1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They help the website function, improve your experience, and provide information to the owner.
Websites can also save small bits of information in your browser's own storage (localStorage and sessionStorage). It works like a cookie, except it is never sent to the server by itself. We list those below too.
Some cookies are essential for the site to work. Others would require your consent before we place them. We only use the essential ones.
2. Everything this website stores
| Name | Set by | What it does | Type | How long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
woocommerce_cart_hash | WooCommerce | Notices when your cart changes | Needed, cookie | Until you close your browser |
woocommerce_items_in_cart | WooCommerce | Remembers that there is something in your cart | Needed, cookie | Until you close your browser |
wp_woocommerce_session_* | WooCommerce | Keeps your cart and checkout together while you shop | Needed, cookie | 2 days |
wordpress_logged_in_*, wordpress_sec_*, wordpress_test_cookie | WordPress | Keeps you logged in. Only set if you have an account and log in. | Needed, cookie | Until you close your browser, or 14 days if you tick "Remember me" |
| Payment cookies | WooPayments (Stripe), PayPal | Secure payment and fraud prevention, only on the checkout page | Needed, cookie | Set by the payment provider |
s2d_house_v1 | This website | The demo game: rooms explored, demo coins, ghosts, your familiar, puzzle progress. Never sent to our server. | Functional, localStorage | Until you press "Make the house forget me" or clear your browser data |
s2d_access_* | This website (Access page) | Remembers the products you just unlocked, so reloading the page doesn't use up one of your 20 link openings | Functional, sessionStorage | Until you close the tab |
3. Strictly necessary cookies (no consent required)
Login, cart and checkout cookies from WordPress and WooCommerce. Without these the shop does not work. These include:
- Account login functionality (only if you have an account)
- Shopping cart (WooCommerce)
- Secure checkout processing
- Security and fraud prevention
- Session management
Without these, the website cannot function properly.
4. Game memory
Your demo coins, explored rooms, ghosts, familiar and puzzle progress in Secrets Hall are stored in your own browser (localStorage, under s2d_house_v1), not on our server. We cannot see it. Clear your browser data and it is gone. You can also wipe it with the "Make the house forget me" button at the bottom of every page.
No account is needed for any of it. Your real progress lives in your Travel Journal, which you keep yourself.
5. Embedded videos
The Cinema shows YouTube videos. A video only loads after you click it, and it loads through youtube-nocookie.com (YouTube's privacy enhanced mode). Nothing comes from YouTube before that click. Once you press play, YouTube may store its own data in your browser under its own privacy policy.
6. The map
The map in the Library loads its map tiles from OpenFreeMap (tiles.openfreemap.org). OpenFreeMap sets no cookies, but it receives your IP address, like any web request.
7. What we do not use
No advertising cookies, no tracking pixels, no selling anything about you.
8. Legal basis
Under the GDPR and the Dutch Telecommunications Act, strictly necessary cookies and storage are placed on the basis of legitimate interest: the website cannot work without them.
9. Turning cookies off
Your browser settings. You can block or delete cookies and site storage there at any time. Note that the cart and login stop working without the needed ones.
10. Third-party providers
- WooCommerce (e-commerce functionality)
- WordPress hosting provider
- Payment providers at checkout: WooPayments (Stripe) and PayPal
- YouTube (Google), only after you click a video
- OpenFreeMap, for the Library map tiles
All process data under applicable data protection agreements. We will never sell your data.
11. Changes and contact
We may update this policy. The most recent version is always here.
Questions?
Looking for the full thing? Read the Privacy Policy.