What Cookies Are And Why We Use Them
A cookie is a small text file placed on your device that lets a website remember information between visits. On SugarDating, cookies support session continuity - keeping you signed in as you move between profiles, categories and messages - and remember interface preferences, such as previously dismissed notices, so pages load in the state you left them.
Cookies do not, by themselves, reveal your identity to other members. Consistent with the practice of keeping personal identifiers separate that we recommend for your dating profile itself, we suggest keeping the browser you use for the platform distinct from browsers tied to your professional accounts wherever possible.
Cookie categories
Types Of Cookies We Use
Three categories of cookies operate on SugarDating, each serving a different purpose. Declining a category changes what the platform can remember about your visit, not whether you can use it.
Strictly Necessary Cookies
Strictly necessary cookies let the platform function: keeping you signed in, remembering items in an in-progress registration, and maintaining session security while you browse. Because these cookies are required for basic operation, declining them individually is not possible; disabling all cookies in your browser will affect your ability to remain signed in or move between pages without repeated verification.
Analytics Cookies
Analytics cookies show us, in aggregate, how members navigate the platform - which pages are visited, how sessions flow through registration, and where pages take longer to load. This information helps us improve layout and performance over time. Declining analytics cookies does not affect your ability to use the platform; it only limits the usage data available to us for that visit.
Marketing Cookies
Marketing cookies help measure the effectiveness of the messages that brought you to the platform and support more relevant messaging on future visits. They do not control access to member profiles or messaging features. Declining marketing cookies means your visit is not included in that measurement, with no change to how the platform itself performs for you.
Managing Your Cookie Preferences
Most browsers let you review, block or delete cookies through their settings menu, and you can set a browser to notify you before a cookie is stored or to reject third-party cookies by default. Because browser controls apply per device and per browser, preferences set on a work laptop will not carry over to a personal phone - a useful distinction if you keep professional and personal browsing separate, the same separation we recommend for the email address and phone number used on your dating profile.
On the platform itself, notification and visibility preferences are managed from your account settings once you are signed in. For a full account of what data we collect, how it is used and your rights over it, read our Privacy Policy, or contact our support team directly with any question about how cookies affect your account.