps track of the current recording while the tab is open. | Until you close the tab |
| CLID | clarity.ms (Microsoft) | Recognises the same browser across sites that use Clarity. | 1 year |
| MUID | clarity.ms, bing.com (Microsoft) | Microsoft's identifier for the browser. | 1 year |
| ANONCHK, SM, MR | clarity.ms, bing.com (Microsoft) | Help Microsoft link the visit to its own services and check the MUID. | Up to 7 days |
- _clck
- Set by: torchlite.host (Clarity)
- What it does: Tells your visits apart, without your name.
- Kept for: 1 year
- _clsk
- Set by: torchlite.host (Clarity)
- What it does: Joins the pages of one visit into one replay.
- Kept for: 1 day
- _cltk
- Set by: Session storage (Clarity)
- What it does: Keeps track of the current recording while the tab is open.
- Kept for: Until you close the tab
- CLID
- Set by: clarity.ms (Microsoft)
- What it does: Recognises the same browser across sites that use Clarity.
- Kept for: 1 year
- MUID
- Set by: clarity.ms, bing.com (Microsoft)
- What it does: Microsoft's identifier for the browser.
- Kept for: 1 year
- ANONCHK, SM, MR
- Set by: clarity.ms, bing.com (Microsoft)
- What it does: Help Microsoft link the visit to its own services and check the MUID.
- Kept for: Up to 7 days
Microsoft processes this data as described in its privacy statement. Saying no, or changing a yes to a no later, stops Clarity and deletes the first three at once; the Microsoft cookies on clarity.ms and bing.com expire by themselves, or you can delete them from your browser.
05Fair use, only with your OK
To keep one free allowance per person, the page where servers are created can give your browser a random id and send it with each new server, so we can see when several accounts make servers from the same browser. It says nothing about you or your device. It is set only if you say yes to "Fair use"; saying no never stops you from creating a server. More in the Privacy Policy.
| Name | Set by | What it does | Kept for |
|---|---|---|---|
| __Host-torchlite_device | torchlite.host | The browser id, sent with a new server. | 2 years |
| torchlite-device | Local storage and IndexedDB | Copies of the same id, so clearing cookies alone does not look like a new browser. | Until you clear it or say no |
- __Host-torchlite_device
- Set by: torchlite.host
- What it does: The browser id, sent with a new server.
- Kept for: 2 years
- torchlite-device
- Set by: Local storage and IndexedDB
- What it does: Copies of the same id, so clearing cookies alone does not look like a new browser.
- Kept for: Until you clear it or say no
Changing a yes to a no deletes all three copies from your browser at once.
06Advertising
The ads on torchlite.host and in the panel are, for now, our own banners for TorchByte and our partners: plain pictures and links that set no cookies. A link to TorchByte carries our affiliate code, so TorchByte can see that the visit came from us.
While Google reviews torchlite.host for its ads, Google's AdSense script is loaded on our public pages (not on the pages where you log in or create a server). It shows no ads yet, but your browser contacts Google, which receives your IP address and browser details, and Google's consent tool sets one cookie:
| Name | Set by | What it does | Kept for |
|---|---|---|---|
| FCCDCF | .torchlite.host (Google) | Google's consent tool for ads keeps its state here. | 13 months |
- FCCDCF
- Set by: .torchlite.host (Google)
- What it does: Google's consent tool for ads keeps its state here.
- Kept for: 13 months
Google describes its advertising cookies here. Before the first Google ad appears, this page will list Google's ad cookies and you will be asked again, with personalised ads off unless you turn them on.
07Changing your mind
Use the switch at the top of this page, or "Cookie settings" at the bottom of any page. Your new answer applies at once, on the site and in the panel.
You can also block or delete cookies in your browser's settings. Blocking the ones needed to work logs you out and stops forms from being sent; everything else keeps working.
08Changes and questions
When we add or remove a cookie we update this page and its date first. If the change needs consent, we ask you again.
Questions go to [email protected], or by post to ARTAD CREATIVE S.R.L., Str. Republicii nr. 8, bl. 8, sc. C, ap. 13, Suceava, jud. Suceava, Romania. The Privacy Policy explains what we do with personal data and your rights.