Cookie Policy

What This Cookie Policy Covers

This page explains how our website — an independent review site focused on online casinos — uses cookies when you visit. It's not a legal document written to confuse you, and we've tried to keep it as plain as possible. We collect certain information automatically when you browse, and cookies are a big part of that. You deserve to know what's happening, so here it is.

Just to be clear from the start: this policy applies to our website only. We are not a casino operator. We do not run games, process payments, or manage user accounts of any kind. What we do is publish editorial content about online casinos, and like almost every website on the internet, we use cookies to make that work properly. This page covers what those cookies are, why we use them, and what you can do about them if you'd rather we didn't.

What Cookies Actually Are

A cookie is a small text file that a website places on your device — your laptop, phone, tablet, whatever you're using — when you visit. It sits there quietly and helps the website remember things about your visit. That might be your preferences, how you arrived, what you clicked on, or simply that you've been here before. Cookies are not programs and they can't do anything harmful on their own. They're more like little notes the site leaves for itself.

There are different kinds. Session cookies disappear the moment you close your browser — they're temporary by nature. Persistent cookies stick around for longer, sometimes weeks or months, depending on what they're for. First-party cookies come from us directly. Third-party cookies come from external services that we've integrated into the site. All of these are explained in more detail below, but that's the basic picture. Nothing exotic going on here.

The Cookies We Use and Why

Some cookies are strictly necessary for the site to function at all. Without them, pages wouldn't load correctly, and basic things like remembering your cookie preferences would break. We don't ask for consent to place these because, honestly, the site simply wouldn't work without them. They don't track you across the internet or collect anything personal in a meaningful way.

Beyond that, we use analytics cookies. These help us understand how people use the site — which pages get read, how long visitors spend on them, where traffic comes from. That kind of information helps us improve the content we publish. The data collected through analytics is aggregated, meaning it's not tied to you personally. We look at patterns, not individuals. There's also a category of functional cookies that remember small preferences — like whether you've dismissed a notice — so we're not pestering you with the same thing on every visit.

Third-Party Services and Their Cookies

Our site uses a small number of third-party tools, and those tools may set their own cookies on your device. The most common example is an analytics platform. When that service loads, it may place a cookie independently of anything we do directly. We don't control those cookies, and their behaviour is governed by the privacy policies of the companies behind them, not by us.

We've tried to keep third-party integrations to a minimum, partly for performance reasons and partly because every external service is another thing that could affect your privacy. That said, some are genuinely useful — analytics being the obvious one — and we wouldn't use them if we didn't think they served a real purpose. If you want to know more about how a specific third-party service handles data, their own documentation is the right place to look.

Managing and Controlling Cookies

You have real options here. Every major browser lets you view, block, or delete cookies through its settings. It's usually found somewhere under Privacy or Security in the browser menu. You can block all cookies, block only third-party ones, or delete cookies after each session. Some of these choices will affect how the site behaves — certain features may not work as expected if necessary cookies are blocked — but that's your call to make, not ours.

There are also browser extensions built specifically for managing cookies and trackers, if you want more granular control than the browser settings offer. And some third-party analytics providers offer their own opt-out mechanisms. We'd rather you felt comfortable visiting the site than felt like something was being done to you without your knowledge. That's genuinely the spirit behind this page.

How Long Cookies Last and Policy Changes

Cookie lifespans vary. Session cookies are gone when you close the tab or browser. Persistent cookies have an expiry date set when they're created — this might be anywhere from a few days to a year or more, depending on the purpose. Analytics cookies, for instance, often persist for several months so that returning visitor data can be tracked meaningfully over time. We don't set cookies with unnecessarily long lifespans, though we won't pretend we've optimised every single one to the minute.

This policy may be updated from time to time. The way we use cookies can change if we add new features or swap out third-party tools, and when that happens, this page will be updated to reflect it. We'd encourage you to check back occasionally if this kind of thing matters to you. We won't always be able to notify you directly when changes are made, so treating this as a living document rather than a one-time read is a reasonable approach.