What JerkmateChat Stores in Your Browser
Short version: a few cookies and local-storage entries keep JerkmateChat working and remember your choices, and analytics help us see what gets used. You can clear any of it in your browser — this page covers what each piece does and what actually breaks if you block everything.
What a Cookie Actually Is
A cookie is a small file your browser stores when you visit a site, which that site can read back later. It is how a website remembers anything at all between one page and the next — without it, every click would look like a brand-new visitor arriving.
Similar technologies do the same job by a different mechanism — local storage, for instance, which is where JerkmateChat keeps most of its preferences. Where this page says "cookies", it means those too.
Neither technology is inherently good or bad — what matters is what a site stores and why. A cookie that keeps your session alive is doing you a service; a third-party tracker following you across the web is the thing most people reasonably want gone. The sections below separate the two so you can make that call category by category instead of guessing.
What JerkmateChat Uses Them For
Strictly necessary
Security and abuse prevention, keeping your session consistent as you move between pages, and carrying a coin purchase through checkout. Turn these off and parts of the product stop working — there is no version of "stay signed in" that does not remember you.
Preferences
These remember choices so they do not reset on every visit. Two you will actually notice: your age-gate confirmation, so the gate does not reappear each time you come back, and the daily free-match tally — how many of today's free matches you have already used, so the "Free ×10" badge and the free cam chat page can show the right count. Blocking these leaves the site working, but forgetful.
Analytics
Understanding which pages get used, where people get stuck, and whether something is broken — in aggregate, to improve the product. This is the category most people mean when they say they want cookies off, and the site remains usable without it.
Third-party
Some services JerkmateChat relies on — analytics or payment processing, for instance — may set their own cookies, governed by their own policies. Blocking third-party cookies in your browser limits these specifically, without touching the first-party ones the product needs.
Session vs Persistent
| Type | Lives until | Typical job |
|---|---|---|
| Session | You close the browser | Keeping this visit consistent while you browse |
| Persistent | It expires, or you clear it | Remembering a preference across visits |
How to Clear or Block Cookies
Your browser holds the controls, not us. All of the major ones let you clear existing cookies, block new ones, or block only third-party cookies:
- Chrome — Settings → Privacy and security → Third-party cookies
- Safari — Settings → Privacy (plus Manage Website Data)
- Edge — Settings → Cookies and site permissions
- Firefox — Settings → Privacy & Security
Private or incognito windows discard cookies when the window closes — a quick way to browse without leaving them behind. Menu paths move between versions, so if yours looks different, search that browser's settings for "cookies".
On a phone the controls live in the same place — inside the browser app's settings, not in your device's system settings — and clearing "site data" removes cookies and local storage together. That is worth knowing before you clear: the free-match tally and your age-gate confirmation go with it, so the site simply treats you as a fresh visitor next time.
What blocking everything costs you: pages still load — you can read this page or the cam to cam chat guide — but staying signed in and completing a purchase will not work, and the site will forget your free-match tally between visits. If your goal is to limit tracking rather than break the product, block third-party cookies and leave the strictly necessary ones alone.
Why There Is No Exact Cookie List Here
Plenty of policies publish a table of every cookie name and lifetime. This one does not, deliberately: those tables go stale the moment a vendor changes anything, and a confidently wrong table is worse than none. The categories above describe what is actually used; your browser's developer tools will always show you the current, real list for this site.
Changes and Contact
This page changes when what we use changes. For cookie or privacy questions, write to support[at]jerkmatechat.com — retype the [at] as a normal @; it is written that way to keep address-harvesting bots off it.
Read this together with the Privacy Policy, which covers what is collected and your choices, and the Terms of Service, which is the agreement this page sits inside.
Cookie FAQ
Does JerkmateChat use cookies?
Yes. Some are needed for the site to work at all — security, sessions, completing a purchase. Browser storage also remembers preferences like your age-gate confirmation and how many free matches you have used today, and analytics help measure how the site is used.
Can I use JerkmateChat with cookies turned off?
Partly. Reading pages generally works. Anything that has to remember you between requests — staying signed in, keeping a session, completing a coin purchase — depends on cookies and will break without them.
How do I delete or block cookies?
Every major browser has cookie controls under settings, usually in a Privacy or Site settings section. You can clear existing cookies, block new ones, or block only third-party cookies.
Will the age gate keep coming back if I block storage?
Yes. Your confirmation is remembered in browser storage, so if that storage is cleared or blocked the gate treats each visit as a first visit and asks again.
That's the Boring Part Done
Set your cookie preferences however you like — the product is still there when you are ready, free to start with no sign-up to try. The how it works page shows what a first match looks like before you commit to anything.