Cookies at the Table

We keep cookies about as lean as the two of clubs. Spades.now sets only a handful of essential cookies - the ones that keep you signed in and stop forms being abused - and nothing for advertising or cross-site tracking. Your wins, streaks and settings live in your browser, not on our servers. Here is exactly what that means.

Effective date: July 1, 2026. This policy explains how spades.now uses cookies and similar storage.

The short version: a few essential cookies keep you signed in and protect forms. We do not use advertising or cross-site tracking cookies, and your game stats stay in your browser rather than on a server.

What we set

Essential cookies

When you sign in - with an email and password or with the optional Google sign-in - or submit a form such as contact, we set a small session cookie that keeps you logged in and a token that blocks cross-site request forgery (CSRF). Without these, accounts and forms simply cannot work. They clear when you sign out or your session ends.

Local storage (not actually a cookie)

Your bids, wins, best scores, streaks, in-progress games and preferences are saved in your browser's local storage on your own device. None of it leaves your browser unless you sign in and choose to sync it, and clearing your browser data erases it.

Analytics

We may use privacy-respecting analytics to understand aggregate usage - things like which variants get played most. That data is aggregated, is not used to identify you personally, and is never sold. See our privacy policy for the details.

What we never set

No advertising cookies.
No cross-site or third-party tracking pixels.
No selling or sharing of personal data.

Controlling cookies

You can clear or block cookies in your browser settings at any time. Blocking the essential ones means sign-in and forms will stop working, but you can still play every Spades variant as a guest - no account needed. Questions? Reach us through the contact page.