Cookie Policy
Effective: 25 October 2026
Cookies are small files a website keeps in your browser; local storage is a similar space on your device. This policy lists every one Eternal Club uses, what it is for and how long it stays, so you can decide. How we handle personal data generally is in the Privacy Notice.
1. Your choice
The first time you visit, we ask. Strictly necessary cookies are always on, because the site cannot work without them. Everything else stays off until you turn it on, and nothing optional runs before you choose. Rejecting is as easy as accepting, and you can change your mind at any time: turning a category off deletes what it stored.
We ask again after 12 months, or sooner if we add a new kind of optional cookie.
2. The categories
- Strictly necessary (always on): Sign you in, keep your account secure, hold your cart and guest progress, and remember the choices you make here (theme, this cookie choice). The site does not work without them, so they are always on.
- Referral (off unless you turn it on): Remember a friend’s invite link for 30 days while you look around, so they are credited if you join. Without it, an invite still works if you sign up from the invite page itself.
- Usage measurement (off unless you turn it on): Count which features are used and which links are broken, so we can fix and improve the site. Sent only to Eternal Club, never sold, and never used for advertising.
We use no advertising, social-media or third-party analytics cookies, and no tracking pixels. If that ever changes, this policy and the banner will say so first, and nothing will run without your consent.
3. Every cookie and storage item
| Name | Type | Category | Purpose | How long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ec_session | Cookie | Strictly necessary | Keeps you signed in (a signed access token). | About 1 hour, renewed while you use the site |
| ec_refresh | Cookie | Strictly necessary | Renews your sign-in securely without asking you again. | Up to 30 days of inactivity |
| ec_flow | Cookie | Strictly necessary | Ties a sign-in code to the browser that asked for it. | 30 minutes |
| ec_oauth | Cookie | Strictly necessary | Protects Sign in with Google against forgery. | 10 minutes |
| ec_consent | Cookie | Strictly necessary | Remembers your cookie choice so the server respects it. | 12 months |
| ec_ref | Cookie | Referral | The invite code from a friend’s link, so they are credited when you join. | 30 days with Referral on; 1 hour on the sign-up page, to finish the sign-up you started |
| cookie_consent, cookie_consent_preferences | Local storage | Strictly necessary | Your cookie choice and when you made it. | 12 months, then we ask again |
| theme | Local storage | Strictly necessary | Light or dark theme. | Until you clear it |
| sharpclub-cart | Local storage | Strictly necessary | The items in your Vault cart. | Until checkout or you clear it |
| EC_GUEST_* | Local storage | Strictly necessary | Guest play: a random guest ID, the name you chose and your progress, until you create an account. | Until you sign up or clear it |
| ec_quiz_session_* | Local storage | Strictly necessary | Saves a quiz in progress so a reload does not lose your answers. | Until the quiz window closes |
| ec:daily-claim:*, ec:daily-popup-shown:* | Local storage | Strictly necessary | Whether today’s reward was claimed and its pop-up shown. | Replaced each day |
| eternal_opened_articles, eternal_opened_quizzes | Local storage | Strictly necessary | Marks the Academy articles and quizzes you have opened. | Until you clear it |
| admin-sidebar-collapsed, eternal_draft_* | Local storage | Strictly necessary | Staff only: the admin layout and unsaved article drafts. | Until cleared |
| ec_analytics_queue | Local storage | Usage measurement | Usage events waiting to be sent while you are offline. | Until sent; deleted if you turn Usage measurement off |
All of these are set by Eternal Club itself (first-party). A Stripe checkout page or Google’s sign-in page, which you reach only when you choose to pay by card or sign in with Google, sets its own cookies under its own policy.
4. Requests to other services
Some pages load content from another service. None of these sets a cookie, but each sees the request:
- Google Fonts (fonts.googleapis.com, fonts.gstatic.com): Academy articles that use a font chosen by the editor. They receive your ip address and browser details, as with any web request. Cookies: none.
- Image hosts for profile pictures and Vault items (for example Google, for a Google profile picture): Pages showing those pictures, including the leaderboard on the home page. They receive your ip address, browser details and the page you were on. Cookies: none set by us; the host’s own policy applies.
5. Controls in your browser
You can also block or delete cookies and site data in your browser’s settings. Blocking strictly necessary cookies will sign you out and stop parts of the site working.
6. Questions
Write to our Grievance Officer: Grievance Officer, Eternal Club (Grievance Officer) · support@eternalclub.in · Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, India 532001.