A short list, not a tracking scheme.
Most cookie policies exist to satisfy a legal disclosure requirement for tracking infrastructure that nobody would agree to if they actually read it. Ours exists because we set a handful of cookies for authentication and privacy friendly analytics, and you should know exactly what each one is for.
What a cookie is, briefly
A cookie is a small piece of data a website stores in your browser. Two kinds exist. Session cookies disappear when you close the tab. Persistent cookies stick around until they expire or you clear them. Cookies have a scope (which domain can read them) and a path (which URLs on that domain). They are fundamentally just key value pairs the browser sends back to the server on every request. Boring mechanism, important implications.
The cookies we set
The full inventory of cookies Twitterz may set on your browser, organized by purpose. If a cookie is not on this list, we are not setting it. If you see one we did not document, email legal and we will either remove it or add it to the list.
Essential (cannot be disabled)
- twz_session — Your dashboard session token, if you are logged in. Set on login, cleared on logout. HttpOnly, Secure, SameSite=Lax. 14 day sliding expiration. Without this cookie, you cannot stay logged into your dashboard.
- twz_csrf — Anti CSRF token that protects state changing operations in the dashboard (placing orders, changing settings). Rotates per session. Session lifetime.
- twz_cart — Temporary holder for in progress order configuration before you reach the checkout page. Session lifetime. Cleared when you complete or abandon the cart.
Functional (enabled by default, opt out available)
- twz_theme — Your preferred color theme if you have overridden the default. 365 day persistence.
- twz_lang — Your preferred site language if you have overridden the browser default. 365 day persistence.
- twz_announcement_dismissed — Tracks whether you have dismissed a specific announcement banner so we do not re show it. 30 day persistence.
Analytics (opt in only)
- twz_visitor — Anonymous visitor identifier set by our analytics layer to distinguish unique visitors for aggregate traffic reporting. Configured with IP anonymization and ad personalization signals turned off. Expires after the minimum retention window our analytics tooling supports. Only set if you have enabled analytics in your cookie preferences.
- twz_session_state — Analytics session state cookie paired with twz_visitor. Same expiration, same opt in rules.
Cookies we do not set
- Facebook pixel or any Meta cookie (we do not run Meta ads).
- TikTok pixel, LinkedIn pixel, or any other advertising platform tracker.
- Advertising network cookies (Doubleclick, Criteo, Taboola, etc). We do not run ads.
- Cross site retargeting cookies. We do not retarget.
- Heatmap or session replay cookies (Hotjar, FullStory, etc). We do not use them.
- Third party CDN tracking cookies. Our CDN (our edge security layer) is configured to not set tracking cookies.
Third party cookies
Our edge security layer and our hosting provider may set strictly functional cookies on their own domains for bot management and load balancing. Those cookies are governed by each provider is privacy policy, not ours, and none of them carry advertising or cross site tracking payloads. The checkout flow runs inside an iframe provided by our crypto payment processor, which sets its own session cookies on its own domain during checkout only.
We do not integrate with any third party that sets advertising or cross site tracking cookies through our domain. Full stop.
How to opt out
Your browser has built in cookie controls. Most modern browsers let you block all cookies, block third party cookies, or accept all cookies. If you block all cookies on twitterz.net, the dashboard will not work because authentication requires cookies. If you block only third party cookies, the entire Twitterz experience works fine.
For analytics cookies specifically, visit your account settings in the dashboard and toggle the Analytics switch. Anonymous visitors (not logged in) can visit the Cookie Preferences link in the footer and opt out there. The opt out sets a twz_analytics_optout cookie that persists 365 days and tells our analytics infrastructure to not track the browser.
Browser Do Not Track (DNT) headers are respected. If your browser sends DNT, we do not set analytics cookies regardless of the dashboard toggle state.
Mobile app cookies
We do not have a Twitterz mobile app as of April 2026. If we ever ship one, the equivalent of cookie disclosure for the app (local storage, keychain, etc) will be documented here alongside the cookie inventory. Planning to rebuild the dashboard as a PWA rather than a native app, so cookie semantics stay consistent with the web experience.
Cookie lifetimes and deletion
Session cookies clear when you close the browser tab. Persistent cookies clear at the documented expiration or when you clear your browser cookies manually. Closing your Twitterz dashboard account invalidates all session cookies immediately and removes functional cookies during the next request to our domain. Analytics cookies expire independently per their own lifetime.
You can also clear your cookies at any time through your browser. Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Clear browsing data. Firefox: Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and site data. Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Manage website data. On mobile, the path varies by browser but lives in the same area.
Changes to this policy
If we ever start setting a new cookie, this page updates before the cookie deploys to production. For cookies in the Analytics category (opt in only), you are asked for consent before they are set. For Essential and Functional cookies, the addition is disclosed here and an updated date stamp is applied. We do not deploy tracking cookies without consent.
Why we bother with this
The obvious reason is legal compliance under GDPR, CCPA, and various cookie disclosure regimes that require documenting this information. The real reason is that cookie sprawl is one of the most abused parts of the modern web, and a small team running a small number of cookies transparently is a competitive differentiator for customers who care. Privacy is a product feature, not just a compliance checkbox.
Contact
Cookie questions, opt out help, or reports of cookies we should not be setting: [email protected]. For general privacy questions, the privacy policy covers the broader data collection and retention picture.