Cookie Notice
Essential cookies only.
After Dark Stories currently uses strictly necessary cookies only. There are no advertising, analytics, retargeting, or cross-site tracking cookies in this implementation.
Last updated: May 27, 2026.
Essential cookies
| Cookie | Purpose | Typical duration |
|---|---|---|
ads_session |
Restores a DB-backed signed-in web session. | Session lifetime set by the server. |
ads_csrf |
Protects public forms from cross-site request forgery. | 12 hours. |
ads_age_confirmed |
Remembers adult-only entrance confirmation. | Up to 1 year. |
ads_eu_notice |
Remembers that the privacy/cookie/adult notice was shown. | Up to 180 days. |
Future non-essential tools
If analytics, ads, personalization, or other non-essential cookies are added later, they must be off by default for EU users until clear opt-in consent is collected, and users must be able to withdraw that consent as easily as they gave it.