Cookies
Cookie policy
This page lists every cookie and equivalent tracer used by the site: the ones strictly necessary for the service to work (see below), and the advertising cookies from Google AdSense that fund the site's free prize draws (article 82 of the French Postal and Electronic Communications Code, transposing the ePrivacy Directive 2002/58/EC).
Strictly necessary cookies (no consent required)
| Name | Purpose | Duration | Issuer |
|---|---|---|---|
*_sid |
PHP session identifier - keeps you logged in and prevents form replay. | Session (~4 h) | First party |
_csrf (in session) |
Anti-CSRF synchronizer token, one-shot. | Session | First party |
ui.locale (in session) |
Selected interface language (fr / en) - kept only for the ongoing visit. | Session | First party |
Bot-protection cookies (Cloudflare Turnstile)
The registration and password-reset forms may use Cloudflare Turnstile to limit automated submissions against account-creation and account-recovery flows requested by the user. Only a short-lived technical token is exchanged for the duration of the form submission. No advertising or audience-measurement purpose is attached to this control. This exemption analysis is limited to the security of those forms. Any broader anti-fraud, advertising, profiling or audience-measurement purpose would require a new cookie/legal assessment and, where required, prior consent.
Advertising cookies (Google AdSense) - consent required
GagneLots is a free site funded by advertising. To display personalized ads, the site uses Google AdSense, which sets advertising cookies to deliver and measure ads based on your interests. Because these cookies are not strictly necessary, a consent banner (Google's "Privacy & messaging" tool) is shown on your first visit: you can accept, reject, or customize ad personalization, and change your choice at any time using the "Manage ad preferences" link in the footer of every page. If you reject personalization, AdSense still funds the site with non-personalized ads that do not rely on this consent. We do not otherwise run our own audience-measurement tool (Google Analytics, Matomo, ...) or social-sharing buttons.
Google explains how it uses these cookies and how to manage ad personalization in its own policies: Google - How Google uses cookies in advertising and Google Ad Center (adjust ad personalization for your own Google account, separately from the consent given on this site).
Manage cookies in your browser
Every browser lets you delete existing cookies and refuse new ones. Blocking the strictly necessary cookies will prevent sign-in and form submission - the site will not work correctly.
- Firefox: Settings > Privacy & Security > Cookies and site data.
- Chrome: Settings > Privacy and security > Third-party cookies.
- Safari: Settings > Privacy > Manage website data.
- Edge: Settings > Cookies and site permissions.
Contact and complaint
For any question about cookies, contact us via the privacy address listed in the privacy policy. You may also lodge a complaint with the CNIL (www.cnil.fr).
Last updated: 24 September 2026