Cookie Policy

What cookies are

Cookies are small pieces of information that a website can ask a browser to store. They are commonly used to remember preferences, maintain sessions, measure website use or support advertising. Similar technologies can include local storage, pixels and identifiers used by embedded services.

Not every website needs these technologies. Their presence and purpose depend on the features, hosting arrangements and third-party services used by a particular website.

Current use on this website

This website does not currently use analytics, advertising, affiliate-tracking, personalisation or consent scripts. It does not provide account login, shopping, comments or preference controls that require a browser cookie. The editorial pages can be read without creating an account on this website.

Because those features are not present, there is no first-party analytics or advertising cookie list to disclose here. The website also does not embed third-party videos, social-media widgets or casino account tools that would place cookies through an embedded frame.

Hosting and security technologies

A hosting, caching or security provider may use limited technical measures to deliver pages, balance traffic, prevent abuse or protect the service. Whether any such measure stores information in the browser depends on the final hosting environment. It is separate from an editorial analytics or advertising cookie.

If a hosting arrangement introduces a cookie or similar identifier, this policy should be updated with its purpose, provider and expected duration. Readers can also inspect their browser’s storage and cookie controls to see what a visited website has stored.

External links

Articles may link to Heaps O Wins, ACMA, BetStop or other external sources. Following a link takes the reader to a separate website with its own cookies, privacy practices and controls. This website does not determine which technologies an external destination uses.

Browser controls

Most browsers allow users to view, delete or block cookies and clear local site data. Blocking all cookies can affect websites that depend on login sessions or saved preferences, although the editorial content on this website does not currently require those functions.

Browser help documentation provides device-specific instructions. Private browsing can reduce retained local history, but it does not make activity invisible to a network provider, destination website or hosting service.

Future changes

If analytics, advertising, affiliate measurement, embedded services or preference tools are added, this policy must be revised before those features are enabled. The revised version should identify the relevant technology, explain why it is used, state whether another provider receives information and describe the controls available to visitors.

How policy changes should be presented

A material change should be explained in clear language rather than hidden behind a generic statement that cookies may be used. Readers should be able to distinguish technologies needed to deliver or secure the website from optional measurement, advertising or personalisation tools.

Where consent is legally required, an appropriate consent mechanism should be available before the relevant optional technology operates. The policy and any consent choices should remain consistent with the website’s actual behaviour.