Cookie Policy
1. Introduction and Purpose
At spinorhino.co.uk, we believe in being clear and open about how we collect and use data related to you. In the spirit of transparency, this policy provides detailed information about how and when we use cookies on our website. This Cookie Policy applies to any product or service that links to this policy or incorporates it by reference.
2. What Exactly Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device (computer, smartphone, or tablet) by websites that you visit. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. Cookies allow a website to recognize a user’s device and store certain information about the user’s preferences or past actions.
Session Cookies: These expire once you close your web browser.
Persistent Cookies: These stay on your device for a set period or until you delete them.
3. Why We Use Cookies
We use cookies to improve your experience on our website. By remembering your preferences and tracking how you use the site, we can ensure that the content we show you is relevant and that the site remains functional and secure. For an affiliate site like ours, cookies are also essential for tracking referrals to our partners.
4. Detailed Categories of Cookies Used
We categorize our cookies into four main groups:
A. Strictly Necessary Cookies These cookies are essential for you to browse the website and use its features. Without these cookies, services like secure login or basic site navigation cannot be provided.
Legal Basis: These are necessary for the technical operation of the site and do not require user consent under current legislation.
B. Performance and Analytical Cookies These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance, which pages visitors go to most often. We use this data to analyze web traffic and improve our website’s performance. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous.
Example: Google Analytics is often used to track these trends.
C. Functionality Cookies These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. For example, they can remember your login details so you don’t have to re-enter them every time.
D. Targeting, Marketing, and Affiliate Cookies As an affiliate website, this category is the most important for our business model. When you click on a link to a third-party casino or gaming provider, a cookie is placed on your device. This cookie records that you came from spinorhino.co.uk.
Purpose: This allows the partner site to pay us a commission for the referral. These cookies do not store personal identifying information like your name or address.
5. Third-Party Cookies
In some cases, we use cookies provided by trusted third parties. This site uses Google Analytics, which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solutions on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content.
6. Managing and Disabling Cookies
You have the right to choose whether or not to accept cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer.
Browser Settings: You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies.
Consequences: Please note that if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.
Third-Party Opt-out: You can opt-out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
7. Updates to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please therefore re-visit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
8. Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please email us at support@spinorhino.co.uk.
