Last updated: October 23, 2026.
This policy explains which cookies and similar technologies (such as the browser’s local storage) SavePoint (savepoint.com.br and its international edition, savepointmag.com) uses, why, for how long, and how to change your choice. It complements our Privacy Policy.
1. How consent works
- Brazil and other countries (except those below): we show our own cookie notice. Statistics and advertising cookies are used only after you click “Accept” or choose under “Preferences”. Legal basis: consent (LGPD art. 7, I).
- European Union, European Economic Area, United Kingdom and Switzerland: Google’s consent message (Google’s certified consent management platform) asks you. No statistics or advertising runs before you answer. Legal basis: consent (GDPR art. 6(1)(a) and the ePrivacy Directive).
- United States: state laws are opt-out. Google’s message lets you opt out of the sale or sharing of data for advertising. If your browser sends the Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal, we treat it as an opt-out of personalised advertising automatically.
Essential cookies (needed for the site to work or to remember your choice) do not depend on consent. Legal basis: legitimate interest and providing the service you asked for (LGPD art. 7, V and IX; GDPR art. 6(1)(b) and (f)).
2. How to change or withdraw consent
Click “Cookie preferences” in the footer of any page. You can accept, decline, or choose “Statistics” and “Personalised ads and embedded content” separately. In Europe the same link opens Google’s message. When you decline, we delete the Google Analytics and advertising cookies already in your browser for this site. You can also delete cookies in your browser settings; the notice will then appear again.
3. Cookies and storage we use
3.1 Essential (always on)
| Name | Set by | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| sp_consent | SavePoint | Stores your cookie choice (accept, decline or custom). | 12 months |
| sp_rg | SavePoint | Remembers your region (Brazil/other, Europe or US, from the country Cloudflare reports, without storing your IP) to decide which notice to show; also records the GPC signal. | 7 days |
| sp_reader | SavePoint | Session for readers who sign in with Google (My account). Only exists if you sign in. | 180 days |
| sp_rd | SavePoint | Tells pages that a session is active (no personal data). Only exists if you sign in. | 180 days |
| sp_oauth | SavePoint | Protects Sign in with Google against request forgery. Deleted when sign-in completes. | 10 minutes |
| __cf_bm, cf_clearance | Cloudflare | Protection against bots and attacks; only set when Cloudflare needs to check a visit. | 30 minutes / up to 1 year |
| sp-theme (local storage) | SavePoint | Remembers whether you chose the light or dark theme. | Until you clear it |
| sp-lang-dismiss (local storage) | SavePoint | Remembers that you dismissed the language suggestion. | Until you clear it |
In Europe, Google’s message stores your answer in the FCCDCF and FCNEC cookies (Google, up to 13 months), which are also essential to honour your choice. Browser notifications (if you turn them on in My account) use your browser’s push subscription, not cookies.
3.2 Statistics (only with consent)
| Name | Set by | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Google Analytics | Tells visitors apart to measure audience (most-read pages, where visits come from). Does not identify you by name. | 2 years |
| _ga_PW4MK9DS4S | Google Analytics | Keeps the state of your browsing session. | 2 years |
Without consent, Google Analytics runs in “consent mode”: it writes no cookies and sends only signals without identifiers, which Google uses in aggregate. Statistics data is kept for at most 14 months.
3.3 Advertising and embedded content (only with consent)
| Name | Set by | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| __gads, __gpi | Google AdSense | Measure and cap how often ads are shown, and allow personalised ads. | 13 months |
| __eoi | Google AdSense | Ad security and fraud prevention. | 6 months |
| IDE, test_cookie (doubleclick.net) | Personalised ads and ad measurement. | 13 months / 15 minutes | |
| _gcl_* | Ad click attribution. | 90 days |
Ads appear only on some pages (deals, free games, releases, preservation). Without consent we show non-personalised ads with no advertising cookies; click identifiers travel in the page address instead of cookies.
Embedded videos and posts (YouTube in privacy-enhanced mode, Instagram, X, Twitch, Kick, TikTok): with consent they load on the page, and those platforms may store their own cookies or local data under their own policies. Without consent they are shown as links that open on the platform.
3.4 Affiliate links
Links to stores (such as Amazon and Mercado Livre) set no cookies on SavePoint. When you click, the store may set cookies on its own site to record the referral.
4. Tools without cookies
DebugBear measures page speed without cookies and without identifying you.
5. Your rights and contact
You can confirm, access, correct and delete your data and withdraw consent at any time (LGPD art. 18; GDPR arts. 15-21). Email [email protected]. You can also complain to Brazil’s ANPD or to the data protection authority in your country.