Cookie Policy
Introduction
This Cookie Policy supplements our Privacy Policy and explains how cookies and related technologies are used to operate and improve our Website and communications.
What Cookies Are
Cookies are small files placed on your device when you visit a website, allowing us and our partners to recognize your device and understand how you interact with our services over time. Related technologies, such as web beacons, tracking pixels, embedded scripts, and similar tools, are used for comparable purposes and are covered by the term "cookies" throughout this Policy. In some cases, information gathered this way may qualify as personal data, particularly when combined with other information we hold, as described in our Privacy Policy.
How We Use Cookies
We and our partners use cookies to understand how visitors and players interact with our Website, mobile applications, and marketing emails. This includes recording details of your device and browser, tracking which pages you visit and how long you spend on them, monitoring whether marketing emails are opened or clicked (where you've consented to this), and supporting general analytics on how our services are used. We may also collect approximate location information based on your IP address.
Categories of Cookies
- Essential cookies support core functions such as security and site navigation. These operate under our legitimate interest in keeping the Website running and cannot be switched off without affecting basic functionality.
- Functional cookies remember your preferences, such as language or region, to personalize your experience, also on the basis of legitimate interest.
- Performance cookies help us understand visitor numbers and navigation patterns so we can improve the service; these are only used with your consent.
- Targeting cookies track your browsing across our Website to inform advertising; these also require your consent, and you are free to decline them.
First-Party and Third-Party Cookies
Cookies set directly by our Website ("first-party") are used mainly to remember your preferences and improve your experience with us. Cookies set by external partners whose tools are integrated into our Website ("third-party") support functions such as analytics, advertising, and social media features.
Session and Persistent Cookies
Some cookies are temporary and are removed automatically when you close your browser ("session cookies"), while others remain on your device for a set period even after your browsing session ends ("persistent cookies").
Why Cookies Matter to Us
Cookies help us distinguish you from other visitors, understand your preferences to display more relevant content and advertising, improve our services based on usage patterns, protect the Website against fraud and abuse, and route content appropriately depending on how you arrived at our site, whether through a search engine, an affiliate link, or otherwise.
Managing Your Preferences
Most browsers let you review, accept, reject, or delete cookies through their settings; disabling cookies may reduce the functionality of this and other websites. General advertising preferences can also be managed through opt-out tools such as those offered at optout.aboutads.info or networkadvertising.org/choices.
On mobile devices, you can limit ad tracking through your device's privacy settings ("Limit Ad Tracking" on iOS, or the equivalent opt-out on Android). Email client settings can also prevent automatic image loading, which is one way marketing emails track whether they've been opened.
If you use Google Analytics or Google Ads, you can manage your preferences through Google's own opt-out tools and ad settings. Broader interest-based advertising preferences can be reviewed at youronlinechoices.com.
Please note that depending on your device and browser, it may not be possible to block every cookie, and preferences generally need to be set separately on each device and browser you use.