How We Use Cookies
This page explains every cookie that casinowaysonline.co.uk sets when you visit, log in or play. You control what we store, and you can change your mind at any time.
What Cookies Actually Are
A cookie is a small text file that your browser saves when you load our site. When you return, your browser sends that file back to us so we can recognise your device. Without this exchange, we cannot keep you logged in, remember your currency or tell whether a session belongs to you.
Cookies are not programmes. They cannot install software, read files from your device or access accounts elsewhere. They hold a short string of data, such as a session ID, and nothing more. Similar technologies, including local storage and pixels, fall under this policy, and we treat them with the same rules.
The Four Cookie Types We Set
Strictly necessary
These keep the site working. Our session cookie stores your login state so your balance and open games survive every page load. Authentication cookies keep your account secure, and security cookies flag suspicious login attempts. You cannot play for real money with these switched off, and we do not ask for consent before setting them because the site cannot function without them.
Functional
Functional cookies remember your choices. We store the language you pick, your preferred currency out of GBP, EUR, BTC, ETH and USDT, and whether you have dismissed our responsible-gaming reminders. They also save the state of this very consent banner so we do not ask you the same question on every visit.
Analytics
Analytics cookies tell us, in aggregate, which pages players open, where they stop and which games load slowly. We read the numbers as statistics, not as a profile of you. We use the results to fix faults and to decide which parts of the 3,000-game library to surface first. Analytics only run with your consent.
Marketing
Marketing cookies let us show Casinoways offers to people who have already visited us, rather than to strangers. They limit how often you see the same advert and measure whether a promotion, such as the 100% up to £250 welcome offer with 500 free spins, actually reached interested players. We set these only after you opt in, and you can withdraw consent at any time.
Cookie overview
| Type | Purpose | Duration | Opt-out |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary | Login, security, payment flow | Session to 30 days | Browser settings only |
| Functional | Language, currency, preferences | Up to 365 days | Browser settings |
| Analytics | Aggregated usage statistics | Up to 90 days | Banner or browser |
| Marketing | Retargeting, ad frequency | Up to 90 days | Banner or browser |
Cookies From Third Parties
Some cookies on our pages belong to other companies, not to us. We permit three categories of third-party cookies, and each one is bound by its own privacy policy as well as by our contracts.
Analytics providers process traffic data to give us the performance figures described above. Advertising networks serve our promotional campaigns and apply frequency caps so you do not see the same creative twice in a row. Payment providers set technical cookies when you deposit or withdraw through Visa Debit, Mastercard, Trustly, Skrill or another method, to protect each transaction against fraud.
We do not give third parties permission to use their cookies for purposes we have not disclosed here. If a provider changes what its cookies do, we review the arrangement and update this policy.
Change Your Cookie Settings
On our site
The consent banner appears the first time you visit. Choose "Accept all" or "Reject non-essential", or open the granular panel to switch analytics and marketing on or off separately. You can reopen that panel any time through the "Cookie settings" link at the bottom of every page, and your new choice takes effect immediately.
In your browser
Every major browser lets you block or delete cookies directly.
- Chrome: Settings, Privacy and security, Third-party cookies.
- Safari: Preferences, Privacy, Manage Website Data.
- Firefox: Settings, Privacy and Security, Cookies and Site Data.
- Edge: Settings, Cookies and site permissions.
What blocking changes
Rejecting analytics and marketing cookies costs you nothing in gameplay. Blocking strictly necessary cookies is different: you will be logged out between pages, your deposit may fail mid-transaction, and some games will not load at all. You keep the right to block them anyway, and we will never lock you out of your account balance for doing so; you may simply need to verify yourself again through support, available 24/7.
How Long We Keep Cookies
Retention depends on the job each cookie does. Session cookies vanish the moment you close your browser. Anything that must remember you between visits lasts longer, and we set the shortest period that still works.
Session cookies expire when you close your browser. Login and security cookies last up to 30 days so you stay signed in across visits. Analytics cookies persist for up to 90 days, which is the window our reporting needs. Functional and consent cookies last up to 365 days, because asking for your language and banner choice every week would be worse than storing it. Deleting cookies in your browser ends every one of these periods ahead of schedule.
When We Update This Policy
We review this policy whenever we add a new tool, provider or payment method, and at least once a year. If a change affects what we store about you, we show the consent banner again with the updated categories before the new cookies run, and we email registered players a summary. The revised date always appears at the top of this page. Questions about anything here go to [email protected], where our team answers around the clock.
Frequently asked questions
Do cookies contain my personal or payment details?
No. Cookies hold technical values such as session identifiers and preferences. Your card or wallet details are processed by the payment provider under its own security controls, never stored in a cookie.
Can I play at Casinoways with all cookies blocked?
Not for real money. Without strictly necessary cookies the site cannot keep you logged in or complete a deposit. You can block analytics and marketing cookies with no effect on gameplay.
How do I withdraw consent later?
Open the "Cookie settings" link in the site footer and switch off the categories you no longer want, or clear cookies in your browser. Your choice applies from that moment onward.
Why do I see the banner again after a year?
Functional cookies store your consent for up to 365 days. After that, or if you clear them, we ask again, which also keeps the record fresh if the law changes.