Privacy & cookies
The site carries no analytics, no advertising and no trackers. Only what it needs to function is stored — the complete list follows.
updated: 2026-08-12
What we collect
- Twitch sign-in. On authorisation Twitch provides an ID, login, display name and avatar; the follow date and subscription status for the FarostG channel are read in addition. This is stored in a browser cookie and in a server-side profile — pupas, roles, lore, everything the profile page shows. Without authorisation the site remains fully readable.
- What you submit yourself. Lore suggestions and problem reports are stored with the page address and the browser version, which is what makes a bug reproducible. A report sent without authorisation is not tied to an account and the IP address is not kept: only an irreversible hash remains, used solely for spam protection.
- Drafts and favourites. Article text and attached images autosave as a draft — in the browser and on the server, tied to the account, so that a reload loses nothing. A draft and its images are visible to its author only. Favourite marks on art, emotes, merch, teleavatars and voices are likewise private to the account holder; no counter of them exists anywhere. Both are deletable by the author — with the editor's button or the same heart.
- When you were last here. For authorised visitors a single "last seen" timestamp is kept — one row per account, overwritten on every visit. Which pages were opened, any browsing history and the IP address are not stored; for signed-out visitors nothing is stored at all. The profile shows it approximately ("today", "3 days ago") and others can see it. The eye next to that line turns the display off: it then remains visible to the account holder only.
- What is NOT here. No Google Analytics, no advertising pixels, no browser fingerprinting. The server keeps standard technical access logs, used for security only.
Cookies
Cookies appear only after signing in with Twitch or after you pick a language; before that the site sets none. All of them are strictly necessary for the site to work.
| cookie | set when | lifetime | purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| locale | when you pick a language (RU/EN) | a year | The chosen site language — ru or en, nothing else. Set by the language button in the header or by opening the English version; without it the language follows your browser settings. |
| farost_session | after signing in with Twitch | 30 days | Signed session: Twitch ID, login, display name, avatar, follow date and subscription status for the FarostG channel. Marked httpOnly and unreadable by page scripts. |
| tw_oauth_state / tw_from | during the sign-in flow | 10 minutes | Protection of the sign-in against request forgery, plus the address to return to after authorisation. |
Logging out deletes the session cookie. It can also be removed manually in the browser settings.
Browser storage (localStorage)
Interface preferences are kept in the browser and are never sent anywhere:
| key | what it stores |
|---|---|
| tts-vol, tts-muted | player volume and mute state on /tts |
| daily-rail, daily-rail-pos | state and position of the daily sidebar |
| art-adult | whether 18+ material is shown in the gallery |
| art-age-ok | the confirmation of being 18 or older |
Embedded content
Twitch clips inside articles load only when "load" is pressed; no request reaches Twitch before that. YouTube videos are embedded through the youtube-nocookie.com domain, which sets no cookies in advance. The /feed page shows material from Twitch, YouTube, Telegram and X: as it scrolls into view, those services load it under their own privacy policies.
Access and deletion
A request about stored data, or for its deletion, goes through "Report a problem" at the bottom of the page. Data is never sold or passed to third parties: the site is a fan project of the FarostG channel.
